Surviving an Eating Disorder, Third Edition: Strategies for Family and Friends

By Judith Brisman, Michelle Siegel, Margot Weinshel, et al.

Book Overview

Thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research and methodologies, the fourth edition of the classic guide written specifically for parents, friends, and caregivers of individuals with eating disorders.

For more than thirty years,
this classic guide has been an essential resource for the "silent
sufferers"--those affected by a loved one's eating disorder. This revised
edition put family and friends at the center of the treatment process,
providing the latest information on the methods and practices available to
facilitate the recovery process.
Surviving
an Eating Disorder is the first book for family and friends to use
a psychological perspective to understand eating disorders. Other treatment
manuals or self-help books propose change but Surviving is the first to
consider why change can be so hard for everyone involved. The factors that can
hinder progress are discussed and the methods that can work are emphasized.
Illustrated with case examples, this fourth edition explains the latest
treatments and provides the necessary tools to carefully evaluate what can be
most effective for each reader's individual care. The authors offer concrete
advice and support, urging readers to care for both themselves and their
relationships as they support their loved ones struggling with food and eating
issues.

With its combination of
information, insight, and practical strategies, Surviving an Eating Disorder
considers crisis as opportunity--a time for the possibility of hope and change
for everyone involved.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061698954
• ISBN13: 9780061698958
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Very informative

This was recommended by my daughter's physician and I found it to be the most informative of the very many books on ED that I have read.

A powerful book with outstanding perspective

The quality and truth of this book shocked me. It talked of experiences in the exact way that I myself would explain them, except with a professional yet warm perspective. I could not put it down from the moment I started it. I would recommend this book to people going through such trauma as well as people looking for inspirational and enlightening reading material.

surviving an eating disorder, strategies for family & friend

This was the only book I have found over the last 4-5 years that was helpful to the mother, father, other family members who are living with a person with an eating disorder. The book gives examples, situations and background on the things to look for, how to go about talking with the person, helping/hindering the road to recovery and how to carry on with our own lives at the same time. It was recommended to me by a friend, another mother, who has a daughter also with anexoria/bulimia. She had found the earlier edition the most useful reading & I was unable to locate that book. I feel it was a blessing to come upon the revised edition. I have read it over and over & referred to particular parts on an ongoing basis. I have just ordered the book again for, unfortunately, another mother dealing with a similar situation. Thank you so much for giving me strength and real black and white strategies, especially teaching me I can't do it for the person and we must continue to support her while living our lives in a healthy way.

A great book!

This book was recommended by the clinic where my daughter was treated for bulimea. I found the book to be clear, helpful, well written and wholly sensitive to a mother's needs. Anyone who has dealt with a person with eating disorders would find this a God send! It helped my family, so I recommend it for yours.

An amazingly helpful no nonsense guide

For family and friends facing the terrible problem of dealing with a loved one suffering an eating disorder, this book has become the standard resource. It offers easy to read well researched etirely practical advice. It can lead people out of the abyss of helplessness in which they often find themselves when confronted with the terrifying and often lifethreatening reality of an eating disorder. People will turn to this book again and again until they have helped their loved one overcome this terrible problem