Aaron T Beck, M.D. University Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Bulimia nervosa is a very distressing and common disorder for which effective treatment is quite limited. Fortunately, this new volume by clinical experts at the cutting-edge of the new treatment for this disorder provides a solution. This volume presents a detailed program by which individuals with bulimia nervosa can help themselves. It is highly readable and enriched with a number of relevant clinical examples. I highly recommend this volume.
Product Description
This manual is written for professionals working with people suffering with bulimia nervosa and for sufferers themselves. It provides a framework for understanding what maintains the disorder and why it has developed. In addition, there is a step-by-step programme to aid recovery. The authors draw on developments in cognitive theory and on innovation and cognitive th erapy treatment strategies. They focus on the link between thinking and behaviour, and give guidance on learning how to identify and change negative thoughts, underlying assumptions and core self beliefs. Factual information is presented alongside a programme of work sheets, self-assessment questionnaries and case examples from the authors' professional experience.
About the Author
Myra Cooper is research tutor at the Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology at the Warneford Hospital and principal clinical psychologist at Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust. Gillian Todd is a cognitive therapist at Addenbrooke's NHS Trust and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. Adrian Wells is senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the school of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at the University of Manchester; he also works as a consultant clinical psychologist in Central Manchester NHS Trust.
