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"[Author Dana] Harron's emotional and practical advice for this growing global predicament comes highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
In this compassionate guide, eating disorder expert Dana Harron offers hope to partners of people with eating disorders. You'll discover ways to communicate with empathy and understanding, strategies for dealing with mealtime challenges, and tips to help you both find your way back to trust, love, and intimacy.
If your loved one is one of millions of Americans who suffers from an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, you may feel alone, without guidance or understanding. As a romantic partner, you need to know how to navigate issues such as parenting, sex and intimacy, and running a household. This book provides that help by addressing your uniquely complex and difficult situation, and provides much-needed support for growth and healing.
In Loving Someone With an Eating Disorder , you'll find valuable information about eating disorders, diagnostic categories, and common misconceptions. You'll also learn about the importance of self-care and boundaries for yourself, and find writing and perspective-taking exercises to help you gain a greater understanding of your partner's struggle. You'll also learn skills to help you address specific problems, such as managing groceries and meals together, sex and intimacy issues, and concerns about parenting.
Finally, you'll find a practical discussion about treatment and recovery from disordered eating--making it clear that both you and your partner need healing--as well as information about seeking further support.Author Notes
Dana Harron, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who treats, supervises, and consults on issues surrounding eating disorders, couples work, and anxiety disorders. She is president and founder of Monarch wellness and Psychotherapy, a group psychotherapy practice in Washington, DC.
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Library Journal Review
More than 30 million diagnoses of eating disorders are reported each year, and in addition to those suffering from the disease are the partners and parents who love them and who also struggle. Psychologist Harron has prepared this guide to assist family members in communicating with empathy and understanding, creating strategies for dealing with meal-time challenges, and finding ways to get back feelings of trust, love, and intimacy. Harron further supplies information about the disease and common misconceptions, detailing "perspective-taking" exercises and treatment options. Among the work's most valuable features are the charts that consider the impact of negative remarks and suggest more helpful responses, which can be of immediate assistance. VERDICT Harron's emotional and practical advice for this growing global predicament comes highly recommended.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| 1 Loving Someone with Disordered Eating | p. 1 |
| 2 Eating Disorder Myths and Realities | p. 11 |
| 3 How Your Partner's Eating Disorder Affects You | p. 27 |
| 4 Finding Empathy to Support Real Healing | p. 41 |
| 5 Getting Away from Negative Patterns of Relating | p. 59 |
| 6 Establishing Healthy Ways of Relating | p. 79 |
| 7 How to Respond in Real-Life Food Situations | p. 97 |
| 8 Improving Your Sex and Intimate Life | p. 109 |
| 9 Fertility, Pregnancy, and Protecting Your Kids | p. 123 |
| 10 Recovery over Time | p. 139 |
| Resources | p. 157 |
| References | p. 159 |
