Why She Feels Fat: Understanding Your Loved One's Eating Disorder and How You Can Help
Sprinkled with over 100 quotes from recovering individuals, Why She Feels Fat explores eating disorders from the inside out to convey the emotional experience and perspectives of those who have them. Decoding the deeper meaning of the statement “I feel fat” is at the heart of this simple and straightforward book that also includes basic information about eating disorders, such as signs, symptoms, medical complications, causes, approaches to treatment, and stages of recovery.
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Book details
- Author
- Tony Paulson, Johanna Marie McShane
- Imprint
- Gurze Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 144
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Eating Disorders & Body Image
Psychology › Psychopathology › Eating Disorders - Topics
- eating disorders · anorexia · bulimia · eating disorder recovery · family support · supporting a loved one · body image
- ISBN-13
- 9780936077291
About the author
JOHANNA MARIE McSHANE is a psychotherapist with over eighteen years of experience in eating disorders treatment and co-developer of the Diablo Valley Family-Centered Model, a psychotherapeutic treatment model for working with families affected by eating disorders.
McShane has published in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Eating Disorders Today, and The Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. She served as a staff therapist and assessment/intake counselor for the Serenity Eating Disorders Program at Mt. Diablo Medical Center from 1991 to 1994, and has been in private practice since 1994.
When she’s not writing, McShane works with adolescents, adults, and families affected by eating disorders, and has made numerous television and radio appearances raising awareness about the subject.
Johanna lives in Lafayette, California.