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| Dedication | |
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| Acknowledgment | |
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| Prologue - Before We Begin: An Overview | |
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| Ayelet's Story: On Becoming Anorexic | |
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| Introduction: Was I Ever a Normal Child? | |
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| Childhood: Exploring the Roots of My Anorexia | |
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| Between Me and Myself and My Social Relationships: Finding Creative Expression for My Loneliness | |
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| The Stage is Set: From Healthy Child to Anorexic | |
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| Flowing with the River: Learning to Act Anorexic | |
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| Receiving the Diagnosis: Yes, I Am an Anorexic; My First Experience in a Psychiatric Hospital | |
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| My First Hospitalization (Second Hospital), On Who is Stronger - The Illness or Me? | |
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| Is There Anyone Who Can Help Me? | |
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| Meeting the Big Black Hole: My First Attempt to Commit Suicide (Third Hospital) | |
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| In the Cuckoo's Nest: Behind Closed Doors | |
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| Fifth Hospital: Will I Ever Be Normal? | |
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| The Therapist's Story: The Challenge of Treating Ayelet | |
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| Getting Acquainted | |
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| Family History | |
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| Collecting an Inventory of Ayelet's Problems and Establishing an Initial Treatment Contract | |
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| Rationale for the Decision to Treat Ayelet Using Multi-Targeted Cognitive-Constructivist Therapy | |
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| Specifying Target Behaviors and Measuring Baseline Functioning | |
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| Family Intervention | |
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| Parent Counseling | |
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| Beginning Individual Therapy with Ayelet | |
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| The First Problem Area: Treating Her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | |
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| Treating Her Anxieties and Fears | |
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| Urging Ayelet to Start Studying | |
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| Social Skills Training | |
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| Starting the Journey toward Self-Acceptance | |
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| Incorporating Ayelet's Creativity Imagination and Talent | |
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| Couple Therapy | |
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| Interim Summary | |
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| Ayelet's Story: Life after Anorexia | |
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| Feedback | |
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| And What Now? And What Next? | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| The Anorexia Disorder | |
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| Treatment of Anorexia | |
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| Cognitive-Constructivist Intervention | |
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| Self-Control Therapy with Children and Adolescents | |
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| Guidelines for Therapists: Cognitive Creative Intervention with Anorexic Clients | |
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| Making Decisions about the Need for Therapy | |
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| Making Decisions about the Appropriate Setting(s) for Change | |
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| Treatment Considerations and Adaptations | |
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| Applying Constructivist Creative Intervention | |
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| Focusing on the Therapeutic Relationship | |
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| Incorporating Emotional Processes into Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy | |
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| Challenging Clients to Open Up to New Experiences | |
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| Designing the Process of Intervention | |
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| Applying the Self-Control Model for Change | |
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| Fostering Maintenance and Generalization | |
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| And Last But Not Least | |
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| Closing Remarks | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Author Index | |