Overweight Patient A Psychological Approach to Understanding and Working with Obesity

Name: Overweight Patient A Psychological Approach to Understanding and Working with Obesity
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ISBN: 9781843103660

ISBN-10: 1843103664

ISBN-13: 9781843103660

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kathy Leach

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This practical guide approaches obesity and overeating from a psychological perspective, and offers sensitive methods to increase patients' sense of self-worth, self-knowledge, and motivation to lose weight.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 6/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Obesity and Therapy



Cultural and Parent Influences on Decisions Regarding Weight



Clinical Considerations in Working with the Overweight Patient



Losing Weight, Maintaining Loss and Regaining Weight



Inquiry and Diagnosis



Ego States



The Parent Ego State



The Child Ego State



The Adult Ego State



Psychological Hungers



Games



The Creation of the Body and Eating Functions as Defence Structures


Glossary of Clinical and Transactional Analysis Terms


References


Recommended Reading


Subject Index


Author Index