What can I read that will help me better understand?

Dr. Armstrong has reviewed the following books and audio CDs (some briefly, some thoroughly) and recommends them as potential resources for prospective clients and/or their family members and friends.

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TOPICS

Eating Disorders
Body Awareness
Anxiety
Depression
Mindfulness
Self-Management
Audio, Guided Meditations

Eating Disorders:

• By Their Side: A Resource for Caretakers and Loved Ones Facing an Eating Disorder by Lara Lyn Bell

• The Eating Disorder Sourcebook by Carolyn Costin

• 100 Questions and Answers about Eating Disorders by Carolyn Costin

• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

• Surviving an Eating Disorder: New Perspectives and Strategies for Family and Friends by Michele Siegel, Ph.D., Judith Brisman, Ph.D., Margot Weinshel, MSW

• Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn, M.D.

• Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn

• I’m, Like, So Fat! by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D.

• Life Without Ed by Jenni Schaeffer with Thom Rutledge

• Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Family, Friends, and Sufferers by Janet Treasure, M.D.

• 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Foodby Susan Albers, Psy.D.

• The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker

• The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering, and Reclaim Your Life by Michelle Heffner, Ph.D. and Georg H. Eifert, Ph.D.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Body Image Dissatisfaction by Adria Pearson, Ph.D., Michelle Heffner, Ph.D., Victoria Follette, Ph.D. Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.

Body Awareness:

• Relax and Renew by Judith Lasater, Ph.D.
• Body Traps by Judith Rodin, Ph.D.
• What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror? by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D.
• The Body Image Workbook by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D.

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Anxiety:

Depression:

• The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns, M.D
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
• Unholy Ghosts by Nell Casey
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir or Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
• The Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich, Ph.D. and Andrew Shatte, Ph.D.
  

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Mindfulness:

• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, Ph.D.
• All About Me by Philipp Keel
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
• Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hahn
• Eating Mindfully by Susan Albers, Psy.D.
• Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
• Wise Mind, Open Mind by Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D.
  
• The Gifts of Imperfection; Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, Ph.D.

Self-Management:

• Self-Help Without the Hype by Robert Epstein, Ph.D.
• Self-Directed Behavior by David L. Watson and Roland G. Tharp
• The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Ph.D.Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D., Jeffrey Brantley, M.D.
  

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Audio, Guided Meditations:

• Insight Meditation by Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein
• Unplug by Sharon Salzberg
• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach