Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders

by Richards, P. Scott

• ISBN13: 9781591473930
• ISBN10: 1591473934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Summary

Offers therapy that relates to a clients' spirituality or religious background as a resource for recovery from eating disorders. Topics include a theistic spiritual framework for treating eating disorders, religious and spiritual assessment of patients with eating disorders, patient perceptions of the role of spirituality in treatment, and more. For psychologists.

Author Biography

P. Scott Richards is a professor of counseling psychology at Brigham Young University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
I. Introduction, Theory, and Research	1	(36)
Faith, Spirituality, and Eating Disorders	3	(18)
Scholarship on Religion, Spirituality, and Eating Disorders	21	(16)
II. A Theistic Spiritual Framework for Treating Eating Disorders	37	(72)
A Theistic View of Eating Disorders	39	(20)
A Theistic View of Therapeutic Change	59	(22)
Multidimensional Theistic Treatment for Eating Disorders	81	(28)
III. Theistic Treatment Guidelines and Interventions for Eating Disorders	109	(96)
Religious and Spiritual Assessment of Patients With Eating Disorders	111	(22)
Spiritual Interventions for Individual, Group, and Family Therapy	133	(22)
A Spirituality Group for Patients With Eating Disorders	155	(32)
Twelve-Step Groups for Patients With Eating Disorders	187	(18)
IV. Research Directions	205	(20)
Recommendations for Research on Spirituality and Eating Disorders	207	(18)
V. Case Reports and Patient Perspectives	225	(50)
Case Reports of Theistic Spirituality in Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery	227	(32)
Patient Perceptions of the Role of Spirituality in Treatment and Recovery	259	(16)
References	275	(14)
Index	289	(14)
About the Authors	303