Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders

About this book

Delivers a proven treatment model for clinicians in all orientations This unique hands-on clinical guide examines the significant relationship between trauma dissociation and eating disorders and delivers a trauma-informed phase model that facilitates effective treatment of individuals with all forms of eating disorders. It describes step-by-step a four-phase treatment model encompassing team coordination case formulation and a trauma-informed dissociation- and attachment-sensitive approach to treating eating disorders. Edited by noted specialists in eating and other behavioral health disorders Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders examines eating disorders from neurological medical nutritional and psychological perspectives. Dedicated chapters address each treatment phase from a variety of orientations ranging from EMDR and CBT to body-centered and creative therapies. The book also reveals the effectiveness of a multifaceted phase model approach. Recognizing the potential pitfalls and traps of treatment and recovery it also includes abundant psychoeducational tools for the client. KEY FEATURES: Examines eating disorders from neurological medical nutritional and psychological perspectives Highlights the relationship between trauma dissociation and eating disorders Maps out a proven trauma-informed four-phase model for approaching trauma treatment in general and eating disorders specifically Elucidates the approach from the perspectives of EMDR therapy ego state therapy somatosensory therapy trauma-focused CBT and many others Provides abundant psychoeducational tools for the client to deal with triggers and setbacks Offers the knowledge and expertise of over 20 international researchers medical professionals and clinicians