The overweight patient : a psychological approach to understanding and working with obesity

The overweight patient : a psychological approach to understanding and working with obesity / Kathy Leach.

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. The Overweight Patient explores the underlying beliefs and behaviours that may contribu...

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Main Author: Leach, Kathy, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2006.
Subjects:
Overweight persons > Psychology.
Obesity > Psychological aspects.
Obesity > Treatment.
Transactional analysis.
Eating Disorders & Therapy.
Clinical Psychology.
Medical Counselling.
Psychotherapy.
MEDICAL > Bariatrics.
Obesity > Psychological aspects
Obesity > Treatment
Overweight persons > Psychology
Transactional analysis
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Table of Contents:
  • The Overweight Patient; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 Obesity and Therapy; 2 Cultural and Parent Influences on Decisions Regarding Weight; 3 Clinical Considerations in Working with the Overweight Patient; 4 Losing Weight, Maintaining Loss and Regaining Weight; 5 Inquiry and Diagnosis; 6 Ego States; 7 The Parent Ego State; 8 The Child Ego State; 9 The Adult Ego State; 10 Psychological Hungers; 11 Games; 12 The Creation of the Body and Eating Functions as Defense Structures; GLOSSARY OF CLINICAL AND TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS TERMS; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; SUBJECT INDEX.

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