Brief Therapy And Eating Disorders: A Practical Guide To Solution Focused Work With Clients

In straightforward, clear, and pragmatic language, McFarland presents a model that focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, on solutions rather than problems, and on hope rather than despair. Her book should be on the shelf of every clinician who works with clients who have eating problems.
--Scott D. Miller, Brief Therapy Network

Drawing from her own clinical experience, Barbara McFarland demonstrates how solution-focused brief therapy is one of the more efficient approaches in treating eating disorders. Her practical, hands on strategies and interventions guides you through each step of the treatment process.

BARBARA MCFARLAND is a psychologist in private practice and founded The Eating Disorders Recovery Center in Cincinnati in 1984. She also is the founder and president of Creative Therapy Associates, Inc., which develops educational materials that are psychologically-based. She has published numerous articles on eating disorders and is the coauthor of several books on eating disorders, including Shame and Body Image (1991) and Feeding the Empty Heart (1988). In addition, McFarland conducts training programs nationally on solution-focused therapy for clinicians and mental health agencies.

Introduction: Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Eating Disorder Clients.

Shifting Paradigms: Beyond Sickness.

Transforming Clinical Assumptions: Becoming Mindful.

The Changing Therapeutic Relationship: The Art of Collaboration.

The First Sessions: Key Interviewing Questions.

Working with Challenging Cases: Useful Interventions.

Solution-Focused Group Therapy: A Program Description.

Epilogue: Through the Looking Glass.

Resources: Self-Reporting Forms.

Appendix A. Assessment Tools.

Appendix B. Working with the Miracle Question.

Appendix C. Progress in Treatment.

Appendix D. Goals.

Appendix E. Aftercare Planning.

Appendix F. Progress in Recovery.