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Escaping from anorexia – the ACT self-help book

- Treating anorexia with »mindful acceptance«
- The first ACT book on anorexia for patients
- For self-help and as a therapy companion
- With self-tests in the book


Over 400,000 people suffer from anorexia in Germany. Those afflicted usually realise only hesitantly that they are ill and despite this or maybe because of this, tend to doubt themselves and the diagnosis greatly. Most of them have the feeling that relatives and therapists are working against them. And why should they trust others when they don’t even trust themselves?

With their Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) the authors Eifert and Timko can point out a path for those afflicted to help them deal with these kinds of inner blockages and resistance. With the help of exercises and self-testing, they learn to set new priorities in their lives. They recognise what aims are important for them on the other side of the illness and that satisfaction and well-being are achievable also without their rigid starvation behaviour.