Resources

Below you will find some helpful resources and recommended readings. 

ACT and Mindfulness

• The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven Hayes
• One Minute Mindfulness by Donald Altman

Eating Disorders

Personal Accounts:

• Life Without Ed by Jennie Schaefer (good one for family to read as well)
• Food: The Good Girl’s Drug by Sunny Sea Gold

On Recovery:

8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb

General Information:

• 100 Questions & Answers about Eating Disorders By Carolyn Costin
• The Eating Disorders Sourcebook By Carolyn Costin
• Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop by Cynthina Bulik

For Family, Friends and Support People:

• Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting and Disordered Eating by Carolyn Costin
• Talking to Eating Disorders: Simple Ways to Support Someone with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating or Body Image Issues by Jeanne Albonda Heaton and Claudia Strauss
• Surviving and Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends by Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman and Margot Weinshel
• The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating, and Positive Body Image at Home by Marcia Herrin and Nancy Matsumoto
• It’s Not about the Weight: Attacking Eating Disorders from the Inside Out by Susan Mendelsohn
• Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock and Daniel LeGrange