The Compassionate Mind Approach to Beating Overeating: Series editor, Paul Gilbe

Description: The Compassionate Mind Approach to Beating Overeating by Kenneth Goss Use Compassion Focused Therapy to beat overeating. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This self-help book explores the problems created by having ready access to high fat foods designed to taste good. Because we evolved in conditions of relative scarcity we have few natural food inhibitors and so most diet books try to encourage people to inhibit their eating by highly rule governed behaviours which have to be constantly worked at. However, this can lead to various forms of self-criticism which can undermine efforts at self-control. As a result our relationship with eating can be complex, multifaceted and problematic.Beating Overeating Using Compassion Focused Therapy uses Compassion Focused Therapy - a groundbreaking new therapeutic approach - to understand and work with our urges and passions for food. We can learn to enjoy and accept food and pay attention to our biological and emotional needs. This book is for people who have tried diets and found that they dont work and will enable the reader to have a healthier and happier relationship with food and their body.Topics covered: The relationship between our brains and food, the evolutionary background to finding, conserving and eating food How too much or too little food affects the brain, why diets dont work, factors affecting our eating behaviour (tastes, stress, comfort, etc) Body shape and culture Developing an inner compassion for ones relationship with food - recognising what we need and what is helpful Notes A self-help guide to understanding and controlling unhealthy urges and passions for food. Author Biography Kenneth Goss is the Head of the Eating Disorders Service at Gulson Hospital, Coventry. He was a student of Professor Paul Gilbert, author of bestsellers The Compassionate Mind and Overcoming Depression and has worked within the compassionate-focused approach since the early 1990s. Dr Goss is on the Board of the Compassionate Mind Foundation and is one of the countrys leading experts on using Compassion Focused Therapy for the treatment of eating disorders. Long Description This self-help book explores the problems created by having ready access to high fat foods designed to taste good. Because we evolved in conditions of relative scarcity we have few natural food inhibitors and so most diet books try to encourage people to inhibit their eating by highly rule governed behaviours which have to be constantly worked at. However, this can lead to various forms of self-criticism which can undermine efforts at self-control. As a result our relationship with eating can be complex, multifaceted and problematic. Beating Overeating Using Compassion Focused Therapy uses Compassion Focused Therapy - a groundbreaking new therapeutic approach - to understand and work with our urges and passions for food. We can learn to enjoy and accept food and pay attention to our biological and emotional needs. This book is for people who have tried diets and found that they dont work and will enable the reader to have a healthier and happier relationship with food and their body.Topics covered: The relationship between our brains and food, the evolutionary background to finding, conserving and eating food How too much or too little food affects the brain, why diets dont work, factors affecting our eating behaviour (tastes, stress, comfort, etc) Body shape and cultureDeveloping an inner compassion for ones relationship with food - recognising what we need and what is helpful Promotional "Headline" Use Compassion Focused Therapy to beat overeating. Details ISBN1845298772 ISBN-10 1845298772 ISBN-13 9781845298777 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 616.852606 Media Book Illustrations Illustrations Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Series Compassion Focused Therapy Author Kenneth Goss Imprint Robinson Publishing Pages 384 Subtitle Series editor, Paul Gilbert Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2011-01-27 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-01-27 NZ Release Date 2001-11-19 AU Release Date 2001-11-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:35827815;

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