A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns

Download or read book A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns written by Margit Berman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clinician manual presents the Accept Yourself! Program, which is derived from empirically supported interventions (including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Health At Every Size) that have a demonstrated ability to enhance women’s mental and physical health. This book offers a clear, research-based, and forgiving explanation for clients’ failure to lose weight, helpful guidance for clinicians who are frustrated with poor client weight loss outcomes, as well as a liberating invitation to clients to give up this struggle and find another way to achieve their dreams and goals.