**articles:
Child
Performers and Eating Disorders: Why It Happens and What You Can Do
About It - By Dr. Jenn Berman
Psychological
experts have found that many of the personality traits which make
children
great athletes or performers are the very same characteristics which
make
them more susceptible to eating disorders; the most common being:
perfectionism;
the desire to please; the ability to ignore pain and exhaustion;
obsessiveness
and the burning desire to reach their goals.
Dying
to Fit In- Literally! Learning to Love Our Bodies and
Ourselves
by Christine Hartline, MA
"Why
are we dieting ourselves to death, literally dying to fit in? When did
we become so ashamed of our bodies, when did we learn to hate them so
much?
While eating disorders claim lives and significantly impact the health
and well being of sufferers, as we investigate further an even more
disturbing
picture emerges. An amazing 80% of women are dissatisfied with their
appearance.
"
Eating
Disorders in Families "Female
family members of women suffering from anorexia nervosa or bulimia
nervosa
develop the eating disorders at rates up to 12.3 times higher than
those
of women who have never suffered from the disorders, a new UCLA study
shows."
Hollywood
beauty was once skin deep. Now it's bone thin - by Luaine Lee
Calvin
Klein's heroin chic ads featuring emaciated models were only an overt
symptom
of a malady that has oppressed Tinseltown since Lillian Gish swooned in
Orphans of the Storm. It's true that the camera adds a little
avoirdupois
to the silhouette, but many starlets literally starve themselves to
cadaverous
dimensions, hoping the lean and hungry look will widen their cinematic
possibilities.
Perfectly
Skinny by Ephrat Livni - Study
Confirms
Perfectionism Is a Strong Trait of Anorexics -
Nobody's
perfect,
but anorexics think they should be, according to a new study that
confirms
what many
eating
disorder experts have long suspected."
>>
related page: perfectionism
Perfectionist
fathers and disordered eating - Penn State Univ
Perfectionist fathers can reinforce disordered eating among college-age
young people already preoccupied over their physical looks and subject
to the demanding expectations of peers and media, according to a Penn
State study.
Unrealistic
expectations can cause failure - by Caryl Ehrlich
Weight
gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping weight.
The
scale turtles inexorably upward -- a tight skirt, a belt notch, a
can't-zip-up-my-pants
inch at a time. Yet you expect the scale to go down as rapidly as a
high-speed
elevator. This erroneous thought pattern -- practiced and perfected as
with any bad habit -- is an unrealistic expectation. Dangerous to be
sure
with any endeavor, but deadly when it comes to weight reduction.
What
is Real Hunger? - by Caryl Ehrlich
In
order to identify hunger, you must first understand what it is. This is
not as easy as it seems. Many of you may never have let yourself
experience
true hunger, only a feeling of discomfort. Not knowing exactly what it
was, you may have been eating past hunger for such a long time you can
no longer differentiate between hunger and the feeling of anxiety,
stress,
boredom, or any number of other emotional or circumstantial stimuli.
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Miriam Adderholdt-Elliott Perfectionism
: What's Bad About Being Too Good
[publisher:] "What happens when
nothing
is good enough? When an "A" is only seen as "not an A+"? When an eighth
inning scoring run by the opposing team turns a remarkable seven
innings
into "just another loss." When your parents say they want the best for
you but mean they ONLY want the best FROM you? When your are your own
worst
critic—and you're only 15? Most likely, you are a perfectionist teen
who
cannot see your excellent work and achievements for what they are.."
Martin M. Antony When
Perfect Isn't Good Enough : Strategies for Coping With Perfectionism
Carol Asada, Joanna Haase Conscious
Eating : How to Stop Eating in Response to Everything
Sia Barbi. Barbi
Twins - Dying To Be Healthy: Millennium Dieting and Nutrition
John Barnhill, Nadine Taylor Eating
Disorders: A Dell Guide for Mental Health
Monica Basco Never
Good Enough : How to Use Perfectionism to Your Advantage Without
Ruining
Your Life
[from Oprah.com:] "A practical,
scientifically
proven step-by-step program for overcoming unreasonably high
expectations
that can often be the hidden cause of depression, anxiety, low
self-esteem,
stifled creativity, and broken relationships."
Rudolph M. Bell Holy
Anorexia
[reader review:] "This book is an
excellent historic study of women possesed with piety, most of these
women
were nuns from the 14-15th century. They expressed a dedication to
Christ
through an aesthetic lifestyle that included starvation, self-inflicted
torture, mystical hallucinations and extreme self-denial. The women who
starved to death gained a martyr like status."
Joan Jacobs Brumberg The
Body Project : An Intimate History of American Girls
"The body is at the heart of the
crisis that [Carol] Gilligan, [Mary] Pipher, and others describe....
The
fact that American girls now make the body their central project is not
an accident or a curiosity, it is a symptom of historical changes that
are only now beginning to be understood."
Joan Jacobs Brumberg Fasting
Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Julia Buckroyd Anorexia
& Bulimia: Your Questions Answered
David Burns, MD Feeling
Good : The New Mood Therapy
Kim Chernin The
Hungry Self "Some five million American women suffer
from
eating disorders ranging from compulsive dieting to compulsive eating,
anorexia, and bulimia. .. [this book] explores the often troubled
relationship
between mothers and daughters and how daughters of all ages and
backgrounds
often flee the struggle for identity and self-development into an
obsession
with food."
Peggy Claude-Pierre The
Secret Language of Eating Disorders
"Myths and misconceptions have
shaped
conventional treatment of anorexia and bulimia, leading to a cycle of
hopelessness
for those who suffer. Claude-Pierre's work reveals that victims share a
common feeling of self-contempt. Further, she asserts that these
overwhelming
feelings of worthlessness are established at birth and slowly erode the
healthy self. The revolutionary aspect of Claude-Pierre's program stems
from her conviction that this negative mindset can be completely
reversed."
Leigh
Cohn. Making
Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape and Appearance
Donna G.
Corwin. Pushed
to the Edge: How to Stop the Child
Competition
Race... So Everyone Wins
Carolyn Costin The
Eating Disorder Sourcebook
Carolyn Costin. Your
Dieting Daughter...Is She Starving For Attention?
Derived
from the author's own struggle with anorexia, this book offers much
more
than a discussion of eating disorders. Carolyn Costin speaks clearly to
the precursors of problems with body image. She alerts parents-mothers
as well as fathers-to behavioral danger signs and she shows them new
ways
to support their daughter's self-esteem. [from summary on Monte Nido
Treatment
Facility site]
Cynthia Curnan The
Care and Feeding of Perfectionists
Caryl
Ehrlich. Conquer
Your Food Addiction
Thinking
realistically and positively may be tricky at the beginning because
you've
been thinking unrealistically and negatively for a long time. It takes
practice and perseverance to change your attitude, but you will
succeed.
Perhaps not immediately. Perhaps one baby-step at a time. Perhaps
10,000
attempts later. But, as Georgia O‚Keefe said, "You musn't even think
you
won't succeed." [from the book]
Patricia Fallon Feminist
Perspectives on Eating Disorders
Sarah Ferguson Reinventing
Yourself with the Duchess of York: Inspiring Stories and Strategies
"provides concrete information
and
advice on how to use an eight-step plan to achieve your goals --
whether
it's losing weight, getting fit, or simply improving your health. ...
also
explains how to apply the plan to other areas of life, including
changing
careers, starting over after divorce, and more. ... also includes
heartwarming
and motivating profiles of women who have redefined their lives: Weight
Watchers Leaders, real women who have lost weight and transformed their
lives in countless ways."
Joanna Frueh Monster/Beauty:
Building the Body of Love
[publisher:] "Bringing
together
her varied experiences as a poet, art historian, bodybuilder, and noted
performance artist, Joanna Frueh shows us how to move beyond society's
equation of youth with beauty toward an aesthetic for the fully erotic
human being. A lush combination of autobiography, theory, photography,
and poetry, this book continues to develop the ideas about the erotic,
beauty, older women, sex, and pleasure that Frueh first addressed in
Erotic
Faculties. ... Frueh admiringly looks at the bodies and mindsets of
midlife
female bodybuilders, rethinks the vampire, and revises our ideas about
traditional models of beauty, such as Aphrodite."
Tracey Gold, Julie McCarron. Room
to Grow: An Appetite for Life
Linda Hamilton Advice
for Dancers: Emotional Counsel and Practical Strategies
"Among other issues of concern to
dancers, Dance Magazine editor Linda Hamilton describes how dancers can
reach their optimal weight without compromising their health or their
careers.
Includes tips on a sensible approach to weight loss."
Steven Hendlin, PhD. When
Good Enough Is Never Enough
Marya Hornbacher Wasted:
A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Enid Howarth The
Joy of Imperfection
[Midwest Book Review:] "..a guide
to being ordinary, thereby enticing readers toward self-acceptance
rather
than obsessive self-improvement. ... based on the premise that it is
our
imperfections that enable us to be different, to explore new frontiers,
to be flexible, imaginative, and creative, to have fun, to laugh, and
to
be ourselves."
Jean Kilbourne Deadly
Persuasion : Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of
Advertising
Nancy J. Kolodny When
Food's a Foe: How You Can Confront and Conquer Your Eating Disorder
Steven Levenkron The
Best Little Girl in the World
[novel] [reader from Czech
Republic:]
"Not to sound melodramatic, but this book saved my life. I have been
battling
depresion for years,and was recently tettering on the edge of anorexia.
Kessa Dietrich is misunderstood by many. Often people simply cannot
understand
the fact that she is starving herself. Kessa's family, however, is
being
ripped apart at the seams. Her food is the only control she has in her
world of confusion. This book should be read by every girl, for who has
not, at least once, looked at her self in the mirror, and thought "I'm
so fat!". This book opens a window into the mind of the anorexic. More
over it opens a window into the mind of a person."
Margo Maine Body
Wars
[reader:] "This book is not only
for overweight women but for women who feel like they do not measure up
to the supermodel ideal. It has chapters that delve into magazine
advertising
and its effect on women, weightism, which is the politically correct
form
of prejudice among other things. But unlike most books of this type it
does not only tell us what is wrong but it tells us how to change
what's
wrong. .. resource lists at the end of each chapter.."
Camryn Manheim. Wake
Up, I'm Fat!
[Emmy Award as attorney Ellenor
Frutt
on "The Practice"] from Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell: "[This] is the
work
of a loud and independent spirit that ultimately refused to be
constrained
by shame. The push-pull of weight as an armor or albatross, the
internal
deals and monologues, the yearning to be on the inside while eternally
feeling on the outside are explored with a courageous honesty."
Judy Molnar You
Don't Have to Be Thin to Win : The Official Chub Club Coach's
Workout
Program
"How does someone go from a
volleyball
scholarship to Clemson to morbidly obese in the span of about seven
years?
Well, it didn't take just seven years. It took a lifetime."
Susie Orbach Fat
is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-Diet Guide to Permanent Weight Loss
"Now reissued, Susie Orbach's
classic
changed the way women look at themselves. Orbach's non-dieting approach
to weight loss shows women how to get off the diet/binge merry-go-round
and lose weight through self acceptance. "It is more essential than
ever
that (it) be read by every American woman."--Susan Faludi, author of Backlash.
Judith Ruskay Rabinor. A
Starving Madness: Tales of Hunger, Hope, and Healing in
Psychotherapy
"An intimate peek at what really
happens in the therapy room. Rabinor reaches beyond the everyday
struggles
and turmoil of her patients and delves deep into their souls." review
by
Marion Bilich, Ph.D., author of Shared Grace: Therapists and Clergy
Working
Together
"In these poetic stories, Dr.
Rabinor
paints for us a lyrical and moving picture of the therapeutic
relationship.
Her writing is haunting, challenging, and ultimately uplifting. For
anyone
intrigued by the process of change, this book will add to one's
inspiration
and wonder." review by Judith Brisman, Ph.D., author of Surviving an
Eating
Disorder
Joan Ryan Little
Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts
and
Figure Skaters
"[From Booklist:] "Ryan, an
award-winning
columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, offers disturbing anecdotal
evidence indicating that women's gymnastics and figure skating are
physically
and psychologically damaging to a majority of participants with
realistic
Olympic aspirations... Ryan documents that between the years 1976-92,
the
average U.S. Olympic gymnast became a year younger, six and one-half
inches
shorter, and 23 pounds lighter. The sport not only attracts tiny girls,
it manufactures them: these days the demanding physical requirements of
championship women's gymnastics can only be met by prepubescent, very
light,
very flexible girls. Control their weight through intimidation, delay
the
onset of puberty via exhaustion and starvation, and voila - You've got
little girls forever. But by delaying puberty, one also inhibits the
production
of estrogen, which is essential for adult bone density."
Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Wise
Girl: Advice and Insight from the Teen Star of Tv's Sopranos
Ann W. Smith Overcoming
Perfectionism : The Key to Balanced Recovery
Alexandra Stoddard The
Art of the Possible : The Path from Perfectionism to Balance and
Freedom
[Midwest Book Review:] "Stoddard
tackles the subject of demanding self-perfection, explaining how real
joy
and a stress-free live can only be obtained when individuals stop
demanding
perfection from themselves and others. Many case history examples and
first-person
insights are shared in Stoddard's exploration of the path to freedom."
Naomi Wolf The
Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Marian Woodman Addiction
to Perfection : The Still Unravished Bride : A Psychological Study
[reader:] "A fascinating and
often
poetic interweaving of women's issues, addiction, control, and
perfectionism
from a Jungian-mythic standpoint. Not only enjoyable reading but packed
with clinical wisdom and creative insight. Woodman has a sharp eye out
for the mythic underpinnings of Western patriarchy and how its
Apollonian
overvaluation of mastery, domination, and efficiency has shaped the
psyches
of women and men."
~ ~ ~
**video:**Center
Stage
stars include Amanda Schull - an
apprentice at the Corps de Ballet in San Francisco, and Ethan Steifel,
who is the principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater...
[viewer:]
"There's a good universal story here of the competition among the young
dancers, their hopes and dreams, romances and mishaps. There's Zoe
Saldana
as the wisecracking rebel with an attitude who nevertheless loves to
dance.
There's Susan May Pratt as a bulimic who has been pressured into ballet
by her mother. There are several love triangles and some surprises in
the
plot."
**sites:
About-Face
"promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes,
races
and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education,
outreach
and activism. ... To encourage a healthy skepticism about media images
and the messages of popular culture ... To empower young people to feel
confident about their individuality, their abilities and their bodies
...
To endorse companies that promote diverse and healthy images" etc
Sarah Benolken, Ph.D. - Psychotherapy
Is A Creative Process
Cultureofmodeling.com
DIETLESS
"discovering the emotional connection to weight loss."
DoctorJenn...Dr.
Jenn Berman is a Beverly Hills-based therapist who treats eating
disorders
and other challenges
Eating
Disorder Center of California
Treatment Program for Adolescents
and Adults with Anorexia, Bulimia and Exercise Addiction
Eating
Disorder Recovery "Support,
inspiration,
education and treatment opportunities for people with eating disorders
and those who love them. Contains: articles that address specific
questions
from people with eating disorders, eating disorder and psychotherapy
literature
research references, extensive list of eating disorder sites,
comprehensive
list of national and international in-patient programs for people with
eating disorders, opportunities to make comments and ask questions."
Eating
Disorder Referral and Information Center
"..dedicated to the
prevention
and treatment of eating disorders. We provide information and treatment
resources for all forms of eating disorders... Referrals to eating
disorder
specialists are offered at no charge as a community service. In
addition,
we offer general information to the public about the treatment and
prevention
of eating disorders and we hope to promote social attitudes that
enhance
a healthy body image and self-esteem."
Eating
Disorders Information Network
HabitDoc
"No matter what your
addiction
may be -- alcohol, drugs, sex, shopping, gambling or food," states Dr.
Kern, "I can help you construct a personalized strategy that will lead
you to the joys and accomplishments of an addiction-free life."
Dr. Kern provides
individual,
in-person counseling for clients in the Los Angeles and Santa Ana, CA
areas,
and coaching-by-phone for clients across the United States.
Dr. Kern offers
website visitors
private, 15-minute telephone consultations (free to callers in the
United
States) to help guide people with addictive behaviors to lesser known,
alternative treatment options that are evidence-based and more
effective
than 12-Step methods.
Males
and Eating Disorders
Mental
Health Net: Eating Disorders
Monte
Nido Treatment Center
"I am recovered from the
desire to be thin at any cost, from the need to be perfect and from the
illusion that what I look like is more important than who I am.
Recovery
takes time and is a process. I cannot pin point the time when I became
recovered. It was more like a looking back and realizing that something
very terrible was now gone and something more true to my real self had
taken it's place. ... I have found a balance.. made peace with food and
with myself. It is with my client's eating disorders and with our
appearance
obsessed society that I do my battling now. Monte Nido was founded so
that
I can best accomplish these goals." Carolyn Costin MFCC,MA
MEd.
Overeaters
Anonymous
Rader
Programs - Specializing in the Treatment of Compulsive Overeating,
Bulimia and Anorexia
The
Real Women Project "an
innovative
and multi-sensory approach to women's health issues
as they relate to a
narrow
definition of beauty. Using sculpture, poetry, music, video and
storytelling
as springboards for
dialogue
and education.."
Renfrew
Center "An innovative resource in education and treatment for
eating disorders:
anorexia, bulimia &
compulsive
overeating; trauma, anxiety, depression and women's issues."
Renfrew
Information,
Education & Resources page
Something
Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
Support,
Concern and Resources for Eating Disorders
UCLA
Risk Factor Obesity Program
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