Embodiment and Eating Disorders

Theory, Research, Prevention and Treatment

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  • This is an insightful and essential new volume for academics and professionals interested in the lived experience of those who struggle with disordered eating.

    Embodiment and Eating Disorders situates the complicated – and increasingly prevalent – topic of disordered eating at the crossroads of many academic disciplines, articulating a notion of embodied selfhood that rejects the separation of mind and body and calls for a feminist, existential, and sociopolitically aware approach to eating disorder treatment. Experts from a variety of backgrounds and specializations examine theories of embodiment, current empirical research, and practical examples and strategies for prevention and treatment.

  • Introduction

    I. Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives of Embodiment and Eating Disorders

    1. Embodiment and Body Image: Relating and Exploring Constructs, Hillary L. McBride

    2. Understanding Disordered Eating and (Dis)embodiment through a Feminist Lens, Hillary L. McBride and Janelle L. Kwee

    3. Embodiment: A Non-Dualistic and Existential Perspective on Understanding and Treating Disordered Eating, Mihaela Launeanu and Janelle L. Kwee

    4. From Having a Body to Being Embodied: Phenomenological Theories on Embodiment, Barbara Weber

    5. The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Implications for Treatment and Prevention of Eating Disorders, Heather Jacobson and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall

    6. Conceptualizing and Measuring Embodiment: Lessons from a Response Processes Inquiry with Women Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa, Mihaela Launeanu, Chelsea Beyer, and Christina Bally

    7. Moving Toward Embodied Research, Elizabeth Chan 8. Eating Disorders as Disorders of Embodiment and Identity: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Giovanni Stanghellini, Milena Mancini, Giovanni Castellini, and Valdo Ricca

    II. Embodiment and Eating Disorder Research

    9. Sexuality, Disordered Eating, and Embodiment, Kelsey Siemens and Janelle L. Kwee

    10. Intergenerational Journeys: Mothers Raising Embodied Daughters, Hillary L. McBride and Janelle L. Kwee

    11. Poems of the Past, Present, and Future: Becoming a More Embodied Self in Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa, Chelsea Beyer and Mihaela Launeanu

    12. Older Women and the Embodied Experience of Weight, Laura Hurd Clarke

    13. The Neuroscience of Eating Disorders and Embodiment, Jessica Moncrieff-Boyd, Ian Frampton, and Kenneth Nunn

    14. Ayahuasca and the Healing of Eating Disorders, Marika Renelli, Jenna Fletcher, Anja Loizaga-Velder, Natasha Files, Kenneth Tupper, and Adele LaFrance

    III. Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders

    15. ‘Fat’ as Political Disobedience: Black Women Blogging the Resistance, Andrea Shaw and Jazmyn Brown

    16. Yoga as Pathway to Positive Embodiment in the Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders, Catherine Cook-Cottone

    17. Emotion-Based Psychotherapies in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Meris Williams and Natasha Files

    18. ‘Free To Be’: An Embodiment Program for Youth, Renae Y. Regehr and Rhea L. Owens

    19. Lifespan Integration Therapy for Eating Disorders: A Case Study of Anorexia Nervosa, Cindy Wuflestad and Peggy Pace

    20. Bringing the Body Back into ‘Body Image’: Body-Centered Perspectives on Eating Disorders, Adrienne Ressler and Susan Kleinman

    21. Practical Strategies for Promoting Embodiment in Eating Disorder Prevention and Treatment, Janelle L. Kwee and Mihaela Launeanu

    IV. Concluding Thoughts

    22. Embodiment and Eating Disorders: An Emergent Vision for Theory, Research, and Practice, Janelle L. Kwee and Hillary L. McBride