Eating Disorder Resources:
Recommended Books
see gurze.net or other eating disorder sites for more

• The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Disorder Recovery, Nancy Kolodny, LCSW, 2004. (For teens and young adults beginning treatment.)
• Eating in the Light of the Moon: How women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors & storytelling, Anita Johnston, PhD, 1996 (For individuals trying to understand the emotional and symbolic aspects of their eating behavior; very popular book in eating disorder programs with young women and girls.)
• Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends, Michelle Siegel, PhD, Judith Brisman, PhD and Margot Weinshel, MSW, 1988, (How to gain perspective, bring the eating disorder out in the open, and support someone you love who is suffering.)
• A Starving Madness, Tales of hunger, hope and healing in psychotherapy, Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. 2002, (For those who suffer and those who treat eating disorders, an intimate glimpse into the process of psychotherapy; well written, of interest for someone considering therapy, in therapy for an eating disorder, or for therapists.)