Main description:

This three-part workbook offers a concise and forgiving research- based guide to clients' diffi culties

with sustained weight loss. Part 1 is a review of your client's previous efforts at weight control and

image change, as well as information and a review of research to help your client understand why

weight loss might not have worked in the past. Part 2 contains information and exercises to help your

client develop a new acceptance of their body and their relationship with food, as well as tools to

develop mindfulness and self- compassion. Part 3 will help your client identify, experiment with, and

commit to values related to food, appearance, and other important areas of life, tackling troublesome

mental and practical barriers along the way.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction: Who this book is for and how to use it Part I: Your Weight, Your Body: Can You Control It? (And Why Not?) 1. Your Body Struggle: Evaluating Your Progress Thus Far 2. The Surprising Truth about Weight Loss 3. The Magic Wand Part II: Body Acceptance 4. Turning Down Programming, Tuning in to Your Body 5. From Mindfulness to Self-Acceptance 6. Producing Your Own Programming Part III: Can You Live the Life You've Always Wanted, in the Body You Have Now? 7. The Value of Feeding Yourself 8. Embodying Your Values 9. Dancing with Your Body to the Life You Really Want