![]() ![]() Also someone looking for a path into recovery could be very discouraged based on her views and practices, as I mentioned it is very exclusionary of major populations of individuals. I would not recommend it to anyone wishing to get a better look or understanding of eating disorders. ![]() As a proponent of evidence based treatment this book does bring up a lot of concerns and challenges. Recovery is deserved by all and the way in which you reach it is a personal journey of self discovery. If this book leads someone into recovery I would not be one to scoff at that. Years, that is the main point of her book and I am saddened and angry that professionals today would regard it with such esteem. While I do have to remember that the book was written in 1996 and that views on gender have changed significantly in the past twenty ![]() Her views completely disregard men, trans and gender queer/non-comforming people who have eating disorders. ![]() (p.15)" She consistently genders human traits and perpetuates the ideology that masculinity is the strong, assertive side where femininity is the weak and gentle side. I am offended at her view that "recovery from disordered eating calls for a deliberate, conscious attempt to reclaim our feminine side so we can bring our masculine side back to balance. And by ridiculous I actually mean horrifying that a clinical psychologist who co-founded an eating disorder center can actually believe in the stuff she is spewing. This is one of the most ridiculous books on eating disorders I have ever read. ![]()
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