A Therapist’s Guide to the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Eating Disorders

The book provides an orientation to the diagnoses of eating disorders along with current information about evidence-based practices for multidisciplinary treatment. Unlike other books on eating disorders, this book conceptualizes treatment as a team effort, with the psychotherapist as the “connecter” between the members of a team.

Keane and Mendes identify the primary components to an eating disorder-specialized multidisciplinary “treatment team”: a therapist to provide ongoing psychotherapy and care coordination, a medical provider to oversee medical complications and general medical stability, and a registered dietitian to provide nutrition counselling and manage nutritional status and an integrative therapist to augment treatment with body-based interventions. Through the experiences of seasoned eating disorder experts, readers will learn the basic tenets of eating disorder treatment, diagnostic differences between disorders, effective treatments, case examples, and sage clinical advice. Chapters are written from both the psychotherapist’s perspective as well as from a registered dietician and a medical physician.

Designed to prepare both experienced and novice psychotherapists, as well as master’s and doctoral students, in providing eating disorder treatment, this easy-to-read book is a must for any psychotherapist considering work with eating disorders.