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Author_Nancy Ellis-Ordway
Body Dissatisfaction
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Goal Setting
Improving Body Image
Improving the Relationship with Food
Internal and External Locus of Control
Joyful Movement
Psychology
Self-Esteem
Strengthening Health Behaviors
The Harms of Pursuing Weight Loss
The Science of Eating and Weight
Product details
- ISBN 9781440870231
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 07 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A psychotherapist of 30 years, Nancy Ellis-Ordway explains how she helps people get off the weight loss roller coaster, make peace with food and their bodies, and improve their health to find happiness and a better quality of life.
Widespread publicity about "the war on obesity" has led to pervasive anxiety, distress, and shame about eating, says psychotherapist Nancy Ellis-Ordway. Many people feel at war with their bodies rather than at home, in large part because of weight stigma and the unrelenting pursuit of thinness in America.
This book offers a detailed approach for change, with a particular focus on "the message we give ourselves" when we eat, exercise, and interact with other people. This process incorporates operating from an internal locus of control as a way to improve self-esteem.
Elllis-Ordway, in contrast to the "diet mentality" that is full of restrictions, first has clients focus on building self-esteem and growing a desire for self-care. She teaches clients to develop an ability to "listen to their own bodies" for guidance to eat for physical and mental health. The better we listen to and fulfill our body's needs, she explains, the better our self-esteem and health becomes, and the more we believe we are "worth it" and are able to meet our objectives.
Nancy Ellis-Ordway, PhD, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in Jefferson City, MO, with 30 years of experience specializing in treating eating disorders, body image issues, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems.
