Book Review: Clinician's Guide to Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e). Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure. Psychology Press (1997) pp. 145
✍ Scribed by Helen Birchall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-4133
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✦ Synopsis
This excellent book is divided into two parts. The second section is the clear and userfriendly self-help manual, which is also published separately as a paperback. It offers understanding, encouragement and a variety of ways forward for sufferers of bulimia nervosa. It uses examples and extracts from real cases, with which patients can identify.
The ®rst section is a well written guide for the clinician, intended for use with the self-help manual. The Clinician's Guide initially concentrates on managing clients' ambivalence about changeÐan important and often neglected aspect of treating eating disorders. It gives an easily understandable account of the motivational interviewing approach of Miller and Rollnick, with instructions `how to do it'. The guide takes the clinician step by step in detail through the phases of treatment and warns of common problems and pitfalls, ®nishing with two extensive case reports, showing how the therapy can be used. There are master copies of the worksheets used, and information about how to present and interpret them.
The authors state at the beginning of the book that approximately 20 per cent of people with bulimia nervosa bene®t from using the manual alone, and a further 40 per cent if the manual is given in conjunction with the therapy. This Clinician's Guide will be valuable for both those already experienced in treating patients with bulimia nervosa, and for those for whom this is less familiar territory.