Workbook of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns

<p>This three-part workbook offers a concise and forgiving research- based guide to clients’ diffi culties</p><p>with sustained weight loss. Part 1 is a review of your client’s previous efforts at weight control and</p><p>image change, as well as information and a review of research to help your client understand why</p><p>weight loss might not have worked in the past. Part 2 contains information and exercises to help your</p><p>client develop a new acceptance of their body and their relationship with food, as well as tools to</p><p>develop mindfulness and self- compassion. Part 3 will help your client identify, experiment with, and</p><p>commit to values related to food, appearance, and other important areas of life, tackling troublesome</p><p>mental and practical barriers along the way.</p> <p>Acknowledgements Introduction: Who this book is for and how to use it <b>Part I: Your Weight, Your Body: Can You Control It? (And Why Not?) </b>1. Your Body Struggle: Evaluating Your Progress Thus Far 2. The Surprising Truth about Weight Loss 3. The Magic Wand <b>Part II: Body Acceptance</b> 4. Turning Down Programming, Tuning in to Your Body 5. From Mindfulness to Self-Acceptance 6. Producing Your Own Programming <b>Part III: Can You Live the Life You’ve Always Wanted, in the Body You Have Now? </b>7. The Value of Feeding Yourself 8. Embodying Your Values 9. Dancing with Your Body to the Life You Really Want</p>