Finding a Voice - Family Therapy for Young People With Anorexia

About the author

Greg Dring is a Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist. He trained as a Clinical Psychologist in the National Health Service and subsequently took a Masters Degree in Psychotherapy at the University of Warwick, which focussed on both practice and research in psychotherapy. He trained in Family Therapy at the Institute of Family Therapy in London, and has worked in both adult and children's mental health services in the UK. From 1995 to 2010 he was Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Young Peoples' Service in Bath, a specialist out-patient treatment service for young people with serious mental disorders. There he gained intensive experience of family therapy for young people with anorexia, and experience of multi-family groups for the same client group. He now works in independent practice and provides supervision for therapists working with young people with eating disorders and their families.

Summary

This book presents a review of the research evidence that has guided the development of family therapy for young people with anorexia. In addition, it presents the current evidence for a family model. A flexible model is proposed to meet different family scenarios and levels of treatment resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Dring, Dring Greg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367324537
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32453-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Eating disorders & therapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Eating Disorders