Provides the latest thinking, compassionate counsel, and step-by-step assistance to individuals who suffer from compulsive eating behaviors - specifically overeating and undereating. This book closely examines our family and other relationships, and offers specific help for getting our need for love met in positive ways, instead of through food. The best-selling, benchmark text on family dynamics and eating disorders by Dr. Judi Hollis. This instructive and engaging guide provides the latest thinking, compassionate counsel, and step-by-step assistance to individuals who suffer from compulsive eating behaviors - specifically overeating and undereating.

Food obsessions encourage a system of isolation and loneliness - fears that can creep into every area of our lives. This book closely examines our family and other relationships, and offers specific help for getting our need for love met in positive ways, instead of through food. This book is about giving up our secrets, taking ourselves seriously, and learning how to nurture ourselves without relying on food.