Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, LISW-S, TEP, is a licensed clinical social worker and board-certified trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy. She has worked with people with depression, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction since 1989. She is the co-author of Integrating Psychodrama and Systemic Constellation Work, also published by JKP. Her training and psychotherapy practice is based in Racine, Wisconsin. Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., TEP, CET III, is also a board-certified trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy, as well as a certified trainer and team leader in The Therapeutic Spiral Model of Psychodrama and a certified health education specialist. She has worked with people with eating disorders and body image issues since 1990. She is an American Council on Exercise Gold Certified Personal Trainer, an ACE Gold Certified Health Coach, an ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor and Yoga Instructor, as well as a certified Reiki Master practitioner. She lives in Grasonville, Maryland.

Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. The Body as a Battleground. 2. The New Neuroscience. 3. How Action Methods Help Move Beyond the Silence and the Fury. 4. Multi-dimensional Illnesses, Multiple Healing Choices. 5. Men and Eating Disorders. 6. Education in Action. 7. History of Diets, Timelines and the Pull of Popular Culture. 8. The Three Faces of Eating Disorders. 9. The Triple Powers of Doubling. 10. Building Body Empathy. 11. The Link to Trauma. 12. The Age Spectrogram: Children and Older Adults. 13. Images of Nourishment. 14. Circles of Change and Transformation. 15. Nutrition Nuggets, Mindful Movement, Body Metaphors. 16. The Ancestor Connection. 17. Spirituality and Eating Disorders. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Psychodrama and other action methods are especially helpful in the treatment of eating disorders as well as dieting struggles, body dissatisfaction and associated issues of fear, sadness, silence and shame. This book provides clinicians with sound theory, practical treatment guidelines and clinically-tested action structures and interventions.