{"product_id":"the-body-image-workbook-an-eight-step-program-for-learning-to-like-your-looks","title":"The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPreface -- Introduction: Taking Steps to a Better Body Image -- Step 1. Discovering Your Personal Body Image -- Step 2. Understanding the Origins of Your Body Image Story -- Step 3. Mindfully Accepting Your Body Image Experiences -- Step 4. Seeing Beneath the Surface of Your Private Body Talk -- Step 5. Mindfully Modifying Your Mental Mistakes -- Step 6. Facing Your Body Image Avoidance -- Step 7. Erasing Your Body Image Rituals -- Step 8. Treating Your Body Well -- Afterword: From This Day Forward: Preserving Your Positive Body Image for Life -- Recommended Resources for Readers, Researchers, and Therapists -- Thoughts for Therapists -- Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The problem of body image dissatisfaction is sadly epidemic in today's world. To dislike your own body is to dislike yourself. A negative body image needlessly diminishes the quality of your life. The arrival of \u003cem\u003eThe Body Image Workbook \u003c\/em\u003ebrings hoped-for relief. Dr. Cash is an acclaimed professional whose eight-step program is sensitive and solution-giving.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Dr. Joyce Brothers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Cash is one of the most sensitive and sympathetic voices on the subject of body image. He brings knowledge and care, intelligence and kindness to a complicated, loaded issue. \u003cem\u003eThe Body Image Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e offers a clear road map to understanding body image problems and relieving them.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Linda Wells, editor-in-chief, \u003cem\u003eAllure \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, former beauty editor, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Cash has a knack for translating the best of what science offers into something friendly, supportive, and helpful.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This workbook admirably fulfills the author's objective and promise. It is useful, empathetic, thorough, and common-sensed. My feedback for the author? Nothing, except congratulations!\"\u003cbr\u003e --Robert M. Goldwyn, MD, clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, Division of Plastic Surgery, former chief of plastic surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The suffering associated with body image distress can dramatically undermine one's quality of life. Incisively extracting the most helpful findings from thirty years of scientific research and clinical experience, Cash has very effectively created a beautifully organized body image workbook that will help many people. His program offers both hope for relief from body image suffering and practical strategies that can make that hope a reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBased on author Thomas Cash's clinically tested program, this major revision of \n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Body Image Workbook\u003c\/strong\u003e offers you who are concerned or distressed about their body image an eight-step program for transforming their relationships with their bodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Cash has produced an excellent revision of \u003cem\u003eThe Body Image Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e. The content is clear, appropriate, and based firmly on published research evidence. Therapeutic techniques that we know are helpful are presented in an accessible and supportive style, with clear guidance and useful help sheets to enable readers to develop new skills and to monitor change. This is essential reading for anyone with body image concerns. It is also a useful resource for professional therapists who wish to help clients who are experiencing distressing body-related thoughts and feelings.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Dr Sarah Grogan, professor of health psychology at Staffordshire University, Staffordshire, UK, and author of \u003cem\u003eBody Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered what it would feel like to accept and enjoy the way you look instead of constantly worrying about and criticizing your appearance? What if instead of focusing on your flaws, you felt confident with the body you have right now?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you don't like what you see when you look in the mirror, you may not realize that these feelings are entirely within your grasp. You don't need extensive cosmetic surgery, pricey beauty treatments, or weight loss programs, but you may need to do something even more drastic-change your perspective and the way you view yourself. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Body Image Workbook\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a comprehensive program to help you stop focusing on your perceived imperfections and start feeling more confident about the way you look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs you complete the helpsheets in this book, you'll learn to celebrate your body instead of feeling ashamed of it. This new edition includes discussions of our obsession with physical appearance and with body-fixing options. It helps you discover your personal body image strengths and vulnerabilities and then guides you in creating new, life-changing experiences of mindfulness and body acceptance. After completing this eight-step program, you'll look at yourself in a whole new light-seeing the beauty of the real you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCash, Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas F. Cash, PhD, is a true pioneer in the psychology of physical appearance. He is professor emeritus of psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and has published six books and more than 200 scholarly articles on topics related to body image and human appearance, including \u003cem\u003eWhat Do you See When You Look in the Mirror?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Body Image Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Cash's professional website is located at www.body-images.com. He currently resides in Naples, FL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cash, Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Harbinger Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2008-07-02\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Self-Help|Personal Growth|Self-Esteem|Self-Help|Eating Disorders \u0026amp; Body Image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Self-acceptance|Body image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572245464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781572245464\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Harbinger Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52150186311961,"sku":"SP-9781572245464","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781572245464_spiral.png?v=1774293493","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-body-image-workbook-an-eight-step-program-for-learning-to-like-your-looks","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}