February 2025 Book of the Month

by Patricia McGuire, LPC-MHSP

2/17/2025

The February Book of the Month for 2025 is 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb.

This book is not only for those who are diagnosed with an eating disorder or struggling with disordered eating, but also for those who would like to take a deeper look at their relationship with food, emotions, and body. This book is a wonderful resource if you are supporting a loved one with an eating disorder.

This book is designed to walk alongside those healing from an eating disorder. With compassion and clinical care, authors Costin and Grabb provide information, support, and activities to aid in eating disorder recovery.

A summary of the 8 Keys:

1- Motivation, Patience, and Hope

2- Your Healthy Self Will Heal Your Eating Disorder Self

3- It’s not About the Food

4- Feel your Feelings, Challenge Your Thoughts

5- It Is About the Food

6- Changing Your Behaviors

7- Reach Out to People Rather Than Your Eating Disorder

8- Finding Meaning and Purpose

From the back cover: “For anyone who has suffered, their family and friends, and other helping professionals, this book should be by your side. While not a substitute for formal therapeutic care, if offers a penetrating, unique look at what it means to really overcome a eating disorder, how the authors did, how they helped thousands of others do it, and how they hope to help you do it, too.”

Go deeper: https://www.carolyn-costin.com/books

If you’d like to explore these ideas further, connect with Patricia McGuire here