Description: 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.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: This book is a wonderful tool for the therapist who specializes in eating disorders and who is looking for psychodrama techniques to assist with the healing. It is comprehensive in its approach to eating disorders, and issues with the body, trauma, and food...A welcome addition to the psychodrama and eating disorder field.--Mary Bellofatto MA, LMHC, NCC, TEP, charter member and past president of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Psychodramatist