Voices of Eating Disorders

Dr Tanya Frances is Lecturer in Psychology and Counselling, The Open University and Psychotherapist and Counsellor in independent practice.Dr Sandra Engstrom is Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Stirling.

• Foreword 1, Helen Malson, Monash UniversityForeword 2, Chelsea Roff, Eat Breathe ThriveIntroduction Chapter: Setting the Scene, Sandra Engstrom & Tanya FrancesAbout the illustrations, Naomi DevlinChapter 1: A swirling muddle of conflicts, Dan Mills-Da’BellChapter 2: Hiding parts of me for far too long, Cheryl StaffordChapter 3: “Have you tried bingeing on carrots?”, Jenny ColeChapter 4: The frog and the pot, AbbiChapter 5: Threshold, Rosie BrooksChapter 6: Treatment for anorexia nervosa in the context of chronic underfunding, complexity, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Rebecca ReglerChapter 7: The greedy institution of recovery, Andrea LaMarreChapter 8: Being with what’s hard, Naomi DevlinChapter 9: On the road: Anorexia recovery through a lens of epistemic trust and embodiment, Tanya FrancesChapter 10: Me, trauma and the eating disorder: A journey that continues as an outcome of outpatient NHS Eating Disorder ServicesChapter 11: One size does not fit all, AmandaChapter 12: Targets, tick boxes and totalitarianism: Your body, our property, Kirstie PopeChapter 13: Disordered eating in a disabled body, Ruth KnightChapter 14: Physical disabilities and eating disorders: The pitfalls of a one-size fits all treatment model, Sophia PurcellChapter 15: Eating well: Embracing an ecosocial worldview for recovery with disordered eating, Meredith PowersChapter 16: Learning how to be human, Sandra EngstromChapter 17: I am ready to tell my story, Georgia SimmerlingChapter 18: Public identity and private struggles: Recovering from disordered eating as a food and nutrition professional, Clare MoranChapter 19: I’m not fixed, Alexandra DonnachieChapter 20: CAAAAKE, Kathryn CongreveChapter 21: Beyond recovery: My journey with cutting myself, Snita Ahir-KnightChapter 22: Considering the role of occupational therapy in eating disorder recovery, Esther DarkConcluding chapter: Listening to lived experience: A call to action in eating disorder care, Tanya Frances & Sandra Engstrom