SOWK 2025 Lecture 6: CH6 book powerpoint notes
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The few who do seek treatment on their own do so to seek relief from food preoccupation, depression or anxiety, rather than low weight: for clients who do not want service, the first line of defense is denial. They may deny the illness, distress, thinness, hunger, fatigue, fear of weight gain and behaviours. Therapists need to recognize this: eating disorders need to be seen as attempts to cope with a profound sense of inadequacy. A therapist who uses a non-confrontational, friendly, curious manner will have more success, compared with a confrontational or authoritative style of counselling: the ideal therapist combines empathy and firmness, acceptance and change. It is wise to use the client"s language and ideas in therapy, to establish rapport with the client: anorexics tend to be sensitive to being stereotyped. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, lasegue(cid:859)s (cid:448)ie(cid:449) (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot (cid:449)idel(cid:455) e(cid:374)dorsed e(cid:448)e(cid:374) at the ti(cid:373)e, as (cid:271)oth.
