Break the Binds of Weight Stigma: Free Yourself from Body Image Struggles Using Acceptance and Commitment...

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Dr Sarah Pegrum

Break the Binds of Weight Stigma

Free Yourself from Body Image Struggles Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Dr Sarah Pegrum

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers
19 October 2023

Coping with illness; Coping with eating disorders; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

"""I can't do that until I've lost a bit of weight"". ""I need to slim down first"". ""When I'm thinner I'll...""

What if you didn't feel held back by your body? This guide helps you to free yourself from harmful social attitudes about weight and to start living now.

Break the Binds of Weight Stigma draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a positive, action-based form of therapy that works by accepting your natural emotions and using your own personal values to build a path to the life you want to live. Stories, worksheets, reflection questions, and guided exercises show you how to embrace yourself and fight back against the social structures that tie value to size.

This is not a book about changing your body or losing weight. It's a guide to help you connect with the things that are important to you regardless of your weight. It's a step towards countering the harmful messages in society about our bodies. It's a movement. It's radical. It's freedom."

By: Dr Sarah Pegrum
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781839977237
ISBN 10: 183997723X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 19 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Sarah Pegrum is a Clinical Psychologist and has been working in the field of body image, weight stigma and eating disorders for over 15 years. She is currently president of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, an ACT Peer Reviewed Trainer, and has presented at the 2021 and 2022 ACBS World Conference and the 2022 Australia & New Zealand ACBS conference. Dr Pegrum is also the founder of ACTing with Body Image, a new group for clinicians who use ACT with clients who have struggles with body image. She is passionate about creating change in relation to weight stigma and body image.

Reviews for Break the Binds of Weight Stigma: Free Yourself from Body Image Struggles Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

If you are struggling with weight stigma and feel like you are trapped in forest of pain, self-judgment, and cultural bias, this book provides a roadmap to freedom. -- Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. Originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy If you've struggled with negative thoughts and feelings about your body (who hasn't?), Break the Binds of Weight Stigma gives you a roadmap to help you move forward to a place of acceptance and peace. With beautiful metaphors, personal stories, and loads of practical tools and reflection inquiries, Break the Binds of Weight Stigma will give you a clear way of unravelling where your negative thoughts come from and guidance on how to work through them in order to strengthen compassion and acceptance. This will give you a clear path forward to truly change the way you feel about yourself. -- Summer Innanen, Body Image Coach and host of podcast Eat The Rules