Working With Groups to Explore Food & Body Connections: Eating Issues, Body Image, Size Acceptance, Self-Care (Structured Exercises in Healing)

In response to requests from wellness professionals across the country, we ve taken our trustworthy and familiar structured exercise format and applied it to the complex and painful issues your clients are concerned about: dieting, weight, healthy eating, fitness, and body image.

Each of the 36 step-by-step teaching processes included in this volume were contributed by 34 respected leaders in the field who have worked successfully with individuals and groups in community education, workplace wellness programs, eating disorders treatment groups, counseling, and consultation.

The easy-to-use format includes everything you need to lead a support group, make a presentation, conduct a workshop, or develop a program.

• Step-by-step instructions for each exercise
• Reproducible worksheets and handouts
• 36 mix-and match, field-tested exercises to fit your audience and time frame

Icebreakers

• What kind of food am I
• It s my body
• Pyramid
• As I see it
• Diets I ve known
• My problem is . . . .
• Work of Art

• Easy as pie?
• Influencing factors
• Clean plate club
• Sensational diet
• Food house fantasy
• Spiritual hunger
• Food: the feeling plug
• Whole person snack pack
• Ideal patterns

• Body parts
• Finding center
• Mirror, mirror
• Moving attitudes
• Physical activity continuum
• Sensual walk
• Past connections

• What s my focus?
• Fat attitudes
• Myths and realities
• Beauty chant
• Fat chance
• Who says so?

• Pleasant thoughts
• Body count
• Fans of Mozart
• Fight song
• Snack cafeteria
• Mindful eating experience
• Empty calories