This book is for the practitioner who wishes to incorporate therapy that draws on clients' spirituality or religious background as a resource for recovery from eating disorders. The authors build on the literature documenting the influence of client religiousness and spirituality on the development and maintenance of as well as the recovery from eating disorders.

There is growing empirical evidence that spiritual approaches to treating clients are as effective, and sometimes more effective, than secular ones, particularly with spiritually or religiously oriented patients. The book will show how a spiritual and theistic perspective of healing and change can enrich therapies currently in practice for eating disorders, including individual, group, and family therapy as well as 12-step programs.

'The authors provide creative and thought-provoking suggestions for assessment of spirituality and a broad range of interventions for various treatment settings and modalities.' —Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, author of The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect

Educational Objectives

• Have a better understanding of how spirituality can be helpful in the treatment of eating disorders
• Better equipped to apply clinical interventions in treating eating disorders
• Have increased their awareness of religious and spirituality assessment inventories for clients with eating disorders
• Increase their understanding of a multidimensional theistic treatment for eating disorders
• Know more about treatment expectations and the efficacy of client participation in 12-Step Groups for eating disorders

Syllabus / Course Instructions

• The Course consists of reading the selected book, successfully completing an online posttest and filling out a course evaluation.
• The book is not included. It must be purchased separately. We have supplied a link to Amazon.com for your convenience.
• Purchasing your course will give you access to both a printable copy of the test and an online version. Print the test to use as a companion as you read the book and answer the questions.
• You cannot exit the online test once you begin, so have your answers available.

Additional Resources On This Site for CE

• A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy
  by P. Scott Richards, PhD, Allen E. Bergin, PhD: 9 CE Credits
• Addiction and Grace
  by Gerald G. May, M.D.: 8 CE Credits
• Hidden Addictions: Assessment Practices for Psychotherapists, Counselors and Health Providers
  by Marilyn Freimuth: 8 CE Credits
• Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice: Doing What Works
  by Dr. Arnold M. Washton and Dr. Joan E. Zweben: 10 CE Credits
• Treating Patients With Alcohol And Other Drug Problems: An Integrated Approach
  by Robert D. Margolis, PhD and Joan E. Zweben, PhD: 8 CE Credits
• Integrating Spirituality Into Treatment: Resources for Practitioners
  Edited by William R. Miller: 11 CE Credits

Additional Resources Not On This Site

• Trauma and Drug Abuse: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of Comorbid Disorders, Edited by Paige Ouimette and Pamela J. Brown 2003. 315 pages APA, Washington DC
• Drug Abuse: Origins and Interventions, Edited by Meyer D. Glantz and Christine R. Hartel 1999 492 pages APA, Washington DC
• Hanley Center, 5200 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407-2374
  Phone: 561-841-1000
  Toll Free 1-800-444-7008
  www.hanleycenter.org
• APA Division 50 – Addictions
  www.apa.org/about/division/div50.html

Bio: P. Scott Richards, PhD, Randy K. Hardman, PhD, Michael E. Berrett, PhD

P. Scott Richards, PhD, is a professor of counseling psychology at BYU. He received his doctoral degree in counseling psychology in 1988 from the University of Minnesota. He is the senior coauthor of the book A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, and now available in a second edition. Dr. Richards is also the senior coeditor of the Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity. Dr. Richards has published numerous journal articles on the topics of religion and mental health, spiritual issues in psychotherapy, and spirituality and eating disorders. He is a licensed psychologist and maintains a private practice in Orem, Utah.

Randy K. Hardman, PhD, received his doctoral degree in counseling psychology with a minor in marriage and family therapy from BYU in 1984. He is a cofounder and vice president of Center for Change, a mental health clinic that specialized in the inpatient treatment of women with eating disorders. He developed intensive treatment programs at the Human Development Institute in Aurora, Colorado. He has published professional articles about spirituality and eating disorders in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention and Counseling and Values.

Michael E. Berrett, PhD, received his doctoral degree in counseling psychology with a minor in marriage and family therapy from BYU in 1986. He is a cofounder, corporate president, and co-clinical director of the Center for Change. He was the program coordinator for a specialty eating disorder program at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. He has published professional articles about spirituality and eating disorders in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention and Counseling and Values.