"Art Therapy and Eating Disorders is a step-by-step approach to a new and extremely promising technique for treating people with eating disorders-children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike-that has proven to be a crucial aid to identification, prevention, and intervention. Mury Rabin demonstrates how her award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or ""PNBIT,"" can be used by clinicians other than art therapists and shows its effectiveness in combination with diverse therapeutic techniques.
Unlike traditional therapy programs that treat symptoms, this technique focuses on root causes and consists of a series of tasks-some phenomenal: weight recording, mirror viewing, and body dimension estimates; others not: chromatic family line drawings and body image mandalas. The book includes five case studies that illustrate how the PNBIT technique functions in practice."
By:
Mury Rabin
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780231127691
ISBN 10: 0231127693
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 April 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"1 Significance of Appropriate Body Image 2 Body Image and the Self 3 The Therapy of Art Therapy 4 Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Other Addictions (PNBIT): The Method 5 Clinical Applications 6 Conclusion Afterwords Appendixes 1. Extracts of Exit Tape Recordings 2. Self Report Form 3. Therapist Report Form 4. Sequence and Time Chart 5. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Male 6. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Female 7. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Male 8. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Male 9. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Female 10. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Female 11. Sandworlds Grid 12. Questionnaires 13. Medical Release Form 14. Medical Questionnaire 15. Abstract from ""The Yo-Yo in Art Therapy: The Use of Art Therapy in Eating Disorders"" 16. Art Therapy Images as an Index to Suicide 17. 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Height and Weight Tables and Frame Size Estimate Chart 18. Abstract from ""Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders"" 19. The Scope of Art Therapy 20. Relationship of Issues in Eating Disorders 21. Figure Selection II 22. Color Chart 23. Tissue Box Estimate"
Mury Rabin is a registered art therapist who has a private practice as a consultant on eating disorders. She received New York University's Phi Delta Kappa Award for her research on this technique, about which she has lectured widely.
Reviews for Art Therapy and Eating Disorders: The Self as Significant Form
An important contribution to the growing literature on eating disorders. It offers healthcare providers a unique approach to managing this difficult problem.
