Group Counseling

Group couseling involves educating the group on family dynamics, dependency, stress management, nutrition, women's issues, depression, feelings, sexuality and assertiveness; as well as using a mix of therapeutic devices, such as rational-emotive techniques, Gestalt and process techniques, spiritual counseling, neurolinguistic programming, behavior modification, desensitization and confrontation.

Among client populations of bulimics, 63 percent to 80 percent eventually become binge- or purge-free; among anorexics, 50 percent regain normal weight and eating habits, 25 percent improve but have pronounced weight and/or eating habit problems and 25 percent are resistant to intervention. Early identification and treatment are crucial to a successful outcome for both disorders.

Source:

Eating Disorders: Counseling Issues

ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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