“Bravo! A compassionate, extraordinarily thorough and helpful guide for therapists struggling with their own and their clients' obsessions with body image and compulsive eating. [It] offers a truly effective approach to the culturally induced preoccupation with body size that so often derails treatment. Life-changing on both sides of the consulting room.

—Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter, authors of Overcoming Overeating and When Women Stop Hating their Bodies

 “A must read! I would recommend this book to anyone affected by struggles with food and weight.”

—Debra Waterhouse, MPH, RD, author of Like Mother, Like Daughter and Why Women Need Chocolate

 “Learning to eat with hunger, to relish food, and to enjoy one’s body is our birthright. Beyond a Shadow of a Diet explains how individuals can begin to live in harmony with food and gives therapists the tools to better help those for whom eating has become, too often, a source of anguish rather than a pleasurable and reassuring part of life.”

—Susie Orbach, Ph.D., author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, Hunger Strike, and On Eating

 “This book is a gem! The authors have compiled a definitive, powerful, and highly readable justification for shifting the paradigm in our understanding of issues of weight and health. Just the right mix of science, theory, and practical application.”