Book Review: The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating

Do you eat because you are hungry? While our automatic response may be “yes, of course,” many of us, in fact, eat due to stress or to deal with other unwanted emotions. The truth is, the choice to eat is not always about physical hunger. Perhaps the biggest challenge with a food addiction is that it is relatively acceptable when compared with other substance addictions. It is possible to be an emotional eater without anyone ever knowing about it. It does not impact your ability to drive a car, and likely will not result in financial ruin. Coworkers probably won’t notice because they, too, are grabbing donuts from the break room. And at family celebrations you’re “supposed” to overeat. In The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating: A Proven Program to Break the Cycle of Bingeing and Out-of-Control Eating, authors Debra Safer, Sarah Adler and Philip Masson employ dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to address and manage emotions that tend to surround our relationships with food. They validate the reality of emotional eating, and aim to help readers understand the links between emotions and food. A food disorder is loosely defined and can manifest in a number of ways, including binge eating, stress eating, or comfort eating. As the authors stress, the goal of the book is less about labelling or naming behavior and more about helping people manage their eating habits. The beauty of DBT as a therapeutic technique is that it is thoroughly researched. This is not so...
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