This special is the combination of Hope, Help, & Healing for Eating Disorders by Dr. Jantz and Empty-A Story of Anorexia by Christie Pettit.

Hope, Help, & Healing for Eating Disorders is about a Whole-Person philosophy that treats the emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual aspects of eating problems. This book is also written with the philosophy that a person with an eating disorder needs love and acceptance.

Empty-A Story of Anorexia recounts Christie's story through her personal journals, showing you how she turned to the Bible and counseling to find the strength and encouragement to overcome anorexia

Hope, Help, & Healing For Eating Disorders-A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating "
by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz.

Dr. Jantz has developed a Whole-Person philosophy that treats the emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual aspects of eating problems. This approach can be used by those with food disorders and their families and friends. Each chapter contains questions and activities to lead readers through progressive steps to healing.

• Discover 5 often-overlooked nutritional keys to recovery
• Find out how to let go of anger, fear, and guilt
• Obtain tools for creating a binge-free life
• Learn how not to be a victim of others
• Understand the role of emotional and verbal abuse
• Learn about 7 keys to help you create healthy relationships
• Deal successfully with the opposite sex

This book discusses a New Approach to treating those that suffer with eating disorders.
Anybody that is suffering from an eating disorder needs to have unconditional love, acceptance, and forgiveness. They also need to learn how to forgive themselves, and forgive others that may have abused or harmed them. We do not believe force will change those suffering from eating disorders. Force does not work. It can drive the eating disorder deeper and deeper.

Instead of force, we at The Center, provide an atmosphere of acceptance where change can take place. We look beyond the eating disorder and reach into the person's heart and see them as a person who needs love and acceptance. "Hope, Help, & Healing" was written with this philosophy.

Empty-A Story of Anorexia
by Christie Pettit

Millions of girls struggle with eating disorders. And most American women are unhappy with their bodies. Christie Pettit was one of them. Christie started college as a healthy, competitive athlete. But soon her perfectionism drove her to take fitness to the extreme. As she became more and more obsessed with what she ate and how much she exercised, thoughts about food and working out controlled her mind, her habits, and even her relationships. Christie was finally forced to admit that she was losing her battle with her own body. She was starving—but she didn't know it.

Chapter Sections
Why I Wrote This Book
This is My Story
Part 1: Is Something Wrong with Me?
Part 2: What is Really Going On?
Part 3: What is Beneath the Surface?
Part 4: How Does God Fit In?br /> Part 5 Where Do I Go From Here?
Part 6: Who Am I?
Your Story
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