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Anorexia & psychotherapyWomen's health & fitness guideIt is important to stress here that there is no miracle cure for anorexia, it is not something as simple as a chest infection or any other viral infection that can be treated with antibiotics, and this is merely an option that might work after advice with your own doctor. Psychotherapy is one of many options that are available to the sufferer of anorexia nervosa, psychotherapy is treatment by discussion, and there is nothing to say for certain that psychotherapy does or will work for sure but it is one option that is worth looking deeper into. There are many different kinds of psychotherapy available which can be used as treatment for anorexia and for some people of the people who venture down this avenue psychotherapy does and has thought to have helped them. Maybe it's the simple fact of having realised and admitted toy yourself and other's around you that you do have a problem. We all have felt the need or will feel the need to talk with someone at sometime or another in our lives, most often this has been for nothing as serious as what the anorexic sufferer is going through. The relief alone that comes with just sitting down and talking is a great feeling, we have all heard the saying "a trouble shared is a trouble halved" just by knowing you are not alone in what you are going through is a tremendous feeling and a step in the right direction on the road to recovery. Psychotherapy as an option helps by changing the anorexics thoughts; these can be about themselves for many people suffering from anorexia develop a hatred of themselves and also how the person thinks about food. Sessions of talking with your therapist will also help you gain a better understanding of ways to cope in the future, making sure that once the weight has been gained and the person has made a full recovery the chances will be greatly less of them slipping back. Psychotherapy is usually offered once or twice a week and the whole process usually takes at least a year to complete, though there is no hard and fast rules it is generally thought that for proper habits to become established within this person it unusually takes this length of time. The Different Types of Anorexia Therapy Available There are several different types of psychotherapy available, the most commonly used is family therapy, this is because anorexia seems to affect more young girls between the age of 15 and 18 than any one else, though it is not uncommon for boys and indeed older woman and men to fall prey to this disease. Family therapy will be deeper looked into in another article, other therapy options are: Cognitive therapy This therapy helps you change your negative thoughts and feelings by replacing them with positive thoughts, it helps you gain a better insight into yourself as a person and gives you back control over the person you are not the one you have become. Read More... Body awareness therapy This therapy will help you gain a better understanding of how your body works and the negative effects anorexia has on the body. The therapist may give you exercises to do such as self massage; this is a hand on approach that actually lets you feel just what your body is like. The anorexic thinks she is overweight, fat, but by actually running her hands along her body and feeling bones sticking out a better understanding is often gained. |
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