The Other Side of the Table

Kim A. Guarascio, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with more than twenty years of clinical experience specializing in trauma and eating disorders. She is the author of Recovering from Eating Disorders: A DBT and Creative Healing Workbook.

Table of Contents List of Tables Introduction Part I: Understanding the Relational Impact of Eating Disorders 1. What Is an Eating Disorder, Really? 2. Behaviors vs. Diagnosis: When to Seek Help 3. The Treatment Maze 4. The Role of Trauma and Emotion Part II: From Understanding to Action-Skills That Support Recovery 5. The Battle Between Connection and Division: Parenting Through an Eating Disorder 6. Supporting a Partner, Sibling, or Friend 7. Boundaries That Protect the Relationship 8. Responding in the Heat of the Moment 9. What to Say (and What Not To) 10. Validation: The Language of Connection 11. Beyond Either/Or: Thinking in Dialectics 12. When It Goes Wrong: Repairing Connection Part III: Sustaining Yourself and the Relationship 13. Caring for the Caregiver: Your Emotions Matter Too 14. Letting Go of Perfection 15. Family Dynamics and the Blame Trap 16. What Recovery Can Look Like 17. Celebrating Growth-Theirs and Yours Conclusion Tools & Resources Bibliography Acknowledgments Author Biography

Kim Guarascio brings a uniquely compassionate and practical voice to eating disorder recovery work. By integrating DBT, mindfulness, and creative healing, she offers readers accessible, evidence-based tools that foster both insight and hope for recovery. --Jennifer Rollin, LCSW-C, founder, The Eating Disorder Center; praise for Recovering from Eating Disorders This is a practical workbook that provides the reader with a map of the routes to recovery. Using principles from DBT, the book provides exercises that help the reader regulate emotions and move toward a healthier relationship with food. --Evelyn Attia, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; praise for Recovering from Eating Disorders