125 pgs, paper, ‘06

Drawing on the author’s own recovery from anorexia and bulimia, this self-published workbook has over 60 easy-to-use activities to guide someone through 9 steps of self-discovery. Has encouragement, guidance, and examples from her journal sprinkled throughout. Includes plenty of room for writing.

Journey from the Storm Within provides a combination of cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapies, as well as imagery work to guide the person through expressing original pain. This curriculum can be used for those with eating disorders (male or female), body image issues or for women-empowerment groups. It can be used on an individual basis or in a group setting. The workbook contains:

*A 9-step recovery process composed specifically for eating disorders
*Explanations to clarify the goal of each step
*Over 60, easy-to-use, activities to guide the person through each step
*Actual journal entries & story of Rachel Quast’s struggle with anorexia & bulimia, which coincide with each step.

CONTENTS:

1 – Detecting the Storm
2 – The Storm’s Creator Speaks
3 – The Origination of the Storm
4 – Searching Through the Storm
5 – The Journey Through the Storm
6 – Separating The Storm’s Fronts
7 – Silencing the Storm
8 – Redirecting the Storm Fronts
9 – The Rainbow After the Storm
10 – A Shelter From the Storm Within

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rachel Quast, MA, is an author, dynamic speaker, group leader, and counselor. She educates doctors, educators, counselors, social workers, camp leaders, churches and students on eating disorders. In addition, she leads support groups and is a counselor for those experiencing anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating. She is the president and founder of SHED (Self-Healing through Education), an organization dedicated to educating the public and supporting people with eating disorders. She is also a member of ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders) and received life-coaching training from the Coaches Training Institute.