Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE (by Isabel Fernandez) AUTHOR’S PREFACE THE REASONS BEHIND THIS BOOK INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. A LOOK AROUND US CHAPTER 2. WHY DO WE EAT TOO MUCH? THE RISKS FOR OUR BODY AND FOR OUR MIND CHAPTER 3. CAUSES OF VULNERABILITY TO THE DISORDER. WHY DOES IT HAPPEN TO ME? CHAPTER 4. WHAT HAPP ENS INSIDE US? NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND FOOD.GUILT, SHAME AND FEAR CHAPTER 5. THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA. WHERE HAVE I LEARNED IT? CHAPTER 6. UNDERSTANDING THE TUNNEL OF THE VICIOUS CIRCLE. DO WE HAVE TO BLAME THE NEED TO CONTROL? CHAPTER 7. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: THERAPY WITH EMDR , A SCIENTIFICALLY PROVED METHOD CHAPTER 8. WHAT IF MY CHILD EATS POORLY? CHAPTER 9. THE LIGHT AFTER EMDR PSYCHOTHERAPY. REAL-LIFE STORIES APPENDIX SURvIvAL STRATEGIES 85 SELF-HELp CHARTS 89 SmALL HANDbOOK TO CHOOSE FOOD IN A HEALTHY AND BALANCED WAY AT HOmE AND OUT CONCLUSIONS BIbLIOGRApHY

About the Author

Marina Balbo is the owner of EMDR psychotherapy centre in Asti, where she works as psychotherapist. Founding member, supervisor and co-trainer of the Italian Association for EMDR and vice president of the National Board of Directors. Coauthor of numerous scientific researches, teacher and supervisor of AIAMC. Author of EMDR e disturbi dell’alimentazione. Tra passato, presente e futuro (2015) and EMDR: uno strumento di dialogo tra le psicoterapie (2016).