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10: The Courage to Feel: Eating Disorders and the Case for Emotions

DOI:

10.1891/9780826147981.0010

Authors

  • Seubert, Andrew

Abstract

Emotions are not just inconvenient disturbances; they are the radar that enables us to navigate the ups and downs of living. This chapter celebrates the central importance of feelings, while teaching us the power and the freedom of emotional honesty. Four guideposts to this affective competence, as well as other skills, are communicated through clinical examples derived from eating disorder treatment.