Michelle P. Maidenberg - Free your child from overeating: a handbook for helping kids and teens: 53 mind-body strategies for lifelong health

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle P. Maidenberg, PHD, MPH, LCSW-R, is the president and clinical director of Westchester Group Works, a center for group therapy, and also maintains a private practice serving individuals, couples, and families. She created and coordinates the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy program at Camp Shane, a health and weight-management camp for kids and teens in Arizona, California, Georgia, New York, and Texas, and Shane Diet and Fitness Resorts for young adults and adults in New York. Dr. Maidenberg is cofounder and clinical director of Thru My Eyes, a nonprofit that allows individuals with life-threatening diseases to leave clinically guided video legacies for their loved ones. She teaches at New York University in their graduate program in the Silver School of Social Work. Dr. Maidenberg is a consultant and trainer and often presents at conferences and publishes on the topics of health and wellness, parenting, mindfulness, socialization, anxiety, trauma, assertiveness training, and group treatment. She has contributed to articles in The New York Times, Fitness, Shape, Parents, Parenting, and more.

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Praise for
FREE YOUR CHILD FROM OVEREATING

Your child overeats. Put down the idea that now your job is to be the diet police. This problem is way more importantand way more hopefulthan that. You and your child have a chance to learn how the mind and body work. This wise book will help you and your child learn to see thoughts and feelings for what they really are, making it more possible for your child or teen to make mindful choices, to build healthy habits, and to live a healthy, values-based life without the burden of shame and self-criticism. Turn this problem into the opportunity that it is. This wonderful book will show you how.

STEVEN C. HAYES, PHD, professor, University of Nevada, codeveloper of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Free Your Child from Overeating helps parents work with their children on health and wellness without stress and worry. This book gives parents and teens all the tools they will need to succeed.

MARCI G. FOX, PHD, licensed psychologist and coauthor of Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens

This handbook provides priceless strategies to help parents and their children raise self-esteem, overcome cravings, and strengthen communication. To achieve lasting success, parents must model healthy, active behavior for their children to emulate. This book will guide parents, step-by-step, one bite at a time.

CORBIN BILLINGS, director of the documentary Bite Size

A tour de force, Dr. Michelle Maidenbergs Free Your Child from Overeating is complete, inspiring, and pragmatic. Speaking with a voice thats both personal and professional, Dr. Maidenberg gives parents and their children the impossiblea way to actually create a space between desire and action, between wanting food and actually eating it, between an impulse and the self-contempt many feel after binging or simply eating when not hungry.

MARK R. BANSCHICK, MD, author of The Intelligent Divorce

Getting clear guidance on nutrition and health can be an incredibly frustrating endeavor. Dr. Michelle Maidenberg has the answer! Parents of children who overeat will find a wealth of helpful resources, thought-provoking exercises, and sound advice in this book.

CRAIG HAEN, PHD, psychotherapist and author of Engaging Boys in Treatment: Creative Approaches to the Therapy Process

Dr. Maidenbergs framework, grounded in mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy, weaves empathy, unconditional acceptance, and care throughout each activity in this book. From stinking thinking to the cupcake conundrum, Dr. Maidenberg has created a brilliant guide to help parents and children lead healthier lives.

SUSAN CIARDIELLO, PHD, LCSW, psychotherapist and ADHD coach, author of ACTivities for Group Work with School-Age Children and ACTivities for Group Work with Adolescents

Free Your Child from Overeating utilizes a step-by-step, practical, and innovative approach and teaches parents (and others caring for kids such as nutritionists and pediatricians) how to empower kids and teens to take responsibility for their health in a proactive and highly effective manner.

ANN GOELITZ, PHD, LCSW-R, psychotherapist and author of From Trauma to Healing: A Social Workers Guide to Working with Survivors

This is an excellent, clearly written, easily understood, and helpful book that presents solutions to the serious problem of overweight children. It helps parents who often feel powerless about helping their child.

ROBERT SCHACHTER, EDD, assistant clinical professor, department of psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Using a family-based approach, Dr. Maidenberg brilliantly provides a series of user-friendly strategies for implementing behavior change. This book focuses on nutrition habits and behaviors, rather than weight, and provides the missing link for success in pediatric weight management. It is a must-read for any family looking to introduce more mindfulness around eating.

WENDY STERLING, MS, RD, CSSD, sports nutritionist, eating disorder expert, and former nutritionist for the New York Jets

As a clinician, I often see the serious effects of overeating. Dr. Maidenbergs book is a necessary primer for all parents to start to learn very practical strategies that can set the right tone for helping their kids and teens from the beginning. Free Your Child from Overeating is thoughtful, thorough, practical, and scholarly.

JENNIE J. KRAMER, MSW, LCSW, founder and executive director of Metro Behavioral Health Associates Eating Disorder Treatment Centers and coauthor of Overcoming Binge Eating for Dummies

Dr. Michelle Maidenbergs solid, well-researched, and exceedingly practical handbook on family wellnessbody, mind, and spiritreads like a breath of fresh air. Free Your Child from Overeating helps families avoid magic bullet mantras and head simply and easily toward a legacy of health.

BRENDA WOLLENBERG, BSW, RHN, author of Overweight Kids in a Toothpick World and founder of In Balance Wellness and Weight Release Programs

FREE YOUR CHILD FROM OVEREATING: A Handbook for Helping Kids and Teens
Copyright 2016 by Michelle Maidenberg

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