Finding a Voice

Greg Dring is a Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist. He trained as a Clinical Psychologist in the National Health Service and subsequently took a Masters Degree in Psychotherapy at the University of Warwick, which focussed on both practice and research in psychotherapy. He trained in Family Therapy at the Institute of Family Therapy in London, and has worked in both adult and children's mental health services in the UK. From 1995 to 2010 he was Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Young Peoples' Service in Bath, a specialist out-patient treatment service for young people with serious mental disorders. There he gained intensive experience of family therapy for young people with anorexia, and experience of multi-family groups for the same client group. He now works in independent practice and provides supervision for therapists working with young people with eating disorders and their families.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE The roots of family therapy for young people with anorexia CHAPTER TWO The development of Maudsley Model Family Therapy CHAPTER THREE Family-Based Treatment CHAPTER FOURAnorexia is not an inherited disorder CHAPTER FIVE How should we understand anorexia? CHAPTER SIX Family interaction research CHAPTER SEVEN The emotional life of the family CHAPTER EIGHT Parental authority CHAPTER NINE Family attitudes to eating and weight CHAPTER TEN Beyond the Maudsley Model CHAPTER ELEVEN Treatment in context REFERENCES INDEX