Last Reviewed: 01 May 2025
Resources for Individuals with an Eating Disorder
Educating yourself about eating disorders can help you understand the illness and help take care of yourself as well as learn about other people’s experiences.
Here are some resources that you may find useful:
Websites:
National Eating Disorders Collaboration www.nedc.com.au
The Butterfly Foundation
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au
Eating Disorders Info (for young people) www.eatingdisordersinfo.org.au
Health at Every Size
https://www.sizeinclusivehealth.org.au/
ROAR
www.reachoutandrecover.com..au
F.E.A.S.T
Academy for Eating Disorders
New Moves
Dieticians Association of Australia – DAA
Mental Health First Aid – MHFA
hhtps://mhfa.com.au
National Eating Disorders Collaboration – CEDC
How Far is Too Far?
https://eatingdisorders.org.au/how-far-is-too-far/
Recovery Resources
http://recoveryresources.com.au
Head Space
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Treating Eating Disorders
www.treatingeatingdisorders.com
Eating Disorder Hope
Eating disorders Victoria
https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/
Beating Eating Disorders (UK)
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
Reaching Out (Australia)
Bodywhys – The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland
Beyond Blue
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
Books:
The Body Image Workbook
Author: Thomas F. Cash
Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Feeling Good About Your Body and Self after 40
Authors: Ann Kearney-Cooke and Florence Isaacs
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Author: Linda Bacon
If Not Dieting, Then What?
Author: Rick Kausman
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works
Authors: Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Overcoming overeating: how to break the diet/binge cycle and live a healthier, more satisfying life
Authors: Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to break your eat-repent-repeat cycle
Author: Michelle May
Diet No More!
Author: Judith McFadden
Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating: A Guide to Recovery
Author: Peter J. Cooper
Overcoming Binge Eating
Author: Christopher G. Fairburn
Find Your Happetite: Eat What You Want and Be Happy With Your (Perfect) Weight
Author: Sue Zbornik
It Will Get Better; Finding Your Way Through Teen Issues
Author: Melinda Hutchings
Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
Author: Aimee Liu
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can too Author: Jenni Schaefer
Beating Your Eating Disorder
Authors: Glenn Waller, Victoria Mountford, Rachel Lawson, Emma Gray, Helen Cordery and Hendrik Hinrichsen
8 Ways to Recovery From an Eating Disorder
Authors: Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
Overcoming Bulimia and
Binge-Eating: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques.
Author: Peter Cooper
The Appetite Awareness Workbook: How to listen to your body & overcome bingeing, overeating & obsession with food
Author: Linda Craighead.
The Body Image Workbook: An eight step program for learning to like your looks.
Author: Thomas Cash.
Anorexia Nervosa: a survival guide for families, friends and sufferers
Author: Janet Treasure
Within, Part One
Author: Karen McGratten
Nervosa: a survival guide for families, friends and sufferers, 2nd edition Author: Janet Treasure
Biting Anorexia
Author: Lucy Howard-Taylor
My Recovery: Inspiring stories, recovery tips and messages of hope from eating disorder survivors Author: Julie Parker
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me
Author: Jenni Schaefer
Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relation- ship with Food Through Myths, meta- phors and Storytelling
Author: Anita Johnston
Ditch the Diet, Beat the Binge – How to break free from food fear, ban binges and just eat normally
Author: Lily Kay
Workbooks:
Getting Better BitE by BitE: Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders
Authors: Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure and June Alexander
8 Ways to Recovery From an Eating Disorder: Workbook
Authors: Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
What’s Eating You: A Workbook for teens with anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders
Author: Tammy Nelson
Overcoming Your Eating Disorder. A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder. Guided Self- Help Workbook
Authors: W. Stewart Agras and Robin F. Apple
The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering and Reclaim Your Life
Author: Michelle Heffner and Georg H. Eifert
The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook: Your Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide to Recovery
Authors: Randle McCabe, Traci L. McFarlane, Marion P. Olmsted
The Appetite Awareness Workbook: How to Listen to your Body and Overcome Bingeing, Overeating and Obsession with Food
Author: Linda W. Craighead
Hunger for Understanding: A Workbook for Helping Young People Understand Anorexia Nervosa Authors: Alison Eivors and Sophie Nesbitt
Podcasts:
Life Unrestricted. Boost your body image and recover from food & exercise madness – Meret Boxler https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/life- unrestricted-podcast-boost-your-body-image- recover/id1130713233?mt=2
Food Psych – Christie Harrison
https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/
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