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Testimonials Matthew's personal account of his 'home grown' recovery enabled me to further understand how my own son felt and how I as a concerned parent needed to allow my son to recover his appetite and deal with the feelings at his own pace. It was he who needed to make the choice to get well himself, to make the choice to eat healthily again, to take back control. Lisa J, therapist and mother of son with anorexia. … This article (from Therapy Today, June 2006) offers us as therapist the chance to consider a wider approach to the treatment of eating disorders. Many tradition approaches sit within the fields of medical models, with a sense of the "patient" being administered too, and the suggestion of an imbalance of power. The whole notion of considering the client's internal locus of evaluation, therefore bringing the power back to the client is central to person centred therapies. Matthew's article offers all practitioners an insight into a male experience of eating disorders and the chance to consider handing back some power to the client in order for healing to take place. Jane F, therapist. … Matthew having just read your article I wanted to contact you to let you know my thoughts. As a recovered anorexic/bulimic I feel very strongly that outside control is not the way to tackle this illness and I dislike the "I won't help unless..." attitude that you mention in your article. Medication and the control wielded by some in the medical profession - or attempted to - will not, I believe, truly help those who suffer with this. It seems logical to me that a good Counsellor with bags of empathy, like yourself, will get right into the heart of the underlying problem and tackle this at the "grass roots" leaving the client in full control, the very point of this illness. I found it refreshing to read about your experiences, I could not have put my thoughts so well, neither would I have the courage to ever write for a publication like Counselling magazine, so thank you." Georgette E, counsellor. … As a University Counsellor and as a person-centred practitioner who is interested in psychopathology, I want to commend client-centred therapy in particular for those who have eating disorders. In my experience, the freedom to explore the underlying issues, the respect for the client and the refusal to focus just on symptoms are powerful inn healing. Richard W, counsellor, trainer and book editor.
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