The Personalized Recovery Workbook for Eating Disorders: Targeted Tools That Actually Work - Softcover

Levinson PhD, Cheri A.; Vanzhula PhD, Irina A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1648488714 ISBN 13: 9781648488719

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2026

Synopsis

Your eating disorder isn’t generic. Your recovery shouldn’t be either.

Eating disorders show up differently for everyone. Two people with the same diagnosis can struggle with completely different thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and challenges―yet most treatments still take a one-size-fits-all approach. The Personalized Workbook for Eating Disorder Recovery offers something radically different: a recovery plan built specifically for you.

This innovative workbook helps you identify the exact factors that are keeping your eating disorder going―whether that’s fear of weight gain, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, trauma, perfectionism, impulsivity, or difficulty regulating emotions. Using a comprehensive self-assessment, you’ll pinpoint your top drivers and be guided directly to targeted treatment modules designed to address your specific needs.

Drawing from the most effective evidence-based approaches―including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exposure therapy, mindfulness, and behavioral activation―this workbook allows you to focus your energy where it will make the biggest difference. You’ll work through practical, research-backed exercises that address both eating behaviors and the thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and co-occurring conditions that maintain them.

Discover targeted tools to help you manage:

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• And other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED)

Whether you’ve tried treatment before without success or are just beginning your recovery journey, this personalized, precision-based approach helps you feel seen, understood, and empowered―so you can move beyond symptom management and toward lasting recovery.

About this title

About the Author

Cheri A. Levinson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, professor of psychological and brain sciences and pediatrics at the University of Louisville, director of the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Lab, and founder of the Louisville Center for Eating Disorders. A leading researcher in personalized mental health care, she has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and is the lead investigator on seven National Institute of Mental Health-funded clinical trials focused on innovative eating disorder treatments.

Irina A. Vanzhula, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, assistant research professor of psychological and brain sciences, and presidential research scholar at the University of Louisville. She leads clinical trials focused on improving eating disorder treatments through technology, personalized interventions, and advanced statistical methods, including network analysis. She completed clinical training at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and has authored more than forty-eight peer-reviewed publications.

Foreword writer Janet Treasure, PhD, is professor of psychiatry at King’s College London, and former director of the Eating Disorders Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She has pioneered a paradigm shift in eating disorder research, integrating genetics, neuroscience, and neuroendocrinology into the study of risk factors and treatment. Her work, cocreated with patients and families, emphasizes compassion and collaboration in recovery.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648488714
• ISBN 13: 9781648488719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256