Catherine Sangster is a health and physical education teacher. She has a background in neuroanatomy, publishing and freelance writing and her work has previously been published in international scientific journals. She is recovering from a 20-year battle with an eating disorder and currently writes two blogs. See keepcatebusy.blogspot.com and recoverypjstyle.blogspot.com. Cate lives in Victoria, Australia.
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This innovative and inspirational book is your ticket on a wild ride into the secret world of eating disorders. June and Cate shine a light into the terrible depths but ultimately offer promise to both sufferers and professionals alike highly recommended. - Dr Paul Rhodes, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of SydneyCommunication becomes a core problem for people with eating disorders who often cry: 'You do not listen.' This book bridges this gulf. - Professor Janet Treasure, King's College, LondonEating disorders are very effective at getting the most rational individual to think in the most irrational of ways. This is confusing to the sufferer and those who attempt to care for the patient, be they parents or professionals. This book will help us all understand these perplexing disorders just a little better. - Professor Daniel Le Grange, University of ChicagoOne of the most difficult aspects of an eating disorder is the way the illness distorts anything and everything that's said to the sufferer. This book will help expose those distortions in a simple but highly effective way. An important read for both clinicians and families. - Harriet Brown, author of Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with AnorexiaFocused on providing practical, helpful guidance to use RIGHT NOW, June and Cate delve into what appears to be a vast, even endless, reserve of deeply personal energy, strength, insight, and wisdom to deliver a timely recovery tool that can benefit each party in the treatment process equally sufferers, survivors, carers, professionals, and whole communities. - Shannon Cutts, founder, MentorCONNECT and author of Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder and Take Your Life BackAlexander and Sangster have honoured the true voice of loved ones and friends with eating disorders by translating their spoken words and nonverbal messages. They've done so with respect and great insight. - from the foreword by Laura Collins, executive director, F.E.A.S.TEvery time someone speaks up, speaks out and shines a light on an eating disorder the deadly grip of this most challenging illness is weakened. Alexander and Sangster have beamed that light with their compilation of many views, so much hard won insight. - from the afterword by Susan Ringwood, chief executive, Beat
