Stories I Tell My Patients

Arnold Andersen is a professor emeritus from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and an adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Andersen is the world's leading authority on eating disorders in men. For more than 20 years he was the director of the eating disorders program at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and a professor of psychiatry. In addition to treating patients and teaching, he has written several texts and has contributed more than 200 articles in scientific publications. He has also lectured widely to medical and psychological groups worldwide. Dr. Andersen has appeared on a number of national television programs in which he has discussed eating disorders, and he has been quoted in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and The New York Times. He lives in Iowa City, IA.Leigh Cohn is the publisher of Gürze Books, the editor in chief of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, and the coauthor of more than a dozen books, including two on eating disorders and males, Making Weight (2000) and Current Findings on Males and Eating Disorders (2014), and the first book on bulimia in 1980. He has spoken on at professional conferences and universities throughout North America, and he has received awards from the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the Eating Disorders Coalition, and the National Eating Disorders Association, of which he is a member of the Founders Council. He is currently the president of the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders. He lives in Carlsbad, CA.

“A delightful collection that gets to the heart of the matter for those struggling with eating disorders. A wonderful resource!”Anita Johnston, Ph.D.author, Eating in the Light of the Moon“One of the preeminent researchers in the field of eating disorders.…Witty, humorous, practical vignettes that help patients grasp complicated concepts. Art from a scientist…a true renaissance man.”Craig Johnson, PhD.Director of the Family Institute, Eating Recovery Center“I read all of Arnold’s stories when they were published in Eating Disorders, but having them all readily available in one place is a much appreciated and valuable resource.”Carolyn Costin Founder, Monte Nido & Affiliatesauthor, 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder"All good psychotherapy depends on helping patients find and speak their emotional truth. Andersen proposes that storytelling is one important means of getting to the issues, and offers a number of thought provoking and evocative stories intended to do just that."Tom Wooldridge, PsyDAssistant Professor, Golden Gate University