Feeling Good about the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems

by Sabine Wilhelm

Book Overview

In a society where a blemish or "bad hair" can ruin an otherwise perfect day and airbrushed abs dominate the magazine rack, many of us feel ashamed of our bodies. If dissatisfaction with your looks is a distressing preoccupation, this compassionate book offers a way to break free from the mirror. Harvard psychologist Sabine Wilhelm leads you through a step-by-step program that helps you fight the urge to spend hours "fixing" your skin and hair, working...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572307307
• ISBN13: 9781572307308
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

New hope for those with BDD

I found Sabine Wilhelm's book to be both easy to read and very informative. The step by step approach detailed in the book is exactly what is needed for patients and clinicians alike. I have enthusiastically been recommending it to all of my clients who have BDD, and to colleagues interested in learning more about it. This book offers new hope to the millions of people worldwide who live with this troubling, but treatable disorder.