Dr Anna Oldershaw is a Clinical Psychologist and Reader in Clinical Psychology at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University. She has 20 years of clinical and research experience in the field of eating disorders and has published widely in academic journals and books. Anna is an accredited Emotion Focused Therapist, supervisor and international trainer (isEFT), as well as an accredited Schema Therapist (ISST). Anna is Director of the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute of England at Salomons, an isEFT accredited training institute ([...]

Dr Helen Startup is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working in the field of eating disorders, both as a clinician and researcher. She is an accredited CBT therapist (BABCP) and a teacher/trainer of Schema Therapy (ISST), and co-directs her own schema therapy training school ([...] She has published widely in academic journals and was co-author of the treatment manual for a NICE recommended anorexia nervosa treatment called MANTRA.

Professor Tony Lavender is a Clinical Psychologist with over 40 years of experience working with a range of client groups and a Professor (Emeritus) at Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University. He was the Programme Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at Salomons for 21 years before taking up roles as Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research). He has published extensively on services and therapies in the areas of psychosis and personality disorder, workforce planning, the history of clinical psychology and more recently anorexia.

SECTION I Chapter 1: Anorexia and a 'lost emotional self' Chapter 2: Theory and Conceptualisation of SPEAKS Therapy Chapter 3: Testing SPEAKS SECTION II Chapter 4: SPEAKS Therapy Overview Chapter 5: Phase 1: Engagement and Formulation Chapter 6: Phase 2: Seeing through and moving past the Façade Chapter 7: Phase 3: Deepening to Core Pain Chapter 8: Phase 4: Resolving Core Pain Chapter 9: Phase 5: The "Real Me"