Books

Binge Control: A Compact Recovery Guide

Binge Control is a compact guide to understanding binge-eating disorder (BED) and a companion to Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop. It is designed to help people who have BED better understand their condition and their treatment options and to help family members and friends of individuals with BED provide understanding and support to their loved ones during recovery.

Midlife Eating Disorders

Midlife Eating Disorders: Your Journey to Recovery

The eating disorder landscape has changed. Countless men and women in midlife and beyond, from all backgrounds, also struggle with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, purging disorder, and binge-eating disorder. Midlife Eating Disorders analyzes the causes and gives readers renewed hope by explaining how to overcome symptoms and access resources and support.

The Woman in the Mirror

The Woman in the Mirror: How to Stop Confusing What You Look Like with Who You Are

The Woman in the Mirror goes beyond typical self-esteem books to dig deep into the origins of women’s problems with body image. Psychologist Cynthia Bulik guides readers in the challenging task of disentangling self-esteem from body esteem, and taking charge of the insidious negative self-talk that started as early as when you first realized you didn’t really look like a fairy princess.

Crave

Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop

Crave helps readers understand why they crave specific foods, recognize what triggers their strong urges, and get control over their responses to those triggers. Binge-eating disorder (BED) is highly treatable; Bulik shares with readers a set of easy-to-implement “curb the crave” techniques that has empowered patients around the world to triumph over their binge eating.

Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Deborah Beidel, Cynthia Bulik, and Melinda Stanley take a scientist-practitioner-educator approach and help students see and understand the connection between the science and practice of abnormal psychology.

Runaway Eating

Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions

In this early work, teaming up with dietitian Nadine Taylor, Dr. Bulik addresses the emerging trend of women struggling to cope with the stress of menopause, empty nest syndrome, caring for ailing parents, work overload, and the cultural emphasis on youth and beauty.