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Eating Disorder Counsellors With Eating Disorder Histories: A Story of Being "Normal"

Debate exists in the eating disorders field about the fitness to practise of counsellors with eating disorder histories ( Johnston, Smethurst & Gowers, 2005 ). Yet despite widespread acknowledgement of the demanding nature of eating disorder counselling in general ( Zerbe, 2008 ), almost no rese...

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Published in:Eating disorders 2010-10, Vol.18 (5), p.377-392
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