caa a22 4500 606211403 CHVBK 20210128101037.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10615-012-0423-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10615-012-0423-0 Recovered Professionals Exploring Eating Disorder Recovery: A Qualitative Investigation of Meaning [Elektronische Daten] [Crystal Bowlby, Tamara Anderson, M. Hall, Michele Willingham] While an emerging subset of literature has revealed that therapists with eating disorder histories often seek out positions in the field of eating disorders, there has been minimal investigation regarding what these clinicians have learned as a result of their eating disorder struggle. In this study we examine how recovery is viewed among professionals in the clinical treatment field of eating disorders with a personal history of an eating disorder. We used a phenomenological design and conducted interviews with 13 women participants representing all geographical areas of the United States. Qualitative analysis of interviews resulted in six themes regarding the essential characteristics of the recovery process (it is nonlinear, it is comprehensive, it involves changing attitudes toward the self, it requires de-identification with the illness, developing a sense of purpose, and acquiring meaningful relationships). These themes broaden the conceptualization of recovery beyond the minimal criteria of abstinence from behavioral symptomatology, weight restoration, and cessation of obsessional thinking, and suggest that long-term recovery requires more comprehensive changes, involving identity, meaning, and purpose in life. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2012 Eating disorders nationallicence Recovery nationallicence Interviews nationallicence Semi-structured nationallicence Phenomenology nationallicence Bowlby Crystal Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut Anderson Tamara Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut Hall M. Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut Willingham Michele Counseling and Psychological Services, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801W. Temple Ave., Building 66, Room 116, 91768, Pomona, CA, USA aut Clinical Social Work Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/1(2015-03-01), 1-10 0091-1674 43:1<1 2015 43 10615 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-012-0423-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-012-0423-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bowlby Crystal Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anderson Tamara Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hall M. Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave., 90639, La Mirada, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Willingham Michele Counseling and Psychological Services, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801W. Temple Ave., Building 66, Room 116, 91768, Pomona, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clinical Social Work Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/1(2015-03-01), 1-10 0091-1674 43:1<1 2015 43 10615