A Workbook of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns

The Accept Yourself! Framework

This three-part workbook offers a concise and forgiving research- based guide to clients’ diffi culties

with sustained weight loss. Part 1 is a review of your client’s previous efforts at weight control and

image change, as well as information and a review of research to help your client understand why

weight loss might not have worked in the past. Part 2 contains information and exercises to help your

client develop a new acceptance of their body and their relationship with food, as well as tools to

develop mindfulness and self- compassion. Part 3 will help your client identify, experiment with, and

commit to values related to food, appearance, and other important areas of life, tackling troublesome

mental and practical barriers along the way.