Unpack your Eating Disorder by Maria Ganci and Dr Linsey Atkins

Unpack Your Eating Disorder

Unpack Your Eating Disorder isn’t just another self-help book—it’s a lifeline for adolescents facing the isolation, fear, and confusion of Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa.

Created by experienced clinicians and grounded in evidence-based practice, this powerful resource gives young people something they rarely receive in treatment: a voice.

Through compassionate guidance, Unpack Your Eating Disorder helps adolescents understand what’s happening to them, make sense of their inner world, and rediscover who they are beyond the illness.

It’s a book that says: You are more than your eating disorder. You are allowed to take up space, to feel, to hope—and to heal.

A Transformative Resource for Adolescents in Recovery

“Unpack Your Eating Disorder” is a powerful and practical book created specifically for adolescents navigating the challenges of Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa.

Grounded in evidence-based practice and shaped by decades of clinical experience, this book offers adolescents the tools to understand their illness, reconnect with their identity, and begin the journey toward true psychological and physical recovery. It helps young people recognise that they are more than their eating disorder—and that they don’t need it in order to cope, achieve, or belong.

With accessible language and a compassionate tone, the book guides adolescents to:

  • Build awareness of the traits and emotions that fuel the illness
  • Learn to stand up to anorexia instead of remaining captive to it
  • Develop confidence in their ability to heal and grow
  • Discover strategies to navigate the daily challenges of recovery

This book also supports parents and carers by helping them better understand the internal experience of their child and how to effectively support them. For clinicians, it offers practical guidance and therapeutic strategies tailored to the adolescent experience.

Whether you’re a young person in treatment, a parent, or a professional, Unpack Your Eating Disorder is an essential companion in the recovery process.

Maria Ganci
Clinical Social Worker and Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

What Readers Are Saying

Unpack Your Eating Disorder has given me a thorough understanding of how anorexia operates. Every aspect of the book has validated my feelings and not belittled them. It is through such ownership of my true self that I have been empowered to recover and develop the skills I need on my recovery journey.
APT Therapeutic Solutions
Adolescent
In Recovery
Unpack Your Eating Disorder is a brilliant resource for parents, carers, clinicians and most importantly, the adolescents themselves who are experiencing the anorexia. It is the “missing link” in anorexia treatment today. It gives the adolescent a voice, understanding and validation while providing critical and practical information about what is going on in the brain and why reactions and perceptions are not always as they seem. Reading this book in conjunction with the journal will no doubt help guide many struggling teenagers to have a better understanding of what is going on and help teach them to develop a healthier view of self as they work towards their recovery. – Highly recommended
APT Therapeutic Solutions
Christine Naismith
Parent
This book provides a long-awaited new direction in the treatment of adolescent eating disorders by utilising the strengths of both the adolescent and their carers. This essential resource has been distilled from the many years of extraordinary dedication and commitment shown by both Linsey and Maria towards their patients. This handbook will become an invaluable tool for all working in the challenging field of eating disorders
APT Therapeutic Solutions
Dr. Jacinta Coleman
Head of Adolescent Medicine Monash Children’s Hospital
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