The Overweight Patient Paula Jacobsen Archer sets out to provide

Archer sets out to provide adoptive and foster parents with an understanding of the complex range of difficulties with which their children may struggle as a result of their early experience of adversity

ethnicity and sexuality

For the couple it was the beginning of a long and still unfinished process of learning to live with a disability regarded by some as incompatible with marriage

professionals

The Overweight Patient Paula Jacobsen Archer sets out to provide`Kathy Leach provides a thoughtful, well written text that addresses the `great weight debate' in an engaging and compassionate way.' The Psychologist, Vol. 20, March 2007 `The main body of the book focuses on clinical work, offering insightful ways of thinking about and working with obese individuals. The text is punctuated with some very useful case examples and transcripts which guide and enlighten the readers thinking.' The Psychologist, Vol. 20,