The Overweight Patient Paula Jacobsen Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger

Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome

ethnicity and sexuality

professionals

Interweaving real-life experience with practical advice

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

The Overweight Patient Paula Jacobsen Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger`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,