An Exploration of Yoga’s Potential to Incite Feelings of Aliveness and Authenticity in Women Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa

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Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the support of my dissertation committee members, Dr. Jim Drisko, Dr. Catherine Nye and Dr. Cathy Siebold for the role that they played in making this publication possible. I would also like to acknowledge the funding that I received from the Suzan Kamm Dissertation Grant Award and the Selma Brown Dissertation Scholarship Award through Smith College School for Social Work. Both awards played an integral role in supporting the research featured in this publication. To my research participants, “Thank You”,you have made this publication possible.

Additionally, in loving memory, I would like to thank my grandmother Patricia Gerlach for the influential role that she played on both an explicit and implicit level in my dissertation writing process. In loving memory, I would also like to acknowledge my beloved grandfather John A. Durdan (“Ba”) who played an imperative role in my life but particularly in my childhood. In the words of Winnicott, he ensured that I was provided with what will always be important, the experience of feeling held, more than good enough and the illusion of magic- imbuing me with the belief that I did indeed have the capacity to create.

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Heather C. Pizzanello

Dr. Heather C. Pizzanello is currently an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Field Education in the Social Work Department at Salve Regina University. She is also currently in a private group practice in CT and is a graduate of Smith College School for Social Work’s Doctoratal Program.