This is a stand-alone course that can be taken by any practitioner as part of their continuous professional development (CPD).
It is also one of the modules within:
The day covers issues of development, engagement and motivation in Eating Disorders (ED), along with a range of CBT interventions as they apply to ED.
Issues covered include:
- Engagement & Motivation (Transtheoretical Model applications to ED)
- Formal ED assessment tools
- Cognitive Models of ED
- Common Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs), Assumptions & Beliefs (including illness beliefs) in ED, how to elicit them and their specific nature
- The role of selective attention in ED and its role in problem maintenance
- Managing bodily sensations related to eating
- Addressing realistic negative predictions through addressing secondary appraisal (“My parents might accuse me, but I will survive it”)
- The use of Pie Charts (to address beliefs about causation and responsibility)
- Weakening strength of beliefs regarding illness identity, hyper-vigilance and control
