ABSTRACT
Options can be limited for those who do not respond to standard eating disorder treatments. Schema therapy is one of the new exciting frontiers in the treatment of this clinical population, offering a much-needed model that integrates both developmental and deeper level personality factors. Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders is the first book of its kind, guiding clinicians to deliver the schema model to those with entrenched or enduring eating pathology, and in turn encouraging further clinical research on this approach to treatment.
Written by an international team of leading schema therapy experts, and with a foreword by Wendy Behary and Jeffrey Young, this book draws on their clinical knowledge and research experience. Comprehensive and practical, this book introduces the rapidly growing evidence base for schema therapy, outlines the application of this model across eating disorder diagnostic groups, as well as individual and group modalities, and explores practical considerations, common challenges and the therapeutic process. The book includes detailed case examples, which provide a theoretical and practical basis for working with therapist-client schema chemistry and transference, and outlines methods of ensuring therapist self-care in the face of difficult and often long-term work.
Innovative and accessible, this fresh look at the treatment of eating disorders will be an invaluable resource for clinicians in the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Introduction to schema therapy
part II|2 pages
Schema therapy assessment and case conceptualisation
part III|2 pages
Application of schema therapy to eating disorders
chapter 6|13 pages
Repetitive negative thinking in eating disorders
chapter 8|19 pages
Chairwork in schema therapy
chapter 9|15 pages
Behavioural pattern breaking in schema therapy for eating disorders
part IV|2 pages
Challenges when doing schema therapy
chapter 11|20 pages
Resolving ambivalence and overcoming blocks to change
chapter 15|10 pages
Schema therapy for eating disorders
part V|2 pages
The future of schema therapy