Treating Eating Disorders With DBT The MED-DBT Protocol

People with eating disorders who also struggle with co-occurring high-risk or dysregulated behaviors are often not well served by standard eating disorder therapies. From pioneering treatment developers Anita Federici and Lucene Wisniewski this book presents a groundbreaking adaptation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for individuals with multidiagnostic eating disorder (MED) presentations. MED-DBT is affirming non-stigmatizing and evidence informed. It integrates the full DBT model-including individual therapy skills training phone coaching and consultation team-with strategies for treating eating behaviors body image interoception and medical instability. Featuring rich case examples the book is grounded in extensive clinical experience and state-of-the-art neurobiological research. A reproducible MED-DBT Diary Card and other useful tools can be photocopied or downloaded and printed. |Treating Eating Disorders with DBT The MED-DBT Protocol