CBT-E
Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
While LFFD devices can be use as lifestyle tools to groom and improve healthy living habits; its medical version is inspired and aims to support a remote administrated CBT-E therapy.
CBT-E is the abbreviation for “enhanced cognitive behavior therapy” and is one of the most effective treatments for eating disorders.
It is a “transdiagnostic” treatment for all forms of eating disorder including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other similar states.
CBT-E is not a “one-size-fits-all” treatment. CBT-E is a highly individualized treatment. The therapist creates a specific version of CBT-E to match the exact eating problem of the person receiving treatment.
Four stages
Stage One, the focus is on gaining a mutual understanding of the person’s eating problem and helping him or her to modify and stabilize their pattern of eating.
There is also emphasis on personalized education and the addressing of concerns about weight. It is best if these initial sessions are twice a week.
In the brief second stage, progress is systematically reviewed, and plans are made for the main body of treatment (Stage Three).
Stage Three consists of a run of weekly sessions focused on the processes that are maintaining the person’s eating problem. Usually this involves addressing concerns about shape and eating; enhancing the ability to deal with day-to-day events and moods; and the addressing of extreme dietary restraint.
Towards the end of Stage Three and in Stage Four the emphasis shifts onto the future. There is a focus on dealing with setbacks and maintaining the changes that have been obtained.
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