Therapy for Anorexia, Eating Disorders & Food Addiction
The three major therapeutic approaches used in treating
anorexia and other eating-food issues are TLM, (linked below)
behavioral methods and family therapy.
These approaches are often used together and combined
with nutrition management. In behavioral programs
hospital privileges are 'made dependent on weight gain.
While this technique often leads to increases in body
weight, it has some negative features. If the weight gain
required is too great (some programs have required a
half-pound gain per day), patients may develop bulimia
and use laxatives and vomiting as a method of weight
control (Leon and Phelan). They are also likely
to show poor social adjustment.
Cognitive behavioral approaches to anorexia have
also been tried. These focus on the faulty thinking that
seems to contribute to the faulty body image of some
anorexics. Cognition interventions are usually combined
with other approaches. Nutritional counseling is usually
included as well. Emphasis is placed on establishing normal
eating patterns.
Because behavioral therapy has met with limited
long-term success, some researchers have focused on
family therapy, especially for younger anorexics. One
family therapist who has taken a special interest in anorexic
adolescents is Salvado Minuchin. Minuchin has found predominant
characteristics in families with an anorexic child: "enmeshment, over
protectiveness, rigidity and Iack of conflict resolution, enmeshed family which no one
can be an individual or have a separate identity and the
Insistence on togetherness results in the lack of privacy.
Family members are overprotective; they frequently express
concern for each other's welfare and respond protectively
to the least sign of distress. Families of anorexics
also tend to be very rigid and to resist change.
They have what amounts to a storybook image of themselves,
and the growth of individuality in an adolescent
child is a threat to this picture of perfection. Tolerance
for conflict is also extremely low in these families. Some
deny that any differences exist among their members,
others deal with differences by shifting the conversation to
others. When such tactics are used, conflicts
with in the family are not resolved. Instead, natural
differences accumulate and stress builds up.
Minuchin and his co-workers followed most of
their first 50 anorexic cases for at least 2.5 years after
treatment began. They reported a recovery rate of 86
percent, (see link below) with recovery defined as symptom of eating
disturbance or psychosocial difficulty at home, at school,
or with peers (Minuchin). This study
focused on young girls (average age 14) who had very
recently begun to show anorexic symptoms. It is possible
that this high recovery rate might not occur with
older anorexics with more established eating (or non-eating)
habits.
anorexia and other eating-food issues are TLM, (linked below)
behavioral methods and family therapy.
These approaches are often used together and combined
with nutrition management. In behavioral programs
hospital privileges are 'made dependent on weight gain.
While this technique often leads to increases in body
weight, it has some negative features. If the weight gain
required is too great (some programs have required a
half-pound gain per day), patients may develop bulimia
and use laxatives and vomiting as a method of weight
control (Leon and Phelan). They are also likely
to show poor social adjustment.
Cognitive behavioral approaches to anorexia have
also been tried. These focus on the faulty thinking that
seems to contribute to the faulty body image of some
anorexics. Cognition interventions are usually combined
with other approaches. Nutritional counseling is usually
included as well. Emphasis is placed on establishing normal
eating patterns.
Because behavioral therapy has met with limited
long-term success, some researchers have focused on
family therapy, especially for younger anorexics. One
family therapist who has taken a special interest in anorexic
adolescents is Salvado Minuchin. Minuchin has found predominant
characteristics in families with an anorexic child: "enmeshment, over
protectiveness, rigidity and Iack of conflict resolution, enmeshed family which no one
can be an individual or have a separate identity and the
Insistence on togetherness results in the lack of privacy.
Family members are overprotective; they frequently express
concern for each other's welfare and respond protectively
to the least sign of distress. Families of anorexics
also tend to be very rigid and to resist change.
They have what amounts to a storybook image of themselves,
and the growth of individuality in an adolescent
child is a threat to this picture of perfection. Tolerance
for conflict is also extremely low in these families. Some
deny that any differences exist among their members,
others deal with differences by shifting the conversation to
others. When such tactics are used, conflicts
with in the family are not resolved. Instead, natural
differences accumulate and stress builds up.
Minuchin and his co-workers followed most of
their first 50 anorexic cases for at least 2.5 years after
treatment began. They reported a recovery rate of 86
percent, (see link below) with recovery defined as symptom of eating
disturbance or psychosocial difficulty at home, at school,
or with peers (Minuchin). This study
focused on young girls (average age 14) who had very
recently begun to show anorexic symptoms. It is possible
that this high recovery rate might not occur with
older anorexics with more established eating (or non-eating)
habits.
If you are serious about changing,
I encourage you to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION with the treatment method I recommend:
http://www.theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
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NOTES:
I encourage you to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION with the treatment method I recommend:
http://www.theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
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Alexithymia
Art Therapy
Autonomy
Behavioral Systems Family Therapy (BSFT)
Black-or-white (all-or-nothing) thinking
Central coherence
Cognition
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Enhanced Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E)
Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT)
Conjoint Family Therapy (CFT)
Contingency Management
Control
Coping Skills/Mechanisms
Dance/movement therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
Ego
Egodystonic
Egosyntonic
Emotional eating
Empowerment
Enmeshment
Experiential or expressive therapies
Exposure with Response Prevention & Exposure Meals/Foods
Externalization
Family Based Therapy (FBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Family unity
Fear foods
Food police
Grieving an eating disorder
Guilt
Hypnotherapy, Guided Image Therapy, Relaxation Therapy, Touch Therapy, Massage Therapy
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Intuitive eating (also called normalized eating)
Life events and traumatic factors
Magic Plate
Mandometer Method
Maudsley Approach, Maudsley Therapy, Family Based Therapy (FBT)
Meal Plan
Mental illness
Mindful eating
Motivation
Motivational enhancement therapy (MET)
Multifamily Therapy
Multiple-Family Day Treatment (MFDT)
Narrative Therapy
Neutral stance
Nutritional Therapy
Operant conditioning or behavior modification
Parent Counseling/Parent Coaching with a Clinician
Parentectomy
Parent Support Group
Parent-to-parent consultation
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic approach
Psychodynamic personality theories
Psychodynamic perspective
Psycho-Educational Parent Group
Psychologist
Psychosomatic family
Psychotherapy, psychotherapist
Recovery
Relapse
Relapse prevention plan
Self-Esteem
Self Monitoring
Separated family therapy (SFT)
Set-shifting
Severity/intensity
Sibling role
Strategic Family Therapy
Stress
Structural Family Therapy
Systematic Desensitization (graduated exposure therapy)
Targeted Behavior (TB)
Therapist/family match
Treatment team
Treatment Team Collaboration
Triggers
Violence
Willfulness
Willingness
Art Therapy
Autonomy
Behavioral Systems Family Therapy (BSFT)
Black-or-white (all-or-nothing) thinking
Central coherence
Cognition
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Enhanced Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E)
Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT)
Conjoint Family Therapy (CFT)
Contingency Management
Control
Coping Skills/Mechanisms
Dance/movement therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
Ego
Egodystonic
Egosyntonic
Emotional eating
Empowerment
Enmeshment
Experiential or expressive therapies
Exposure with Response Prevention & Exposure Meals/Foods
Externalization
Family Based Therapy (FBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Family unity
Fear foods
Food police
Grieving an eating disorder
Guilt
Hypnotherapy, Guided Image Therapy, Relaxation Therapy, Touch Therapy, Massage Therapy
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Intuitive eating (also called normalized eating)
Life events and traumatic factors
Magic Plate
Mandometer Method
Maudsley Approach, Maudsley Therapy, Family Based Therapy (FBT)
Meal Plan
Mental illness
Mindful eating
Motivation
Motivational enhancement therapy (MET)
Multifamily Therapy
Multiple-Family Day Treatment (MFDT)
Narrative Therapy
Neutral stance
Nutritional Therapy
Operant conditioning or behavior modification
Parent Counseling/Parent Coaching with a Clinician
Parentectomy
Parent Support Group
Parent-to-parent consultation
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic approach
Psychodynamic personality theories
Psychodynamic perspective
Psycho-Educational Parent Group
Psychologist
Psychosomatic family
Psychotherapy, psychotherapist
Recovery
Relapse
Relapse prevention plan
Self-Esteem
Self Monitoring
Separated family therapy (SFT)
Set-shifting
Severity/intensity
Sibling role
Strategic Family Therapy
Stress
Structural Family Therapy
Systematic Desensitization (graduated exposure therapy)
Targeted Behavior (TB)
Therapist/family match
Treatment team
Treatment Team Collaboration
Triggers
Violence
Willfulness
Willingness