Overcoming Disordered Eating

An eating disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by extreme concerns about weight, shape, eating and/or body image.

People with eating disorders usually experience considerable physical, emotional and personality changes, as well as changes to their work and social lives.

Program Sessions

Session 1: What is an eating disorder?

Session 2: How are eating disorders maintained?

Session 3: Self-monitoring

Session 4: Dealing with unhelpful thinking styles

Session 5: Dealing with eating disorder mindsets

Session 6: Binge eating, purging and driven exercise

Session 7: Dealing with mood intolerance

Session 8: Dietary rules

Session 9: Challenging dietary rules

Session 10: Body checking and avoidance

Session 11: Dealing with low self-esteem

Session 12: Dealing with barriers and maintaining change

References

• Eating disorders and disordered eating in Israel: An updated review — Yael Latzer, Eliezer Witztum, Daniel Stein.
• Longitudinal Bi-directional Effects of Disordered Eating, Depression and Anxiety — Francis Puccio, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, George Youssef, Sarah Mitchell, Michelle Byrne, Nick Allen, Isabel Krug.