{"id":339,"date":"2021-03-16T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/charlie-waller-institute\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=339"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:20:49","slug":"professor-glenn-waller-cbt-for-body-image-key-skills-in-working-with-eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/charlie-waller-institute\/event\/professor-glenn-waller-cbt-for-body-image-key-skills-in-working-with-eating-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Glenn Waller – CBT For Body Image: Key Skills in Working With Eating Disorders. Online event."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the population as a whole, body image issues are common among women across the age range. They are also found among some men, though often with a different presentation. However, this session will address the skills needed to work with negative body image among individuals who experience it most severely \u2013 those with eating disorders and broader eating and body distress.<\/p>\n

Body image is a critical topic when working with most individuals with eating disorders. Most patients, families and clinicians regard it as a vital target, which is very appropriate, as poor body image by the end of therapy is a strong predictor of relapse. However, it needs to be addressed at the right time in therapy, and using effective, evidence-based approaches. This workshop will detail the CBT skills that are needed to work with body image issues.<\/p>\n

The workshop will address the sociocultural, cognitive-perceptual, behavioural, emotional and interpersonal factors that explain the development and maintenance of negative body image. It will lead to a focus on developing an individualised formulation of factors that maintain negative body image, linking them to targets for CBT interventions.<\/p>\n

It will demonstrate the following skills:<\/p>\n