The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity: An Adaptation of the Unified Protocol, Workbook (TREATMENTS THAT WORK)

The majority of individuals with eating disorders also experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic reactions, and/or obsessive-compulsive disorders. Most research-supported treatments for eating disorders, however, do not integrate interventions for these co-occurring conditions in a unified way. The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity was developed to help people who struggle with any type of eating disorder as well as intense emotions like anxiety, sadness, anger, and guilt. Eating disorders include symptoms such as efforts to restrict eating, binge eating or overeating, and compulsive or unhealthy efforts to lose weight, alongside strong, distressing feelings about the importance of shape, weight, or eating control. The goal of this Workbook , which is designed to accompany the companion Therapist Guide , is to help people overcome their individual eating and emotional issues using a common set of scientifically tested tools. The steps and exercises in this book are intended to help readers identify and better understand how eating and emotional issues interact, to address some of the core thoughts and behaviors that underpin both eating and emotional disorders, and to develop new flexibility and capacity in areas of life that have been affected. The strategies included in this book are based on common principles found in existing empirically supported psychological treatments, and have been extensively tested in research studies. The research to support these interventions is included in the companion Therapist Guide . About TREATMENTS THAT WORK Contents Acknowledgments PREPARING FOR TREATMENT 1 Eating Disorders and Emotional Disorders 2 About This Treatment 3 Recording Your Experiences: Eating, Depression, and Anxiety (EDA) MODULE 1: MOTIVATION AND GOALS 4 Motivation and Regular Eating 5 Regular Eating MODULE 2: UNDERSTANDING EMOTION 6 The Natural Function of Emotions 7 The Three Parts of Emotions (3-Component Model) 8 Tracking Emotions over Time (the “ARC”) MODULE 3: MINDFUL EMOTION AWARENESS 9 Mindful Emotion Awareness 10 Mood Induction MODULE 4: COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY 11 Automatic Thoughts and Thinking Traps 12 Core Beliefs MODULE 5: BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY 13 Countering Avoidant Behaviors 14 Countering Emotion- Driven Behaviors MODULE 6: CONFRONTING PHYSICAL SENSATIONS 15 Interoceptive Exposures MODULE 7: EMOTION EXPOSURES 16 Skills for Emotion Exposures RELAPSE PREVENTION 17 Continuing Progress into the Future "The goal of this workbook is to change the way clients respond to their emotions when they occur. They will be asked to approach their emotions in a more accepting manner instead of viewing them as something to avoid. Leaning in toward our emotions and responding more effectively to them may be difficult at first, but it will gradually make our emotions more manageable. This introductory chapter describes the types of problems this treatment program (Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Co-occurring Emotional Disorders) was designed to address. The chapter also explains how eating disorders and other emotional disorders occur together"-- Provided by publisher The majority of those with eating disorders also experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic reactions, and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity was developed to help people who struggle with any type of eating disorder as well as intense emotions like anxiety, sadness, anger, and guilt.