full day workshop

A MULTI-STEP COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR EATING DISORDERS
Riccardo Dalle Grave, Department of Eating and Weight Disorder Villa Garda Hospital. Garda (VR), Italy and Simona Calugi, Department of Eating and Weight Disorder Villa Garda Hospital, Garda (VR). Italy

AC Hotel Room: Eixample

This workshop describes a novel model of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for eating disorders called CBT-Multi-Step (CBT-MS). The treatment, derived from the transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour theory of eating disorders described by Fairburn, Cooper, and Shafran (2003), expands the range of applicability of standard CBT. It is designed to be applicable to different levels of care (outpatient, intensive outpatient, day-hospital, inpatient, and post-inpatient), and to eating disorder patients of all diagnostic categories, ages and BMI. Distinguishing CBT-MS is the adoption of an unique theory at different levels of care, the multi-step approach conducted by a multidisciplinary (but non eclectic) team, the inclusion of a CBT family module for patients < 18 years, and the adoption of a manualized treatment in a “real world” setting”.

Head of the Department of Eating and Weight Disorder Villa Garda Hospital. Director of the 1  Certificate in Eating Disorder and Obesity’ and member of teaching faculty for the cognitive behavioral psychotherapy school, Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva di Roma, Italy

Key References:
Dalle Grave, R. (2005). A multi-step cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 13(6), 373-382.
Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., & Shafran, R. (2003). Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: A ‘transdiagnostic’ theory and treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 509–528.