Eat Without Fear

Nicholas R. Farrell, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Clinical Director at NOCD: OCD Treatment and Therapy where he provides clinical leadership and oversight of therapy services. Prior, he was a Clinical Director of eating disorders services at Rogers Behavioral Health. He has published numerous scholarly works on maximizing the effectiveness of treatment for eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and related conditions. Carolyn Black Becker, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychology at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX and a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, PTSD, and anxiety-based disorders. She is board certified in CBT and is a Past President of the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology.Glenn Waller. DPhil is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield. He is a qualified Clinical Psychologist, who has worked in the field of eating disorders since1988. His clinical specialty is CBT for eating disorders, which is also the subject of most of his research and teaching. He has served as President of the Academy for Eating Disorders and is currently President of the Eating Disorders Research Society. He is a member of editorial boards for several CBT and eating disorder journals.

• PrefaceChapter 1 - Overview of eating disordersChapter 2 - Overview of exposure therapyChapter 3 - Why would exposure therapy be helpful for me?Chapter 4 - How does exposure work?Chapter 5 - How much benefit can I expect from exposure therapy?Chapter 6 - How are eating disorders maintained?Chapter 7 - Using "functional assessment" to understand your eating disorder symptomsChapter 8 - Developing your treatment planChapter 9 - Getting started with exposure therapyChapter 10 - Overcoming your fears about doing exposure therapyChapter 11 - Food exposure for eating-related fearsChapter 12 - Exposure to anxiety about weighingChapter 13 - Emotion-focused and interpersonal-focused exposureChapter 14 - Learning to not react to familiar triggers for binge-eating (cue exposure)Chapter 15 - Body-focused exposure for body image anxiety and avoidanceChapter 16 - Other areas for exposureChapter 17 - Using field trips to practice exposure and "mix it up"Chapter 18 - Involving carers and other support peopleChapter 19 - A summary of key things to remember about exposure therapyReferences