Most people with eating disorders struggle to find an effective therapy that they can access quickly. Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Non-Underweight Patients: CBT-T for Eating Disorders presents a new form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) that is brief and effective, allowing more patients to get the help that they need.

Foreword Chapter 1. The background to CBT-T and its evidence base Chapter 2. Principles of CBT-T, and how to apply them in routine practice Chapter 3. The CBT-T protocol checklist, and how to employ it Chapter 4. The critical first session Chapter 5. Phase 1 - Exposure, nutrition, and repairing the 'broken' cognitive link Chapter 6. Session 4 - Reviewing progress and deciding whether to continue Chapter 7. Phase 2 - Addressing cognitions regarding food, eating, and weight, using behavioural experiments and cognitive restructuring Chapter 8. Phase 3 - Working with emotional triggers and core beliefs Chapter 9. Phase 4 - Working with body image Chapter 10. Phase 5 - Relapse prevention Chapter 11. Follow-up as an active part of therapy Chapter 12. Patients' experiences of CBT-T, and the roles of clinicians and supervisors References Appendix 1 - CBT-T Protocol checklist Appendix 2 - Basic diary sheet Appendix 3 - ED-15 questionnaire and scoring key Appendix 4 - Information sheet for patients and their families and friends Appendix 5 - REAL food guide for CBT-T (Susan Hart & Caitlin McMaster) Appendix 6 - Questionnaires to give the patient at each session Appendix 7 - Patient handout on emotions and beliefs that can trigger eating behaviours Appendix 8 - Extended food diary, assessing triggers to behaviours Appendix 9 - Template for therapy blueprint