Binge-eating is similar to bulimia in that it involves a person binging on food, or overeating. Unlike bulimia, however, there is no purging done, or abuse of laxatives or coffee to try and remove the food from one’s body after over-eating. Binge-eating is treated in a manner similar to bulimia and other eating disorders, with a focus on psychotherapy as a primary component of successful treatment.
While there are many different routes to treatment, virtually all of them begin with seeing an eating disorder specialist. Usually this individual is a psychologist who has deep experience and training in helping a person with binge eating disorder. A physical examination and workup by a medical doctor may also be an initial part of the standard treatment of binge eating disorder, to understand and begin addressing any potential physical problems that may have occurred as a result of the disorder.
Psychotherapy for Binge Eating Disorder
Psychotherapy is the most common treatment for binge eating disorder and has the greatest research support. Psychotherapy can involve a significant time and financial commitment, particularly if you are struggling with other issues (sexual abuse, depression, substance use, or relationship problems). Psychotherapy can be very helpful in addressing not only your disordered eating, but also your overall emotional health and happiness. The focus of psychotherapy treatment will be to address the underlying emotional and cognitive issues that result in the disordered eating.People with binge eating disorder often “binge” — that is, they consume a large amount of food in a very short time. Unlike bulimia, however, they do not then induce vomiting of the food they’ve just eaten. People with binge eating disorder engage in this behavior to help fight off negative emotions, as a coping skill, or to help combat depression.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered the treatment of choice for people with binge eating disorder. With the support of decades’ worth of research, CBT is a time-limited and focused approach that helps a person understand how their thinking and negative self-talk and self-image can directly impact their eating and negative behaviors.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy will often focus on identifying and altering dysfunctional thought patterns, attitudes and beliefs, which may trigger and perpetuate the person’s pattern of harmful eating behaviors. Cognitive-behavioral therapy used in the treatment of binge eating disorder focuses on the traditional foundations of CBT therapy — helping a person understand, identify and change their irrational thoughts (the “cognitive” part), and helping a person make the changes real through specific behavioral interventions (such as promoting health eating behaviors through goal setting, rewards, etc.).
Cognitive behavioral therapy is the gold standard treatment for binge eating disorder.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is time-limited, meaning that a person
with binge eating disorder will go into treatment for a specific period
of time with specific goals in mind. Like all psychotherapy, it can be
conducted in either an outpatient (once weekly) or inpatient setting. If
done in an inpatient setting, eating disorders are often treated at
residential treatment facilities (see below), since eating is such an
integral and necessary part of our lives.CBT for binge eating disorder will focus on helping the person with binge eating disorder break their pattern of unhealthy eating. CBT will help the individual with binge eating disorder monitor their eating habits and avoid situations that make them want to binge. The treatment will also help them cope with stress in ways that don’t involve food and to eat regularly in order to help to reduce food cravings.
Cognitive behavioral therapy will also help the person with binge eating disorder better understand their dysfunctional and broken beliefs about their own self-image, weight, body shape and dieting. This is done through traditional cognitive-behavioral techniques such as challenging black-or-white, all-or-nothing thinking, and the other irrational beliefs commonly held by people with binge eating disorder. CBT also helps a person to better understand the connection between their emotional state and eating — especially eating or turning to food when feeling bad.
According to an article published in 2008 from the U.S. National Guideline Clearinghouse that looked at the treatment research for binge eating disorder, “Our systematic review focused on outcomes related to binge eating and weight change in overweight individuals.
“Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) decreased target eating, psychiatric and weight symptoms, and severity of illness. However, studies were often short, and we could not determine whether observed improvements persisted after patients discontinued the medication.
“Cognitive behavioral therapy alone was associated with decreased binge eating. What remains unclear is whether this type of intervention helps with depressed mood, and it apparently does not produce decreases in weight.
“Self-help led to decreases in binge eating and negative psychological features, and rates of abstinence from binge eating were comparable to those in face-to-face psychotherapy.”
Family Therapy
Another form of psychotherapy is known as family therapy. Family therapy helps a person with binge eating disorder see and understand the often-times dysfunctional role they play within the family, and how their eating behaviors maintain that role.
Family therapy is usually conducted with the person who has binge eating disorder and their family. However, in some instances, a few family therapy sessions may involve therapy without the person who has binge eating disorder present. This may help the family understand the roles they are playing in supporting the disordered eating, and suggest ways the family can help the person with binge eating disorder acknowledge the problem and seek out treatment.
Theoretical Approaches to Counseling
ReplyDeletePsychotherapists with many years of experience usually have been trained in several different approaches so that they are able to bring their training and experience to bear on the problem presented by the patient. The providers at Enrichment Counseling and Assessment use strategies from three major approaches in treatment:
The psychodynamic approach focuses on the way in which the patient organizes his/her internal world. It examines early childhood experiences, issues of self‐esteem, intimacy, how one feels about oneself, relationships with others, painful memories and experiences. This form of treatment examines the complexities of interpersonal relationships, including the developing relationship with the therapist. The relationship with the psychotherapist is very important for it serves as a vehicle for understanding how the patient relates to others, past and present, in his world.
The humanistic‐existential approach focuses on understanding the patient's view of the world in the here‐and‐now and how s/he experiences his or her world. The emphasis is on current life situations, transitions, dilemmas, relationships, and how a particular world view affects one's perception of the world. This approach assumes that each person has a unique potential for growth and the task of psychotherapy is to facilitate the fulfillment of that human potential.
The cognitive‐behavioral approach examines the patient's beliefs and behaviors. Individuals hold beliefs about themselves and relationships that affect behavior. Negative beliefs lead to maladaptive behaviors. By examining and challenging these beliefs with new information, subsequent new behaviors can change. This approach also examines behaviors directly so that new, more adaptive behaviors can be developed. This approach is especially beneficial for changing habits, learned behavioral patterns, phobias, and many forms of depression.
These approaches may be used interactively with the same patient depending on the issue that is under examination. Psychotherapy is a collaborative enterprise, with both the patient and the psychotherapist actively involved in the treatment. During the initial consultation, we will engage in an exploration of your goals for therapy and determine which treatment approach best meets your needs.
Theoretical Approaches to Counseling
ReplyDeletePsychotherapists with many years of experience usually have been trained in several different approaches so that they are able to bring their training and experience to bear on the problem presented by the patient. The providers at Enrichment Counseling and Assessment use strategies from three major approaches in treatment:
The psychodynamic approach focuses on the way in which the patient organizes his/her internal world. It examines early childhood experiences, issues of self‐esteem, intimacy, how one feels about oneself, relationships with others, painful memories and experiences. This form of treatment examines the complexities of interpersonal relationships, including the developing relationship with the therapist. The relationship with the psychotherapist is very important for it serves as a vehicle for understanding how the patient relates to others, past and present, in his world.
The humanistic‐existential approach focuses on understanding the patient's view of the world in the here‐and‐now and how s/he experiences his or her world. The emphasis is on current life situations, transitions, dilemmas, relationships, and how a particular world view affects one's perception of the world. This approach assumes that each person has a unique potential for growth and the task of psychotherapy is to facilitate the fulfillment of that human potential.
The cognitive‐behavioral approach examines the patient's beliefs and behaviors. Individuals hold beliefs about themselves and relationships that affect behavior. Negative beliefs lead to maladaptive behaviors. By examining and challenging these beliefs with new information, subsequent new behaviors can change. This approach also examines behaviors directly so that new, more adaptive behaviors can be developed. This approach is especially beneficial for changing habits, learned behavioral patterns, phobias, and many forms of depression.
These approaches may be used interactively with the same patient depending on the issue that is under examination. Psychotherapy is a collaborative enterprise, with both the patient and the psychotherapist actively involved in the treatment. During the initial consultation, we will engage in an exploration of your goals for therapy and determine which treatment approach best meets your needs.
Theoretical Approaches to Counseling
ReplyDeletePsychotherapists with many years of experience usually have been trained in several different approaches so that they are able to bring their training and experience to bear on the problem presented by the patient. The providers at Enrichment Counseling and Assessment use strategies from three major approaches in treatment:
The psychodynamic approach focuses on the way in which the patient organizes his/her internal world. It examines early childhood experiences, issues of self‐esteem, intimacy, how one feels about oneself, relationships with others, painful memories and experiences. This form of treatment examines the complexities of interpersonal relationships, including the developing relationship with the therapist. The relationship with the psychotherapist is very important for it serves as a vehicle for understanding how the patient relates to others, past and present, in his world.
The humanistic‐existential approach focuses on understanding the patient's view of the world in the here‐and‐now and how s/he experiences his or her world. The emphasis is on current life situations, transitions, dilemmas, relationships, and how a particular world view affects one's perception of the world. This approach assumes that each person has a unique potential for growth and the task of psychotherapy is to facilitate the fulfillment of that human potential.
The cognitive‐behavioral approach examines the patient's beliefs and behaviors. Individuals hold beliefs about themselves and relationships that affect behavior. Negative beliefs lead to maladaptive behaviors. By examining and challenging these beliefs with new information, subsequent new behaviors can change. This approach also examines behaviors directly so that new, more adaptive behaviors can be developed. This approach is especially beneficial for changing habits, learned behavioral patterns, phobias, and many forms of depression.
These approaches may be used interactively with the same patient depending on the issue that is under examination. Psychotherapy is a collaborative enterprise, with both the patient and the psychotherapist actively involved in the treatment. During the initial consultation, we will engage in an exploration of your goals for therapy and determine which treatment approach best meets your needs. Posted by Blog Chairman JOSEPH ERICK
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