Main description:

Packed with useful clinical tools, this state-of-the-art manual presents an empirically supported treatment solidly grounded in current scientific knowledge. Integrative cognitive-affective therapy for bulimia nervosa (ICAT-BN) has a unique emphasis on emotion. Interventions focus on helping clients understand the links between emotional states and BN as they work to improve their eating behaviors, defuse the triggers of bulimic episodes, and build crucial emotion regulation skills. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 47 reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Contents:

Introduction
I. Conceptual and Clinical Foundations of ICAT-BN
1. An Overview of Bulimia Nervosa: Diagnosis, Complications, and Treatment
2. How Bulimia Nervosa Is Conceptualized in ICAT-BN
3. Emotion Focus, Structure, Goals, and Strategies in ICAT-BN
4. Core Skills and the Therapeutic Alliance in ICAT-BN
II. Four Phases of Treatment Using ICAT-BN
5. Beginning, Engagement, and Education (Phase I)
6. Making Plans for Eating and Managing Urges (Phase II)
7. Modifying Responses to Situational and Emotional Cues (Phase III)
8. Stabilizing Treatment Gains and Termination (Phase IV)
III. ICAT-BN Patient Handouts and Skill Cards