Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E)
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CBT-E is a research-supported treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, OSFED, and UFED that on rare occasions, can be provided as a second-line treatment for adolescents when FBT cannot be provided. CBT-E directly targets an individual’s thoughts and behaviors that contribute to their “over-evaluation of body shape and weight”. This tendency for individuals to become preoccupied with their body shape and weight and use their body shape and weight as a major source of self-esteem is often central to the core pathology of eating disorders.
Outpatient CBT-E typically entails 20-40 sessions, (depending on whether or not weight restoration is indicated) initially meeting twice weekly with their therapist and decreasing session frequency as they progress in treatment.
For adults that struggle to make progress in treatment in our Outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic, our team is happy to assist in the referral process to other outpatient providers that specialize in alternative evidence-based treatments for eating disorders (Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT), or to other eating disorder treatment facilities in the community that offer higher level of care programming, including Monte Nido, Eating Recovery Center, Center for Discovery, and Eating Disorder Solutions.