Adolescent-Focused Psychotherapy (AFP) is an individual therapy approach designed specifically for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). The AFP approach AFP takes the view that adolescents with AN are using food restriction and weight control as a coping strategy...
By Jana Keith-Jennings, LMSW The majority of eating disorder treatments and research has been focused primarily on thin, straight, white, middle- or upper-class, able-bodied women with anorexia nervosa. While this focus has generated important findings, it has failed...
The guidelines set forth by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), inform that Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) is the most appropriate alternative to Family Based Treatment (FBT) (typically considered the gold standard) for...
By Jana Keith-Jennings, LMSW In an October 18, 2022 article titled “You Don’t Look Anorexic”, in the New York Times, it was noted that studies show as many as 4.9 percent of the female population, 1.2 percent of the male population, and as much as 7.5 percent of the...
By Jana Keith-Jennings, LMSW Eating disorders are officially classified as psychiatric disorders, but the behaviors can lead to catastrophic physical problems and can be fatal. Given the prevalence and risk of eating disorders, there’s been increased focus on...
