As we continue our series on accessible skills for coping (DBT Skills), I want to introduce Distress Tolerance Skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy consists of four “chapters” or modules, each presenting dozens of strategies in each skill group. One of the modules...
Think back to the last time you experienced feeling “hangry”—irritable, cranky or uncomfortable due to hunger. Perhaps it was when you had gone too long between meals, got held up in a lunch meeting or were engaging in a restrictive diet plan. This uncomfortable and...
The importance of early change in eating disorder treatment cannot be over-emphasized. When we say “early change” we mean a significant reduction in ED symptoms like restriction, binge-eating and purging – within the first 6-8 weeks of treatment. Extensive...
Prevalence of dieting and fear of weight gain across ages: a community sample from adolescents to the elderly Margarita C. T. Slof‑Op ‘t Landt1 · Eric F. van Furth1,2 · Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt3 · Meike Bartels3 · Gonneke Willemsen3 · Eco J. de Geus3 ·...
You may have seen the recent Weight Watchers campaign that promotes free teen memberships starting in the summer of 2018. Weight Watchers is deploying a classic marketing technique—a free startup offer in the hopes that once hooked on the product, participants would...
