Dear Stella and all,
Good questions. I look forward to your comments. I just took Steven's
training and was wondering how to use ACT with AN. Health and self
care do not seem to be high values. Do I support her moving ahead with
other values and forget about weight unless it is dangerous?
Alma Dell
> * We are wondering how behaviourally focused your groups are, in
> terms of targetting and changing the binge purging behaviours?- ie.
> do you focus on reducing binge eating and purging as the
> predetermined, main goal of the group or do you have a general goal
> of helping them to identify and accept their values and live a vital
> life, with the idea that the ED behaviours will change in the process
> of them taking active steps towards pursuing their values?
> * Ambivalence is a feature of Bulimia and we often have EDNOS clients
> with extremely restrictive food intakes and they are pre-
> contemplative towards making changes in this area. Do you meet with
> the group clients separately beforehand to do some pre-commitment
> work with those who are ambivalent and to work on engagement before
> the group commences?

> We're wondering how early to bring in values...?
> * if you have come up with a content outline, are you willing to
> share it with us?