Hi Carla,

My apologies – I have a feeling your original email is one of a number “flagged” so that I know to respond.  I am currently doing most of my work in Body Image.  We have a one-session body image intervention and are comparing it to CT and a psycho-education piece.  Right now we don’t have enough power to see differences between groups, but ACT is doing as well as CT and both indicate a reduction in dissatisfaction.  Right now, we see a trend that ACT increases acceptance and CT decreases acceptance – but again, we need more power.  We are in the process of developing an ACT-based manual for body image dissatisfaction that would be delivered in an on-line format.  We hope to pilot it this summer/fall.  We are also doing a small case series of ACT for body image in men.

In terms of eating disorders, Rhonda Merwin and I have a grant in to develop ACT for adolescents with AN.  We are keeping our fingers crossed for funding.   I know that Rhoda is doing quite a bit right now with ACT and eating disorders.

I am also trying to plan an ACT for bulimia study – but am running into time constraints and may not be able to get it up and running. 

Hope that helps,

Alix

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