A formulation based on Fairburn's enhanced cognitive-behavioural model — mapping over-evaluation of eating, shape, and weight alongside maintaining mechanisms.
~25 min
The core CBT-E self-monitoring tool — record what you eat, when, where, and how you felt, including any binge/purge episodes and triggers.
~10 min
Plan and track a pattern of regular eating — three meals and two to three snacks — to establish a predictable structure that reduces binge urges.
~10 min
Examine what determines your self-worth — and how much is dominated by eating, shape, and weight compared to other life domains.
~15 min
Track body checking and body avoidance behaviours, their triggers, and function.
~10 min
Identify rigid dietary rules and design experiments to test what happens when you break them.
~15 min
Track weekly weight to observe natural fluctuation and reduce the power of daily weighing.
~5 min
Test specific predictions about the consequences of changes in shape, weight, or eating.
~15 min
Explore clinical perfectionism as a maintaining mechanism — mapping the cycle and testing perfectionist rules.
~15 min
Explore how difficulty tolerating emotions drives eating disorder behaviours — and develop alternative ways to manage intense feelings.
~15 min
Track daily body image fluctuations alongside mood, context, and eating — to show that body image feelings change and are influenced by mood, not just body size.
~5 min