Table 2 Main content of the BEAT active treatment sessions
Session | Type of session | Content |
|---|---|---|
1 | email 1 | introduction into BEAT, LOC and self-observation of eating behavior |
2 | workshop I | • motivation • BEAT treatment goal • LOC specific CBT - development and maintenance of LOC - regular eating - analyzing LOC episodes with ABC-model - developing coping strategies to overcome LOC (trigger- and reaction control) - working with emergency cards |
3 | email 2 | • individual goal attainment scale and etiological model • typical difficulties in the previous treatment phase • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC |
4 | email 3 | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • interpersonal emotion regulation (real rejection and appearance-based rejection sensitivity) and its association with LOC • self-observation of situations experiencing real rejection and appearance-based rejection sensitivity |
5 | workshop II | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • interpersonal emotion regulation: Coping with real rejection experiences and appearance-based rejection sensitivity |
6 | email 4 | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • difficulties and improvements in coping with rejection experiences and appearance-based rejection sensitivity |
7 | email 5 | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • difficulties and improvements in coping with rejection experiences and appearance-based rejection sensitivity |
8 | workshop III | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • difficulties and improvements in coping with rejection experiences and appearance-based rejection sensitivity • coping with future difficulties |
9 | email 6 | • difficulties and improvements in coping with LOC • difficulties and improvements in coping with rejection experiences and appearance-based rejection sensitivity • individual coping with future difficulties and relapse prevention • further goals |
follow-ups | • coping with difficulties and relapse prevention |