Group therapy is found to be effective in reducing the symptoms related to one’s eating disorder including the unhealthy thoughts, feelings, and behaviours associated with the disorder.
Group therapy reduces the sense of isolation for the person with the eating disorder, allows a safe and non-judgemental space for them to share their experiences, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, teaches them skills to cope with their distress, help them identify and change the patterns of thinking and behaving that perpetuate their eating disorder, and find ways to prevent a relapse after successful recovery.
The number of sessions in group therapy can be pre-determined based on the designed modules, or it could be an ongoing group in which case the number of sessions required depends on the individual’s severity of condition as well as their response to the sessions.
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