A compassionate way forward?
(2024) PTPN06 20241Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Eating disorder is a serious illness that causes great suffering for those affected and their network of friends and family. The prognosis is described as generally positive, but a significant percentage develop severe illness with difficulties to recover. Knowing that eating disorders can be difficult to treat, new treatment methods need to be developed so that more patients can achieve a lasting improvement in health. People with eating disorders typically experience a high degree of self-shame as part of their condition. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a therapeutic method that is integrative and transdiagnostic, and it aims to increase self-compassion and reduce shame and self-criticism in people suffering from mental illness. The... (More)
- Eating disorder is a serious illness that causes great suffering for those affected and their network of friends and family. The prognosis is described as generally positive, but a significant percentage develop severe illness with difficulties to recover. Knowing that eating disorders can be difficult to treat, new treatment methods need to be developed so that more patients can achieve a lasting improvement in health. People with eating disorders typically experience a high degree of self-shame as part of their condition. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a therapeutic method that is integrative and transdiagnostic, and it aims to increase self-compassion and reduce shame and self-criticism in people suffering from mental illness. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate whether CFT can be an effective treatment option for people suffering from eating disorders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven therapists with therapeutic competence in CBT, experience in treating eating disorders at a specialized level and knowledge of CFT. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis, which generated six themes that aimed to describe the core of the participants' experiences. The therapists in the study describe CFT as a missing piece of the puzzle, the pedagogical models and the evolutionary perspective of the method are described as particularly helpful. More research is needed to clarify the evidence. It is the understanding between shame, pride and eating disorder that the study finds a key area for how CFT could contribute to eating disorder treatment. Based on this study, compassion can be a way forward. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Ätstörning är en allvarlig sjukdom som medför stort lidande för de drabbade
och deras nätverk. Prognosen beskrivs som generellt gynnsam, men en
betydande andel utvecklar svåra och långdragna förlopp. Med utgångspunkt i
att ätstörningsproblematik kan vara svårbehandlad, behöver nya
behandlingsmetoder utvecklas för att fler patienter ska kunna nå en bestående
gynnsam förändring. Personer som lider av ätstörning upplever generellt hög
grad av skam. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) är en terapeutisk metod
som är integrativ och transdiagnostisk, och har som mål att öka
självmedkänsla och minska skam och självkritik hos personer som lider av
psykisk ohälsa. Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undersöka om CFT
kan vara ett... (More) - Ätstörning är en allvarlig sjukdom som medför stort lidande för de drabbade
och deras nätverk. Prognosen beskrivs som generellt gynnsam, men en
betydande andel utvecklar svåra och långdragna förlopp. Med utgångspunkt i
att ätstörningsproblematik kan vara svårbehandlad, behöver nya
behandlingsmetoder utvecklas för att fler patienter ska kunna nå en bestående
gynnsam förändring. Personer som lider av ätstörning upplever generellt hög
grad av skam. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) är en terapeutisk metod
som är integrativ och transdiagnostisk, och har som mål att öka
självmedkänsla och minska skam och självkritik hos personer som lider av
psykisk ohälsa. Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undersöka om CFT
kan vara ett effektivt behandlingsalternativ för personer som lider av
ätstörning. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sju behandlare med
terapeutisk kompetens i KBT, erfarenhet av behandling av
ätstörningsproblematik på specialiserad nivå och kännedom om CFT. Datan
analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys, vilken genererade sex teman som
syftade till att beskriva kärnan i deltagarnas upplevelser. Terapeuterna i studien
beskriver CFT som en saknad pusselbit. Metodens pedagogiska modeller och
det evolutionära perspektivet beskrivs som särskilt hjälpsamt. Mer forskning
behövs för att klargöra evidens. Det är i förståelsen mellan skam, stolthet och
ätstörning som studien finner ett nyckelområde för hur CFT skulle kunna bidra
inom ätstörningsbehandling. Med utgångspunkt i denna studie kan compassion
vara en väg framåt. (Less)
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- author
- Petersén, Susanne LU and Wärnå, Therese LU
- supervisor
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- Per Johnsson LU
- Kajsa Järvholm LU
- organization
- course
- PTPN06 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Compassion Focused Therapy, CFT-E, Eating disorders, Shame, Self-criticism, CompassionFokuserad Terapi, Ätstörningar, Skam, Självkritik
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9161371
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-17 10:13:48
- date last changed
- 2024-06-17 10:13:48
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abstract = {{Eating disorder is a serious illness that causes great suffering for those affected and their network of friends and family. The prognosis is described as generally positive, but a significant percentage develop severe illness with difficulties to recover. Knowing that eating disorders can be difficult to treat, new treatment methods need to be developed so that more patients can achieve a lasting improvement in health. People with eating disorders typically experience a high degree of self-shame as part of their condition. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a therapeutic method that is integrative and transdiagnostic, and it aims to increase self-compassion and reduce shame and self-criticism in people suffering from mental illness. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate whether CFT can be an effective treatment option for people suffering from eating disorders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven therapists with therapeutic competence in CBT, experience in treating eating disorders at a specialized level and knowledge of CFT. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis, which generated six themes that aimed to describe the core of the participants' experiences. The therapists in the study describe CFT as a missing piece of the puzzle, the pedagogical models and the evolutionary perspective of the method are described as particularly helpful. More research is needed to clarify the evidence. It is the understanding between shame, pride and eating disorder that the study finds a key area for how CFT could contribute to eating disorder treatment. Based on this study, compassion can be a way forward.}},
author = {{Petersén, Susanne and Wärnå, Therese}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A compassionate way forward?}},
year = {{2024}},
}