H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"The Natural Function of Emotions","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"During this session, clients learn about the natural and adaptive function (the evolutionary purpose) of emotions. This chapter looks at emotions such as fear, sadness, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, and disgust. Because some of these emotions are unpleasant, people have a tendency to think of them as bad. Every emotion has a purpose, however, and can be helpful to understand their natural functions. The symptoms of eating disorders, anxiety, and depression are all perpetuated by difficulties coping with uncomfortable or distressing emotional experiences. Understanding how emotions can be adaptive and natural can help us to cope with them better, and to fear or avoid them less.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115763299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Therapist Materials for Mood Induction","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"The session in this chapter takes a deeper look at the principles of the natural course of emotions. There are three components of emotion (thoughts, physical sensations, behaviors/urges) that unfold over time. If we escape or avoid, we never learn that emotions pass on their own, and we end up reinforcing that emotions are scary and dangerous. Secondary emotions often lead to escaping or avoiding. If we stay with the primary emotion and do not react by escaping or avoiding, we can learn new things about the emotion, and it can pass on its own. The session continues by teaching how mood induction is intended to help promote new tolerance of emotion.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128078638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Skills for Emotion Exposures","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion exposures are exercises specifically designed to provoke the emotional responses that maintain a client’s symptoms. This therapy has provided skills the client can use to cope with these responses in more adaptive ways. The emotion is the primary focus of the activity. The stimulus, which takes time to plan, is just a way of getting to the emotion. Emotion exposures can occur in external situations or in the context of internal situations, such as thoughts or memories. In this session, clients learn about emotion exposures, and they begin filling in their personal emotion exposure hierarchy. Clients are also taught skills for conducting emotion exposures, such as planning the right level of challenge, considering their expectancies beforehand, removing avoidance during the exposure, staying in the situation long enough, and practicing.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128454634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Therapist Materials for Countering Avoidant Behaviors","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"The session in this chapter looks at how suppression of thoughts and emotions can be counterproductive. Suppression or attempted avoidance may control things somewhat in the short term but rarely works in the long term, and it increases intensity of emotion when a similar situation is encountered in the future. Subtle behavioral avoidance, cognitive avoidance, and safety signals are introduced, and clients are asked to provide their own examples. Habitual avoidance of emotion creates negative messages about our capabilities and robs us of the chance to learn that the emotion is tolerable and will pass on its own without our efforts to avoid or escape. In this countering avoidant behavior session, clients are taught how to do the opposite of avoidance by developing a willingness to lean into emotions, or approach them, and thereby learn new lessons about emotion, situations, and themselves.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121528011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"About This Treatment","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter allows clients to explore whether this treatment program is right for them, and if so, whether now is the right time to begin. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the skills that clients will learn in this treatment and highlights the importance of practicing these skills. This chapter also describes how this treatment can be used in combination with other treatments like medication, nutrition counseling, and other forms of therapy. This workbook and program are intended to be used in the context of therapy or counseling. The treatment is designed to be flexible. Each chapter has exercises that help clients practice the skills in response to strong emotions in their lives.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132450416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Interoceptive Exposures","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"In this session, clients practice tolerating physical sensations through interoceptive exposures and learn to recognize the role of such sensations in emotional experiences. If clients practice tolerating such sensations in a nonthreatening environment, they can learn that the physical sensations themselves, and the emotional reactions they have to them, can be reduced with repetition or practice. Clients also learn that they can tolerate those sensations better than they thought they could when they were avoiding them. The catastrophic emotional thoughts clients have about those situations are subjective and flexible, and just by practicing tolerance of the physical sensations, it is sometimes possible to reduce overall emotional distress.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127917416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Mindful Emotion Awareness","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"During this session, clients learn the concepts involved in mindfulness. One concept include the awareness of two types of emotion, primary and secondary. Primary is the initial reaction to the event, whereas secondary is a reaction to that emotion. Another concept is that mindful awareness is present-focused, not focused on the past or future. A third concept is that mindful awareness is involves being accepting of emotion rather than judgmental. It takes practice to develop awareness of the different parts of emotion, to develop a focus on the present moment, and to develop non-judgment of emotion. Clients participate in a guided mindfulness exercise as well as a nonjudgmental emotion awareness exercise.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"433 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122873064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Therapist Materials for Core Beliefs","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0012","url":null,"abstract":"The session in this chapter looks at the concept of core beliefs and how negative automatic thoughts are related to negative core beliefs. Negative core beliefs are the roots from which different types of related automatic thoughts grow. Core beliefs arise from repeated similar experiences and powerful single experiences. Clients learn to identify their personal core beliefs (such as I am worthless, I am unlovable, I will go crazy) by using the downward arrow technique. Although arriving at a core belief and saying it out loud is an emotionally evocative experience, it’s a necessary part of the client’s work. It is also an opportunity for the therapist to hear the client and empathize with the client’s experience. Over time, the client builds a repertoire of experiences that allow for new core beliefs to form, making their original core beliefs less valid.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134196298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Mood Induction","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, D. R. Franklin, H. Espel-Huynh, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190947002.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"During this session, clients begin by reviewing the principles of the natural course of emotions (the three components of emotion, and how emotional experiences unfold over time). Clients hopefully have begun to notice that some of the behaviors they engage in when experiencing strong emotions are intended to make those emotions go away, either by avoiding them, reducing them, or escaping them—which means that clients never get to learn that if they have an uncomfortable emotion, and they don’t judge it or try to escape from it, the emotion is going to rise for a while and then come under control on its own. Mood induction, which is introduced in this session, is intended to help promote new tolerance of emotion.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133023670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell
{"title":"Therapist Materials for Mindful Emotion Awareness","authors":"H. Thompson-Brenner, Melanie T. Smith, Gayle E. Brooks, Rebecca L. H. Berman, Angela Kaloudis, H. Espel-Huynh, D. R. Franklin, James F. Boswell","doi":"10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190946425.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"The session in this chapter covers the concepts involved in mindfulness, including awareness that is present-focused, rather than focused on the past or future, and awareness that is accepting of emotion, rather than being judgmental. In addition, awareness of two types of emotion, primary and secondary, is discussed. People put a lot of pressure on themselves to do mindfulness correctly, and many experience a lot of judgmental thoughts about how well they are executing the tasks. The primary and secondary emotion concept is tricky to grasp. The authors recommend that the therapist take extra time to review many salient examples because clients who really understand this concept tend to do better with flexible thinking and behavioral change in this model.","PeriodicalId":118106,"journal":{"name":"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121080605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}