title: Experiential cognitive therapy in anorexia nervosa.
abstract: The paper details the characteristics of Experiential Cognitive Therapy (ECT), a relatively short-term, integrated, patient-oriented approach that focuses on individual discovery. Its novelty is the use of Virtual Reality, a new technology that could play an important role in clinical psychology, since it enables ECT to address both body experience disturbances and motivation for change, two key topics in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. All the phases of ECT are described with reference to an actual clinical case: a 22-year-old female anorectic patient.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Psicologia Clinica, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bacchetta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baruffi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molinari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D014584:User-Computer Interface