TY  - JOUR
AU  - Munafo, Jessica
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/20
TI  - The Heavy Burden of Judgement: Cultivating Compassion with People Accessing Healthcare Services for Support with Weight Management
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 020
VL  - 09
IS  - 01
AB  - Compassion focused therapy concepts and techniques are explored in the context of weight management efforts within community, specialist and surgical settings. Living at higher weights within a culture that over-values life at low weights can induce feelings of shame, self-loathing and hypercriticism. This article examines points at which individuals engaging in weight management may experience heightened distress and describes some of the ways that the model has been applied with this population. An outline of the way that CFT could be used to inform service delivery and development is proposed, from first contact through assessment, interventions and wider aspects such as staff well-being.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2401020
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2401020
ID  - Munafo2024
ER  -