Professor Kate Tchanturia, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, National Eating Disorder Service, South London and Maudsley NHS foundation Trust and Professor of Psychology in Eating Disorders, King’s College London presentation provides a background and evidence-based research as to why CRT was developed for the patients with eating disorders.

Dr Claire Baillie, Senior Counselling Psychologist presentation ‘CRT: Linking Thinking with Tasks and Goals’ was designed to benefit both new and experienced CRT therapists. It highlights the complexity of thinking styles in relation to in-session tasks and how to use tasks more flexibly to support patients to reflect on their thinking styles.  It looks at various categories of thinking styles, tasks might involve this skill and be used to practice as well as considering the types of goals which patients may set to transfer this skill to activities in daily life.

Dr Amy Harrison, Associate Professor in Psychology and Clinical Psychologist presentation ‘How can Cognitive Remediation Therapy Help with Family Work?’ explores how understanding cognitive styles within the family (or support network) can help supporters to better understand the eating disorder and the reasons why it can be difficult to make changes. Using a case study, she looks at how to discuss with family members or the support network the sorts of interpersonal responses that, for example, a very detailed-oriented and focused cognitive style, might evoke from others and how to support loved ones. We discuss how this approach can be useful when supporting both adolescents and adults with eating disorders and reflect on the strengths of this approach within family work.

Dr Lucia Giombini, Principal Clinical Psychologist presentation ‘Individual CRT for young people in inpatient care: findings from a Pilot RCT study’ explores the application and integration of individual CRT in an inpatient eating disorder service for young people. She shares what we learnt from the findings of a pilot RCT study in regards to young people’s engagement in the intervention, whether there is a best time to offer CRT and the point of view and role of parents.