Have you experienced psychological therapy for an eating disorder? We want to hear what your therapist did that was helpful or unhelpful.
We’re keen to speak to you if you have experienced any kind of psychological individual and/or family therapy for an eating disorder within the last three years.
Examples of the relevant types of therapy might include: CBT, family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, SSCM, MANTRA, DBT, CAT, schema therapy, CFT, or another kind of psychological therapy (or you may not know exactly what kind of therapy it was).
We want to include people who've had a range of outcomes from their therapy, including positive changes or recoveries, no changes, worsened symptoms, or early withdrawal from therapy.
We plan to use what we learn from this research to support better training for psychological therapists working with people with eating disorders.
You can take part in either an interview or a survey (or both). The deadline to take part in either is 31 December 2025.
The interview consists of a one-to-one conversation with a member of our research team. This around one hour 1 hour, and can be completed online (via Teams or Zoom), over the phone, or in person at our Department of Psychology building at the University of Bath.
During the conversation, the researcher will ask you questions about:
The conversation will be recorded.
As a thank you for your time, after the interview we will send you a £20 shopping voucher (Amazon).
This involves completing an online survey, which takes about 20 minutes.
You’ll be asked to give some demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity), and some details about the kind of therapy you experienced.
After this, you’ll answer some questions about you experience of therapy, focusing on:
As a thank you for your time, after the interview you will have the option of entering your email address to enter a prize draw to win one of five £20 Amazon vouchers. We hope to have around 30 people complete this survey in total.
Find out if you’re eligible to take part in our studies.
We hope to talk to people from a range of gender, ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. Everyone is welcome.
To take part in either study, you must:
If you have any questions about our research, please contact us.
This study has been reviewed and approved by the IRAS. Project ID: 357647