Case Context and Method
Clinical practice has shown that every psychotherapeutic model has distinctive ways in which it achieves its aims
and different models are appropriate for use with different patient needs. Additionally, as patients' needs evolve
during therapy they require the use of knowledge and skills from different psychotherapeutic approaches. This is
increasingly recognised in counselling psychology (e.g., O'Hara, 2012; Scott & Hanley, 2012; Ward, Hogan, &
Menns, 2011). Taking into consideration that therapy for eating disorders is considered to be very challenging
(Νational Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines 1.3.4.: Service Interventions for Bulimia Nervosa)
(National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2004) and that complex cases such as those with a dual diagnosis
of eating disorders and borderline personality disorder often require a pluralistic approach, the integration
of therapeutic models, is of particular benefit to patients with such complex needs.psychotherapeutic
models