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A Practical Guide for Therapists Working with Eating Disorder Clients
This downloadable resource offers three powerful, body-based reality testing exercises designed to help clients challenge distorted body image perceptions in a safe, experiential way. Whether you're working in private practice, inpatient care, or group therapy, these tools support clients in building a more accurate, compassionate connection with their bodies.
Included in this guide:
Chair Space Body Image Exercise – Help clients confront their internalized fear of “taking up too much space” by testing perceived body size through a simple but profound spatial activity.
Body Tracing Exercise – Using a life-sized outline, clients compare imagined vs. actual body size—revealing distortion in a visual, embodied way (like a chalk outline, but therapeutic).
Mirror Work with Neutral Observation – A structured approach to mirror exposure that guides clients in replacing judgment with objective, grounded self-observation.
Each activity includes:
Step-by-step instructions
Therapeutic goals
Key reflection questions
Notes on client readiness and aftercare
A Practical Guide for Therapists Working with Eating Disorder Clients
This downloadable resource offers three powerful, body-based reality testing exercises designed to help clients challenge distorted body image perceptions in a safe, experiential way. Whether you're working in private practice, inpatient care, or group therapy, these tools support clients in building a more accurate, compassionate connection with their bodies.
Included in this guide:
Chair Space Body Image Exercise – Help clients confront their internalized fear of “taking up too much space” by testing perceived body size through a simple but profound spatial activity.
Body Tracing Exercise – Using a life-sized outline, clients compare imagined vs. actual body size—revealing distortion in a visual, embodied way (like a chalk outline, but therapeutic).
Mirror Work with Neutral Observation – A structured approach to mirror exposure that guides clients in replacing judgment with objective, grounded self-observation.
Each activity includes:
Step-by-step instructions
Therapeutic goals
Key reflection questions
Notes on client readiness and aftercare