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“It’s literally like been life-changing”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of a novel motivational chairwork intervention for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
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  • Chantelle McKenzie,
  • Lauren Rowley,
  • Matthew Pugh,
  • Anna Oldershaw
Chantelle McKenzie
North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Corresponding Author:chantelle.mckenzie@hotmail.co.uk

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Lauren Rowley
South West London and Saint George's Mental Health NHS Trust
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Matthew Pugh
University College London
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Anna Oldershaw
Canterbury Christ Church University Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology
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Abstract

Objective: Many people with Anorexia Nervosa experience ambivalence and impoverished motivation to change, yet current motivation enhancing interventions require improvements. Chairwork is a collection of therapeutic methods that incorporate movement and dialogue between chairs to elicit change. The “future selves” chairwork intervention (FSCI) is a novel chairwork task that aims to increase motivation by enacting and interacting with future ‘non-recovered’ and ‘recovered’ version of the self in different chairs. Method: Nine people living with Anorexia Nervosa completed the FSCI and were interviewed about their experience of the task. An interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted, using change process research methods to explore acceptability, feasibility, and associated change processes. Results: The following Group Experiential Themes (GETs) were identified: ‘Delivery and Task factors’, ‘Motivation towards a demanding recovery journey’, ‘Intense and strange emotions led to realisations’ and ‘Living as the future self”. Conclusions: The findings suggest that FSCI is acceptable and feasible, although more research would
27 Nov 2024Submitted to Journal of Clinical Psychology
03 Dec 2024Submission Checks Completed
03 Dec 2024Assigned to Editor
27 Dec 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
01 Jan 2025Reviewer(s) Assigned