• Kenneth Goss and Steven Allan.
• Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry Eating Disorder Service, Coventry, UK.
• Br J Clin Psychol. 2014 Mar 1; 53 (1): 62-77.

ObjectivesThis article outlines specific developments in compassion-focused therapy (CFT) for the treatment of patients with an eating disorder.MethodsThe article provides a narrative review based on the existing literature and current practices of CFT for eating disorders (CFT-E).ResultsThe role of shame, self-criticism, self-directed hostility, and difficulties in generating and experiencing affiliative emotion in patients with an eating disorder is highlighted. The article describes how CFT-E uniquely addresses these issues and discusses the current evidence base for CFT-E. It also provides an outline of recent and potential future developments in CFT-E.ConclusionsCFT-E offers a promising treatment for adult outpatients who present to specialist eating disorder services with restricting and binge/purging eating disorders. Recent developments include treatment protocols for patients who are low weight and have an eating disorder and for those presenting with obesity.© 2014 The British Psychological Society.

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