About the authors
Glenn Waller
Glenn is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK. His clinical and academic specialism is evidence-based CBT for eating disorders, with a particular emphasis on effective treatment in routine clinical settings.
He has published over 340 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters and five books in the field, and regularly presents workshops at national and international meetings. He is past president of the International Academy for Eating Disorders and of the Eating Disorders Research Society, was an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, and is on the editorial board of Behaviour Research and Therapy and various other journals.
He was a member of the NICE Eating Disorders Guideline Development Group, responsible for the 2017 update to the eating disorders guideline.
(ORCID 0000-0001-7794-9546)
Hannah Turner
Hannah is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead of the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorders Service. She is an experienced clinician who has worked in the eating disorders field for over 20 years. She also has a keen interest in research, her recent work focusing on predictors of treatment outcome in CBT for eating disorders and the effective delivery of evidence-based treatments in routine clinical care.
She has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers and is a British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) accredited therapist and supervisor. She has served on several national committees including the NICE Eating Disorders Guideline Development Group (2017), the Eating Disorders Quality Standards Advisory Committee (2017/2018) and the Expert Reference Group for the Adult Eating Disorder Commissioning Guidance (2019). She is currently on the editorial review board for the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
(ORCID 0000-0003-4338-5476).
Madeleine Tatham
Madeleine is Consultant Clinical Psychologist with NHS Ayrshire and Arran all-age Community Eating Disorders Service. She has worked in the field of eating disorders for over 20 years and has a keen interest in promoting the use of evidence-based treatments in outpatient community services. Her recent work has focused on the development of a waiting list initiative designed to promote engagement, early behavioural change, and harm minimisation.
Madeleine also works as a course tutor on the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Eating Disorders course at the University of Sheffield, where she leads on the Supervisor Training Programme.
She has co-authored several peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. She is a British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) accredited therapist and supervisor, and regularly contributes to Doctorate of Clinical Psychology teaching programmes in the UK.
(ORCID ID 0000-0002-6468-6414)
Victoria Mountford
Dr Victoria Mountford, BA(Hons), DClinPsy, is Lead Clinical Psychologist and Eating Disorder Service Lead at Sage Clinics in Dubai. She combines her clinical work with research and teaching. She has over twenty years’ experience of working with individuals with eating disorders and body image concerns and their families. Prior to moving to the United Arab Emirates, she worked at the prestigious Maudsley Eating Disorder Service in London, UK. Dr Mountford was part of the founding team who developed FREED, the first early intervention eating disorder service in the UK. She is a supervisor and lecturer on the MANTRA training course. She has published widely, including three books Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for the Eating Disorders: A Comprehensive Treatment Guide (2007), Beating Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioural Self Help Guide for Adult Sufferers and their Carers (2010), and Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Non-Underweight Patients: CBT-T for Eating Disorders (2019). Her research interests include early intervention, body image and cognitive behaviour therapy and she has over 50 peer-reviewed publications. In 2020 she was jointly awarded the Outstanding Clinician Award by the Academy of Eating Disorders.
(ORCID ID 0000-0002-1932-1723)
Tracey Wade
Tracey is a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Flinders University, Australia. She has conducted many treatment outcomes studies for eating disorders and perfectionism, and as a clinician, she has a commitment to ensuring that we apply evidence to clinical care “in the real world”.
She has published over 290 peer reviewed papers, 15 book chapters, and co-authored two books on the treatment of perfectionism. She is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and an Inaugural Honorary Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy. She served as president of the Eating Disorder Research Society over 2017-2018.
(ORCID ID 0000-0003-4402-770X)
We would also like to acknowledge our gratitude for the special contribution of Susan Hart and Caitlin McMaster, who used their outstanding dietetic knowledge and skills to create a version of The REAL food guide. The guide is provided as Appendix five in the book, and is downloadable from this site so that your patients can benefit from it too. Read more about it here:
Hart, S., Marnane, C., McMaster, C., & Thomas, A. (2018). Development of the recovery from eating disorders for life food guide (REAL food guide) – A food pyramid for adults with an eating disorder. Journal of Eating Disorders, 6, 6. DOI