Comparing a Group-based Guided Self-help Approach to Pure Self-help for the Treatment of BED

The BFT group will be provided Binge Focused Therapy, a group-based, guided-self help intervention. Participants in this group will attend three online group sessions spread over six weeks (Week 1, Week 2, and Week 6) and complete homework between sessions. Following Session 3, there is a four week period where participants complete self-guided check-ins once per week to monitor continued progress and/or signs of relapse.

The CBT USH group will be provided with the book, Overcoming Binge Eating by C. Fairburn, which is a well-established self-help book used to help individuals understand binge eating and control binge eating behaviours. After participants receive the book, they will have 10 weeks to read it and work through the exercises provided in the book.