Eliot LeBow
Private Practice Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapist, USA
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab
Diabetes-focused psychotherapy (DFP) takes a holistic approach to diabetes management, combining client-centered psychotherapy with diabetes education, emotional support, and increased accountability. It utilizes techniques from motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy to address both the physical and emotional aspects of living life with diabetes. DFP takes non-diabetes life-related problems into consideration as well, to create a unique holistic approach to help people with diabetes live a healthier and happier life. DFP was created to support diabetes self-management while reducing the emotional issues that negatively impact effective diabetes management. Research shows that depression is 2-3 times more prevalent for people living with diabetes. Poor diabetes management leads to symptoms of depression and will exacerbate preexisting psychiatric disorders consequently negatively affecting cognitive functioning resulting in impaired ability to manage diabetes. Case studies will be presented to illustrate this point. Audience members will increase their understanding about non-compliance, reducing the providers�?? frustration, while offering simple tools to help address compliance issues. The audience will leave with a deeper understanding of their patients, clients, or students along with the tools to help them address the cognitive challenges they face.
Email: eliot.lebow@gmail.com
