A psychological therapy found to be effective in helping people achieve and maintain weight loss is being trialed to see if it can support patients with chronic liver disease to stop drinking.
Functional Imagery Training (FIT), developed by researchers at the University of Plymouth and Queensland University of Technology, uses mental imagery to motivate behavior change.
Unlike other types of ‘brief counselling therapy’, FIT teaches people how to create motivational imagery themselves. This allows them to use visualization techniques on their own when faced with challenges, which can support long-term behavior change.
