Objectives:

- Review a case study using the transdiagnostic, transtheoretical PACER approach

- As they say on Law and Order…

- The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event.”

Case

- Tom is a 36 year old male and has been struggling with depression on and off for years, but the past 2 months it has gotten intolerable.  He recently lost 85 pounds to try to help get his diabetes under control and improve his sleep apnea and blood pressure. He was thrilled with his weight loss progress, but he hit a plateau and feels like he is going backwards.