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The intervention is a group polyvagal theory-informed skills training. The skills training phase is six sessions of polyvagal theory-informed skills training delivered in a group that will take place over nine weeks (three weekly sessions and three fortnightly). Each session will be two hours long. The group will focus on understanding the autonomic nervous system, respecting changes in physiology as a result of the autonomic nervous system, and learning strategies to enhance body awareness and manage emotions, such as breathing exercises. Participants will be asked to practice techniques in sessions and applied independently between sessions with the chance to feedback on the application of ideas and techniques each session.",[18],"Behavioral: Polyvagal informed skills training group",{"label":20,"type":10,"description":21,"interventionNames":12},"Follow-up Phase","After participants have completed the group skills training, there is a 4 week follow-up phase. During this phase, there is no intervention but participants will continue practicing learned techniques independently.",[23],{"type":24,"name":25,"description":26,"armGroupLabels":27,"otherNames":28},"BEHAVIORAL","Polyvagal informed skills training group","Research has found a connection between obesity and challenges in managing emotions, including emotional eating (Fernandes et al., 2018; Willem et al., 2019; Konttinen et al., 2019). There is currently a lack of treatments designed to address these issues whilst also promoting a curious and accepting relationship with the body. This may be particularly important for this group who may have a history of dieting or experience internalised stigma which can create a disconnect between the person and their body, a factor that many existing approaches fail to address, even though it is known to negatively impact health (Puhl et al., 2020). This study aligns with recent shifts in health policy, which move away from focusing solely on weight loss and instead prioritise non-weight-related health outcomes (Hunger et al., 2020). This group skills training, based on Polyvagal Theory (Porges, 1995), is designed to meet these needs.",[14],[29],"Group PVTT",[31,34,37],{"name":32,"affiliation":5,"role":33},"Jodie F Ferris","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",{"name":35,"affiliation":5,"role":36},"Jodie S Vasiliou, C.Psychol.","STUDY_CHAIR",{"name":38,"affiliation":5,"role":39},"Katie S Ashcroft, DClinPsy","STUDY_DIRECTOR",[41],{"name":42,"role":43,"phone":44,"phoneExt":12,"email":45},"Jodie S Ferris","CONTACT","07521858668","jodie.ferris2023@live.rhul.ac.uk",[47],{"facility":48,"status":12,"city":49,"state":50,"zip":51,"country":52,"countryCode":53,"cosmosGeoPoint":54,"geoPoint":59,"contacts":60},"Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust","Ashford","Surrey","TW15 3AA","United Kingdom","UK",{"type":55,"coordinates":56},"Point",[57,58],0.87376,51.14648,{"lat":58,"lon":57},[61],{"name":62,"role":43,"phone":63,"phoneExt":12,"email":64},"Alexandria Phillips, DClinPsy","01784 884620","alexandria.phillips1@nhs.net",{"type":33,"investigatorFullName":66,"investigatorTitle":67,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":12,"oldOrganization":12},"Jodie Ferris","Trainee Clinical Psychologist",[69],{"name":70,"class":6},"Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust","100617218","group-skills-training-for-body-awareness-and-managing-emotions-100617218",false,"NCT07315763","Group Skills Training for Body Awareness and Managing Emotions","Polyvagal Informed Group Skills Training for Body Awareness and Managing Emotions for People Living With Obesity","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Able to commit to the duration of the study from baseline to end of follow up period (up to 16 weeks)\n* Current service user of Specialist Weight Management Programme\n* Aged 18-65.\n* Good level of English spoken, reading and writing.\n* Identified by the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) to be in the Contemplation, Action or Maintenance stage of change.\n* Access to device with internet connection to complete online questionnaires and with camera for online group sessions.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Identified by the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) to be in Pre-contemplation stage of change\n* Currently in psychological skills training treatment during the 16-week study period\n* History of organic brain injury or cognitive impairment\n* Clients presenting with suicidal intent","ALL","18 Years","65 Years",{"count":82,"type":83},10,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[86],"NA","The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a skills training group informed by polyvagal theory, when delivered in an NHS setting, for those living with obesity. Polyvagal Theory in Therapy encourages individuals to be curious, respect how their nervous system works, and notice and respond to bodily sensations. Research shows that interoception, which is the ability to sense and understand what is happening inside the body such as recognising hunger, pain, or emotions, may be challenging for people in larger bodies. These challenges have been connected to difficulties in managing emotions which may lead to behaviours such as emotional eating. This points to the need for a therapeutic approach that helps people both notice what's happening in their bodies and trust those signals enough to be able to respond in healthy ways. This project will test whether a novel polyvagal informed skills training group can improve body awareness (interoception) and emotional regulation for people within an NHS specialist weight management service using a single case experimental design. Participants will be randomly assigned a baseline period of either 14 or 21 (phase A of the design) using computer-generated randomisation. During this phase, participants will complete outcome measures. The skills training intervention phase (phase B) will begin immediately following the individual's baseline period. The intervention is the six session group polyvagal theory-informed skills training. A four-week follow-up period will follow the skills training group, during which participants will continue to complete the same outcome measures they had used in the first two phases. This phase will help assess whether immediate treatment gains are maintained and\u002For whether delayed treatment gains occur. Trend analysis within this phase will show whether improvement or decline occurs post-skills training.",[89,90,91],"Body Awareness","Obesity","Emotional Regulation",[93,94,95,96,97,98,99,90],"Body awareness","Specialist Weight Management Service","Polyvagal Theory","Emotional regulation","Polyvagal theory in therapy","Single case experimental design","Skills training","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-01-05",{"date":103,"type":104},"2026-01-07","ACTUAL",{"date":106,"type":83},"2026-01-27",{"date":108,"type":83},"2026-09-30",{"name":5,"class":6},1]