Members Announcements for Treatment Professionals, binge eating, anorexia, eating disorders

Upcoming Eating Disorder Events are announced on this page. Members feel free to submit all events that will benefit professionals in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders. Scan the page or select from the list of topics below:

August 2010 (scan down)

Comprehensive Treatment of Eating Disorders Advanced Workshop: Castlewood Treatment Center for Eating Disorders is hosting a 3 day conference August 12-14, 2011. This conference will include presentations, lectures, video taped session segments and practice sessions regarding the comprehensive treatment of eating disorders. Conference presenters and leaders are Dr. Mark Schwartz, PsyD., Lori D. Galperin, LCSW, and Dr. Richard Schwartz, PH.D. The conference will include information on the use of Internal Family Systems therapy, Expressive therapies, Attachment theory and trauma resolution therapies. They will also explore the treatment of co-morbid psychiatric issues of Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD. For more information about the conference visit www.castlewoodtc.com or email Deanna James at Deanna.james@castlewoodtc.com.

September 2010 (scan down)

Graduate Eating Disorders Institute, Plymouth State University. Mardie Burckes-Miller, Ed.D. CHES, CEDS serves as the director and a professor of a unique 8 year old eating disorders focused graduate program. At Plymouth State University, you can become more informed about the many faces of eating disorders and become a catalyst for action. If you have a bachelor's degree or higher and an interest in the field of eating disorders, come to Plymouth State University. You can enroll in a stand-alone 15 credit Eating Disorders Institute, an MED with a 15 credit Self- Design with Eating Disorders and Health Education or Counselor Education, or a Masters in Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis on eating disorders, or a Self- design with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies with a focus in Eating Disorders. Unique features include: weekend format for working professionals, new hybrid course (face to face and on-line), one three day intensive or 2 weekends per 3 credit graduate course, small classes, faculty who are eating disorder professionals, students from a variety of disciplines, hands-on courses. For more information about the up-coming first EDI course of the program Eating Disorders Awareness, this Fall contact Margaret@plymouth.edu. Apply to the university to be eligible for financial aid. Rolling admission if space is available. For more information contact Dr. Mardie Burckes-Miller at margaret@plymouth.edu or 603-535-2515 or visit http://www.plymouth.edu/graduate/academics/degrees/masters/med/counselor-education/eating-disorders-institute/.

Regional Seminars in September! Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program, a Sacramento-based treatment center, is pleased to be offering a new version of their Regional Professional Training seminars this fall. The workshops, “Strategies for the Eating Disorder Patient: 10 Things Every Clinician Must Know” will provide information on the latest research, treatment interventions and working with families. The seminars take place at two locations: September 17 in Rohnert Park, California, and September 24 in Reno, Nevada. Cost for the event is $65 and includes materials. Six CEUs for professionals are available. To learn more and download a registration form, visit www.sedop.org and click on “Upcoming Events,” or email Jennifer Lombardi, MFT, at jennifer@sedop.org.

A Discussion of the ED Treatment Process from Diagnosis to Recovery. Facilitator, Abigail Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP presents a free 90 minute Webinar for Eating Disorder Professionals, Patients and Families:

Sept 26 8:00pm EST Eating Disorders: A Treatment Apart

To register visit www.empoweredparents.com/pages/free-webinars.htm.

October 2010 (scan down)

A Discussion of the ED Treatment Process from Diagnosis to Recovery. Facilitator, Abigail Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP presents free 90 minute Webinars for Eating Disorder Professionals, Patients and Families:

October 10 8:00 EST The Uniqueness of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Process

October 24 8:00pm EST The Nuts and Bolts of Treatment Management

To register visit www.empoweredparents.com/pages/free-webinars.htm.

November 2010 (scan down)

Webinar Event for Professionals: The NASW Book Chat Webinar will take place on Tuesday, Nov.16, 2010 at 1 pm (ET) about Doing What Works: an Integrative System for the Treatment of Eating Disorders from Diagnosis to Recovery (NASW Press, 2009). The title of the Power Point Webinar is Discovering ‘What Works’ in Overcoming Eating Disorder Treatment Challenges. Facilitated by Abigail Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP, sponsored by NASW, CEU credits offered. For more information visit http://www.empoweredparents.com.

Year-long events (scan down)

Thousand Oaks, CA - Professional Roundtable: La Ventana Treatment Programs hosts a monthly professional's round table to welcome your thoughts and insight as you collaborate with colleagues on various issues. Support your practice with clinical and peer review while forming a cohesive team approach. No RSVP necessary and feel free to bring your lunch. Location: La Ventana Treatment Programs, 275 East Hillcrest Drive Suite 120, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm. For more information contact the Community Outreach Coordinator at 805-444-8072 or visit www.laventanaeatingdisorderprograms.com.

Southern California - Professional Study Group: Carolyn Costin, MFT invites all treating professionals to her study group. This group takes place the first Thursday of every month from 12:00-1:00pm at her day treatment center, Eating Disorder Center of CA, www.edcca.com. You are welcome to bring a lunch. The group covers case reviews, treatment strategies, new literature and research, and other areas related to treatment of eating disorders. CEU's are given to MFT's and LCSW's. Call for more information at 310-457-9958.

Southern California - Professional Study Group: Carolyn Costin, MFT invites all treating professionals to her study group. This group takes place the first Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:30pm at her residential treatment center, Monte Nido, www.montenido.com. You are welcome to bring a lunch. The group covers case reviews, treatment strategies, new literature and research, and other areas related to treatment of eating disorders. CEU's are given to MFT's and LCSW's. Call for more information at 310-457-9958.

Royal Oak, MI: Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy Certification in Eating Disorder Recovery. Become inspired to take your counseling and teaching skills to a level that never imagined, by investing in yourself and your career. The goals of this teacher training and yoga therapy program in eating disorder recovery are to give professionals the tools to create their own yoga and eating disorder recovery/body acceptance program, using the Reconnect with Food® system. Learn how to incorporate the philosophy of yoga, while creating an integrated treatment team. Three part program: One part off-site retreat along with two parts at our facility in Royal Oak, MI. Upon completion of all three parts, practitioners will be awarded a 200 Hour Teacher Training (RYT through Yoga Alliance) with a specialty in Yoga therapy for eating disorder recovery (International Association of Yoga Therapists member school). For more information, visit www.reconnectwithfood.com. Beverly Price, RD, MA, E-RYT, Program Director, Reconnect with Food (R) - On DVD! Contact Information: Inner Door Center, 317 E. Eleven Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48067, phone 248-336-2868, www.reconnectwithfood.com, www.reconnectwithfood.wordpress.com.

Eating Disorders Case Consultation Group: Monthly free meeting for consultation, sharing of knowledge, and support for clinicians working (or interested) in the field of eating disorders treatment. When: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 12:30- 2:00pm, Where: Suite N-B at New Beginnings Counseling Center. Call or email susanrichter.mft@verizon.net to reserve your space. It’s a bring your lunch, drop in group no prior consult or reservation required. Call Susan at 805-987-3162 ext. 5 for more information.

Home Study or Online Course: Healing Intractable Eating Problems: Course designed by Judy Lightstone (formerly Dissociative Processes in Eating Disturbances: A feminist Object Relations Approach). This Course meets qualifications for LMFTs and LCSWs Mandatory Continuing Education as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (PCE #3370) to earn 6 CEUs. At present there are no highly effective systematic approaches for assessing or intervening with the many patients with intractable compulsive eating, restricting, or purging symptoms. Instead we are told that eating disorders are hard to impossible to treat and we should lower our expectations for outcomes. This course covers the feminist Object Relations approach to working with eating and body image disturbances. It includes training in offering psychoeducation to your patients about how to identify and intervene into the binge/starve or diet or purge cycles, and following intuitive hunger-based eating guidelines. The method taught is symptom-focused, yet psychodynamic in orientation, allowing the therapist to understand and use the symptoms as metaphors for other psychological issues, while still respecting the deep pain of eating and body image obsessions. Eating problems usually involve varying degrees of dissociation - most especially somatoform dissociation of sensations of hunger, fullness, and proprioceptive awareness of body size. The correlation between compulsive eating patterns and dissociation has been noted by many, yet as yet there are no explanations for the causes of this correlation, or structured interventions with patients who may initially present with no traumatic history. Through a synthesis of anecdotal data, experiential exercises participants can immediately apply to their practice, theoretical formulations, and a review of the most up-to-date research on traumatic memory and attachment deficits, this course will cover the continuum of complex trauma and dissociation and offer clear step by step guidelines for assessment and intervention with so-called "impossible to treat" patients. For more information call Judy Lightstone at 510-704-0940. If you are interested in obtaining a packet for the course visit http://www.psychotherapist.org/Continuing_Education.htm.

Online Courses for Professionals: The Aliveness Training in Somatic Process™.

Trains you to teach your clients how to. . .

* Live in alignment with the heart;
* Infuse life with vitality, creativity, and synchronicity;
* Leverage out-of-control experiences into joy;
* Turn fears into blessings;
* Transform the underlying forces that drive dysfunction;
* Live beyond struggle;
* Create a new powerful self-image.

The Aliveness Training in Somatic Process evolved from the deep spiritual growth work of psychotherapist Jane E. Latimer. Uniquely focused on simple methods of aligning the body with heart, mind and the natural world Latimer’s processes lead to a unifying reconnection with nature and self experienced as an opening of the heart, an enlivenment of the senses and the alleviation of inner states of stress and unrest. The resulting sense of belonging, cooperation and connection facilitates the accelerated abatement of addictions, eating disorders, intimacy problems and other dysfunctional survival mechanisms. For information visit www.emotionaleating.com or http://www.alivenesstraining.org.

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