Live Webinar
Listening to the Body: Helping Patients with Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns - April 6
Objective
- Differentiate 4 eating disorder diagnoses and their respective demographics
- Identify 3 assessment questions to evaluate body image concerns
- Explain 2 different approaches to treating patients with eating disorders
- Describe the impact of weight stigma and size discrimination
Upcoming Dates For This Webinar
This webinar runs from 9am to 4pm Pacific Time.
Course Description
Working with patients with eating disorders and body image concerns presents unique opportunities for clinicians. Eating disorder symptoms are somatic experiences of internal, psychological distress and through this medium, the body ‘speaks’ for the patient. Translating these messages, finding words and linking them to feelings is a critical part of treatment. Since these illnesses are often associated with significant medical morbidity, clinicians can feel anxious and worried about the need to respond quickly, which can create ruptures in the treatment relationship and countertransference challenges. This training will take a broad and integrative approach to the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders and body image concerns. We will focus on both working with symptoms and attending to underlying dynamics that have put the body in peril. We will discuss how clinicians can engage patients as well as considerations for more intensive services. We will also identify barriers to treatment, including size discrimination and stigma.
Instructor
Dana Satir Ph.D.
was awarded her doctorate in psychology from Boston University in 2012. She completed her clinical internship at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School in adult community psychiatry and went on to receive advanced training in family-based treatment for eating disorders (Maudsley) during her postdoctoral fellowship at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has received grant funding for her research in anorexia nervosa and published and presented her work on the therapeutic alliance and clinician reactions to patients with eating disorders nationally and internationally. Dr Satir has been in private practice in Boulder, CO, for over a decade, and teaches, trains, and offers consultation in the treatment of eating disorders and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
About This Webinar
The webinar is a live, interactive class. You will view the webinar in real time from your home or office on a computer, tablet (e.g., iPad) or phone. You will be able see the speaker and the slides, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions and respond to polls. You will have access to the handouts, which you can view on your computer or download and print.
You will need to show up on time to receive credit, just like at an in-person class, but you can wear whatever you’d like! The class will run from 9am to 4pm Pacific Time. There will be a morning and afternoon break and a break for lunch. At the end of the class you will need to take a post-test and receive a score of 75% or above to pass. You have up to three attempts to pass the post-test. Most people pass on their first attempt. After two attempts to pass the post-test you will need to contact our office and you will be provided with one more attempt to pass the post-test. The post-test will only be available at the end of the class. Once you pass the post-test, you will complete an evaluation online and then you will receive your Certificate of Attendance online, which you can view and print.
Registration Information
The course fee is determined by the date of payment in relation to the course date:
- Early Registration: If payment is received 3 weeks prior to the webinar date.
- Regular Registration: For payments received less than 3 weeks prior to the webinar date.
Cancellation Policy
There is a $35.00 processing fee, per seminar, for refunds requested by the Wednesday prior to the weekend of the webinar. After that time, there will be no refunds. If a course must be cancelled due to an unforeseen event (e.g., natural disaster, instructor illness), the webinar will be rescheduled. Participants will be credited to take the rescheduled course or another PPS webinar. No refunds will be given.
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