When Body Image and Food are the topic:
Learning How to Work with Body Image and Food Issues in Clients who do not have an Eating Disorder
A continuing education course for mental health professionals.
1 CE hours
Dates: Friday March 1st 2024 2-3pm PT
Location: Online and In-Person 922 State Street, STE A2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cost: $30
Course Description
This course is designed to give therapists a basic understanding of how to appropriately navigate the topic of body image, dieting, and/or disordered eating that does not meet criteria for an eating disorder. Participants will gain knowledge about the HAES philosophy, set point theory, and the body neutrality scale to help clients achieve a loving relationship with their body and food. This course will offer information for clinicians to share with their clients as well as help shift tendencies that therapists themselves may hold which unwittingly promote diet culture in ways that harm our clients unintentionally.
Learning Objectives
- Define the HAES philosophy and why it is important.
- Learn 3 important “not to do’s” to prevent further stigmatization of people of size.
- Define set point therapy and 2 strategies help client decrease shame around the size of their body.
- Verbalize 3 important key facts regarding the body neutrality scale and its application to psychotherapy.
Hours: Course meets qualifications for 1 hour of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s, and LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Outline/time-line
(1 hour)
Power point (45 min)
- Why this topic is important for all clients
- What you need to know about HAES
- What you need to know about set-point theory and the body-neutrality scale
- What not to do/say when client’s struggle with weight/food
- What to do when client’s struggle with weight/food
- When it is time to see additional support for your client
Q/A (15 min)
- Q/A (15 min)
Instructor: Orian has extensive experience working in residential and PHP/IOP eating disorder treatment. She brings that expertise to her work in private practice. She utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge thought patterns that may be limiting your life. Orian is happy to share EMDR, a tool that can help you overcome stuck points in your life where trauma may have occurred. She believes in a humanistic approach to psychotherapy: that we are “fellow travelers” and you will know your path to healing better than anyone else could.