This Webinar will invite you to: become more aware of your vocabulary and habitual patterns, develop new insight into word choice which best serves you and your clients, and practices a language which invites client-focused curiosity, discovery, and change.
The current generation of children is inundated with weight-biased, age-inappropriate nutrition messages. As to eating disorder savvy professionals and informed parents, we can advocate for children to be shielded from these harmful messages. We will look at the research showing how children interpret nutrition information and what is appropriate nutrition education for different ages.
Dietitians often encounter individuals seeking health through “clean” or “pure” food and eating. When mixed with a tendency toward perfectionism or anxiety, or when implemented with unrealistic expectations for body shape changes, this desire can morph into fear of food and restrictive eating practices that detract from health and impair functioning.
Vania is an experienced Intuitive Eating counselor and has been practicing and helping clients for over 25 years! She is also a popular blogger – check out her work at PeacefulEating.co.uk.
Even after someone has recovered from an eating disorder, they are often surprised to find there is still work to be done. A symptom that highlights the need for more effort to attain true recovery is the absence of a monthly period (a bleed from birth control doesn’t count). Often the desire to restore periods comes when a woman wants to get pregnant, although there are other excellent reasons to continue to work on body image, food fears, and exercise addiction.
Building Safety in Session With Our Clients – The Role of Compassion to Help Create Shifts with Tracy Brown, RN, LD/N.
From Health Not Diets | Author and creator of the Non-Diet Approach Guidebook for Dietitians. Weight neutral practice approaches which center size acceptance, like Health at Every Size and the Non-Diet Approach, represent a key innovation in health practice given the ubiquitous backdrop of ‘anti-obesity’ sentiment in the provision of healthcare today. The adoption of these approaches so far has been driven by peer-to-peer communication as few professional authorities have yet to openly endorse or encourage weight neutral practice.
Integration of Exposure and Response Prevention with Dietary Application in the treatment of eating disorders. Let’s focus on response prevention. Response prevention is the key component in this process.
First impressions aren’t everything but they do mean an awful lot! In this information-packed session, Marci will outline her top 5 keys to prepare you for a strong initial assessment: organizing your paperwork, setting the stage for a great relationship, key questions and how to ask them, establishing a treatment plan, and setting up the next appointment. Marci will share with you the handouts, techniques, and language she uses in her own practice to help you grow your own style and confidence as a nutrition counselor.
First impressions aren’t everything but they do mean an awful lot! In this information-packed session, Marci will outline her top 5 keys to prepare you for a strong initial assessment: organizing your paperwork, setting the stage for a great relationship, key questions and how to ask them, establishing a treatment plan, and setting up the next appointment. Marci will share with you the handouts, techniques, and language she uses in her own practice to help you grow your own style and confidence as a nutrition counselor.