Eating DisordeR Education

Binge Eating Disorder Treatment – A course for dietitians

16.25 Continuing Education (CE) Credits approved by CDR

Explore comprehensive BED treatment strategies in our specialized course. Registration includes instant access to the self-paced course through the EDRD Pro Teachable school as well as free access to the monthly live study groups with your course instructors.

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Join us for the first course developed specifically for dietitians to provide a thorough, inclusive, and updated approach to the treatment of binge eating disorder.

You will work through the in-depth lessons at your own pace and then follow up with more learning in the monthly discussion groups with the course instructors. 16.25 CE Credits available through May 31, 2027.

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Are you watching your clients struggle against eating disorders yet feel unable to provide the transformative support they truly need?

Walk away with a thorough and current understanding of BED and best treatment practices for dietitians.

Here’s what to expect:

  • 100% online with 5 self-paced video modules
  • 16.25 CE credits for RDs
  • 3 bonus interviews with respected BED experts: Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, Amy Pershing, and Rachel Millner.
  • Plus monthly learning sessions and Q&A with the instructors
  • A vast collection of downloads, readings, and supplementary learning material.

What You’ll Learn

Whether you’re a new dietitian or an experienced practitioner, this course walks you through developing a treatment plan for BED, covering everything from neuroscience to practical interventions in the dietitian’s scope.

What every dietitian needs to know about Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

Understand the key features of BED, similarities with other eating disorders, learn the history of the BED diagnosis, and clarify the RD role in BED treatment.

Binge eating and the nervous system

Identify the importance of setting up your patient for success with healing with steps to create a sense of safety in session. Understand the importance of consent and communication and how to do this.

An up-to-date view of assessment, screening, prevalence, and diagnostics

Learn the specifics about a complete picture of screening, proper assessment and diagnosis, followed by the Stages of Change Model in charting a way forward.

Setting up treatment in the nutrition counseling setting

Unpack both the restriction and the binge behaviors separately, then together, so you can support your clients to understand themselves better from a place of compassion and curiosity rather than shame and judgement.

Psychoeducation & Dietetic Interventions for clients with BED

A deep look at external and internalized weight stigma. Understand how self-compassion strategies help to heal, and identify tools that can be used to challenge restrictive food rules.

Key support skills & redefining restriction for individuals with BED

Help clients to know the impact of community and sharing lived experience. Identify considerations clients should discuss with their care team before having bariatric surgery. Understand the pros and cons of using medications to treat BED.

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Walk away with a thorough and current understanding of BED and best treatment practices for dietitians.

16.25 CE credits available through May 31st, 2027.

This course is about transforming your practice for those seeking your help:

You’ll emerge with not only deeper clinical insights but also practical tools that can be immediately applied to help your clients overcome BED. Whether you’re looking to refine your expertise or expand your practice, this course offers the knowledge and community support to make a lasting impact in your professional journey and the lives of those you help.

Join us today to make a difference tomorrow.

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What Students Are Saying

Exceeded my expectations in every way

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The BED course exceeded my expectations in every way, from the insightful curriculum to the dedicated and knowledgeable instructors.

The knowledge and skills I’ve gained will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on my personal and professional development.

I am leaving with a sense of accomplishment and a renewed enthusiasm for my chosen field.
Mónica Peralta, MD
Physician

Thank you, EDRD Pro!

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The BED Course for Dietitians is a course that I wish was offered in all accredited and degree programs to dietitians before working with patients.

It teaches how to support clients with non-harming, weight-inclusive care. Healthcare providers can benefit tremendously from this course.

Thank you, EDRD Pro!
Natalie Murphy, RDN, LD, RYT-200
Dietitian

Meet the Instructors and Guest Speakers

aaron-flores
Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist based out of Los Angeles, California. With over 10 years of experience, Aaron has worked with eating disorders in a variety of settings.
Read full bio here.

Aaron Flores, RDN

Course Instructor
Fiona-Sutherland
Fiona Sutherland is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of both The Mindful Dietitian, & Body Positive Australia. She has been practising for over 15 years primarily in the areas of eating behaviour, eating disorders, body image, sports nutrition & education/training. Read full bio here.

Fiona Sutherland, APD

Course Instructor
Jennifer-Gaudiani
Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED, is the Founder and Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, she completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard, medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, and her internal medicine residency and chief residency at Yale.
Read full bio here.

Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani

Guest Speaker
Rachel-Millner
I have been specializing in treating people with eating disorders for well over ten years. I am a Certified Body Trust(R) Provider and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. I offer FBT and individual therapy for adolescents and individual therapy for adults. 
Read full bio here.

Rachel Millner, PSY.D, CEDS-S, CBTP(R)

Guest Speaker
Amy Pershing
Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, is the founding director of Bodywise™, a comprehensive treatment program for binge eating disorder (BED), and clinical director of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is also the founder of Hungerwise™, a 10-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling.
Read full bio here.

Amy Pershing, LMSW

Guest Speaker

Topics covered in this 5-part course

You will watch all 5 Sessions at your own pace in Teachable, and follow up with free monthly live learning sessions with Fiona and Aaron .

Details with dates and times of live discussion groups on our EDRD Pro calendar of events.

SESSION 1:

Foundations of Binge Eating Disorder

Aaron Flores and Fiona Sutherland

Description:

Set a solid foundation for your work with clients and communities by developing a clear understanding of the history, diagnostic features and common myths about Binge Eating Disorder. We will step through the role of the Dietitian in the care team, and help you get clear about one of the Dietitian’s most common concerns – scope of practice. We will explore treatment options and avenues which keep your client front and centre, and start a conversation about why weight inclusive care is so critically important.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the history of Binge Eating Disorder
  2. Name the key features of Binge Eating Disorder
  3. Identify key similarities and differences between BED and another Eating disorder
  4. Clarify the role of the Dietitian within the ED treatment team

SESSION 2:

Dietetic Care 1; Getting Started

Fiona Sutherland

Description: 

In this module, we will explore the what and why of inclusive and trauma-informed care in ED work, including what this might look, sound and feel like in practice. We’ll discuss ways to integrate consent into all areas of your work and identify what people most need from us in the early stages of collaborative care. Next, we’ll dive into the Dietetic Assessment and identify key skills you can bring which support ongoing work.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand why it’s so important to establish safety and stabilization with client from the beginnings of your interactions, and how to do this
  2. Understand the importance of confidentiality, consent and communication
  3. Develop confidence in sound assessment skills
  4. Identify key next steps from the assessment

SESSION 3:

Dietetic Care 2; Cycles, Swings and Stabilization

Fiona Sutherland and Amy Pershing

Description:

In this module, we’re really breaking things down to develop a thorough understanding of the elements of the most common eating and food-related behaviours of BED. We will be unpacking both the restriction and the binge parts separately, then together, so you can support your clients to understand themselves better from a place of compassion and curiosity rather than shame and judgement. We will then address why and how to introduce the practicalities of nutritional stabilisation using evidence-based Dietetic models. Finally, we will start a conversation about behaviour change using the Stages of Change Model and in our BONUS video, you can hear all about our job by stage.

Learning Objectives:

  1.   Understand the key elements of restriction and binge eating behaviours
  2.   Identify practical steps for nutritional stabilisation
  3.   Understand how to utilize the Stages of Change Model in charting a way forward

Guest Interview (1 hour) – an interview with Amy Pershing, co-author of Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond.

A powerful and insightful discussion between Fiona and Amy stepping in to understanding trauma and the link to binge eating.

SESSION 4:

Diving Deeper

Aaron Flores and Jennifer Guidiani

Description:

In this module, we will discuss weight stigma, the impact of self-compassion and how to help clients break down food rules and find more space for enjoyable movement. Weight stigma is a powerful force that impacts how we feel in our body. We will examine deeper dives into the external forces of weight stigma and how we internalize them.  As we understand more about the impact of weight stigma, we then also need to see how self-compassion is an essential tool to help us challenge our inner critic.  Lastly, we will learn helpful tips for how to challenge food rules and develop a more neutral relationship with food and movement.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand how external weight stigma becomes internalized and leads to our own internalized fat-phobic inner critic
  2. Understand how developing more self-compassion strategies helps heal our negative body story
  3. Identify tools that can be used to challenge restrictive food rules
  4. Develop language to explore movement from a neutral, self-care mindset

Guest Interview with Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani

SESSION 5:

Recovery and Beyond

Aaron Flores and Rachel Milner

Description:

In this final module we will discuss strategies to help our clients build life-long tools that will support them in recovery.  We will explore how things like community, advocacy, boundary setting and resiliency are skills that many folks need to help them manage their recovery in a world that is so focused on weight loss and fatphobic.  We will also discuss controversial topics and conversations like BED and bariatric surgery, finding medical teams that are aligned with Health at Every Size® and common medications that are prescribed for BED.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the impact of community and share lived experience in the role of recovery
  2. Identify considerations clients should discuss with their team before having bariatric surgery.
  3. Understand the pros and cons of using medications prescribed to treat BED

Guest Interview with Rachel Millner

Your Investment

Payment Plan: We offer a 3-part payment plan or single payment option.

Full and Partial Scholarships Available. Inquire by email to [email protected].

Group Pricing: Email [email protected] to request info on pricing for groups of 3 or more.

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$499

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Frequently Asked Questions

The course starts as soon as you sign up! You have until May 31st 2027 to finish in order to receive continuing education credits through CDR. You will move through the course modules at your own pace through the EDRD Pro Teachable School. The free live workshops occur monthly and are included with enrollment. Details regarding dates and times for the monthly groups can be found on our upcoming event calendar.

The course will be available through May 31st 2027. If you do not complete all installments of the payment plan you will no longer be enrolled in the course and you will not receive a refund.

We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us by email to [email protected] in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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