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Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Expert Jill Sechi, MS, RD, LD, CEDRD-S and Meredith Riddick, LPC-S, CED-S. Please submit your case in advance, by October 9th – by emailing a short summary and your question/s to info@edrdpro.com. All members are welcome to submit a case and to join us for the discussion hour. Jill Sechi Bio Jill has been extensively trained in wellness coaching and…

In this webinar you will learn how to help folks describe their currently held beliefs about healthy eating, challenge the rules that don't support their recovery, and re-define them based on their wise mind and personal values rather than society’s definition or their disordered beliefs.  Self-care comes with several stages. Identifying stages helps improve self-care and empower clients in their journey. Lynae will address how the window of tolerance model can be utilized with clients to identify and teach skills…

Webinar Description: Roughly one in ten children eat so little volume or variety that it impacts their physical, emotional or social development, and is often a major source of family conflict and parental worry. Many fail pediatric feeding interventions or are unable to access support and present for eating disorder treatment into adolescence and adulthood. This workshop will explore the DSMIV diagnosis of ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), limitations and controversies around diagnostic criteria, and consider both the pediatric therapy…

Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Expert Stephanie Brooks, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S. Please submit your case in advance, by November 5th – by emailing a short summary and your question/s to info@edrdpro.com. All members are welcome to submit a case and to join us for the discussion hour.   Stephanie Brooks Bio: Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD, CEDRD-S founded Bay Area Nutrition, LLC in 1999 to provide…

The concepts and processes of IFS, an evidence-based therapeutic intervention is particularly effective in treating the trauma underlying many disordered eating patterns. This will be examined from a dietitian’s perspective. The role of the nutrition professional in IFS-oriented treatment will be explored through case studies that show the self-protective function of polarized cognitions that drive eating disorder behaviors.The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model was developed by Richard Schwartz, PhD from careful listening to clients with Bulimia Nervosa. His clients described…

A recent listserv inquiry from a dietitian called for more guidance about working with trans and nonbinary clients in treatment. This RD ended with the casual statement that their challenges seemed to be "a unique twist on body image." Eating disorder treatment has long held body acceptance and body love as central goals of recovery, but unfortunately these concepts risk alienating transgender and GNC clients who struggle with dysphoria and pervasive transphobia on a daily basis. These clients need significantly…