July 2019
Trauma and Eating Disorders Part 3: Recovery in the Latinx immigrant population: The effects of acculturation, privilege, and the immigration process on recovery
The third part of the Eating Disorders and Trauma series is presented by Melissa Carmona, MS, LPCA, NCC. Melissa is a bilingual Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her experience as a counselor includes helping people heal from eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and as an EMDR trained therapist, trauma. She works through a HAES® and Intuitive Eating lens, which has allowed her to view other aspects of our identities through that same lens as well. We…
Find out more »July Round Table Case Consult with Guest Expert Jamie Atkins, RDN, CEDRD-S
Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. This is a casual, fun, and always informative video chat hour open to all members. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Expert. Members, please submit your case in advance, by July 18th to info@edrdpro.com. About Jamie: Jamie Atkins RDN, CEDRD-S is the Director of Dietary Services for the Adult Residential Eating Disorder Division at Center For Discovery, and has a private practice, where she utilizes a…
Find out more »August 2019
Staying Present in the Face of Disconnection: Strengthening Skills for Your Practice and Your Life
In this webinar, Fiona Sutherland, APD, will explore the core elements of mindful presence then invite us to consider ways in which we both connect, and disconnect in everyday life as well as in our work. We'll then move to explore what we mean by "tough conversations" & how we can recognize our own tendencies or responses when under varying amounts of stress. Bring your paper and pen because there'll be pause points where you'll invited to reflect, and develop…
Find out more »August Round Table Case Consult with Guest Expert Tracy Brown, RD / LDN
Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. This is a casual, fun, and always informative video chat hour open to all members. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Expert. Members, please submit your case in advance, by August 6th to info@edrdpro.com. About Tracy: Tracy Brown,RD,LD/N is a somatic nutrition therapist/dietitian, attuned eating coach and embodiment teacher. She helps people come home to themselves through their bodies by healing their relationship with food and weight…
Find out more »September 2019
Special Series: Working with Adolescents and Their Families in Eating Disorder Treament
A seven-part online training series for eating disorder registered dietitians diving deep in to Family Based Treatment (FBT) - Infused Nutrition Counseling and helping adolescent clients heal. Sept 10, 2019 – Oct. 22, 2019 *Please note this series is not a part of the complimentary webinar series with membership. You must be registered separately. $100 discount for current EDRDpro Members. This series is designed to provide in-depth education for dietitians treating eating disorders on how to support individuals and families…
Find out more »September Round Table with Guest Expert Rebecca DeHamer
Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Expert Rebecca DeHamer. Please submit your case in advance, by September 6th – 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. Rebecca DeHamer Bio: Rebecca DeHamer is a registered dietitian nutritionist in the fields of nutrition and movement therapy. Her background…
Find out more »Clients and Weight Loss Surgeries: Considerations and Complications
This webinar will cover considerations and complications of the decision to have weight loss surgery. It will explore a Health at Every Size approach to decision making, self-care and eating disorder recovery in relation to surgery. Learning Objectives: Attendees will: Learn how weight stigma impacts decision making and self-care w/r/t weight loss surgeries. Learn how weight loss surgeries can impact eating disorder recovery, and strategies to better assist. Learn strategies to support clients exploring or having weight loss surgeries while…
Find out more »October 2019
October Round Table with Guest Experts Jill Sechi and Meredith Riddick
Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with our Guest Experts 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…
Find out more »Redefining Foundations of Healthy Eating
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…
Find out more »November 2019
Considering ARFID: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment
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…
Find out more »November Round Table with Guest Expert Stephanie Brooks
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…
Find out more »December 2019
Welcoming All Eating Disorder Parts: An Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model
The concepts and processes of IFS, 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, Ph.D. from careful listening to clients with Bulimia Nervosa. His clients described…
Find out more »December Round Table with Guest Expert Leslie Schilling
Join us for our monthly case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss cases submitted in advance with guest expert Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CEDRD-S. Please submit your case by Wednesday, December 4th, 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. Leslie Schilling Bio: Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CEDRD-S owns a Las Vegas-based coaching practice, specializing in nutrition counseling for families, those…
Find out more »January 2020
January Round Table with Guest Expert Lindsay Stenovec
Join us for our monthly members-only case consult peer/professional supervision call. We will discuss your client cases with Guest Expert Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, CLEC. Please submit your case in advance, by January 3rd 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. Lindsay Stenovec Bio: Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, CLEC is the founder of the Intuitive Eating Moms Club…
Find out more »More than a Unique Twist on Body Image: Eating Disorders in Transgender & Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Communities
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…
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