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Center for Eating Disorders

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Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II, is the founding director of Bodywise, the first BED-specific treatment program in the United States, and president of the Board of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the founder of Pershing Consulting, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma worldwide. Amy is also the co-founder of “Attune”, an online coaching program for attuned eating and recovery support.

Amy is an internationally known leader in the development of treatment paradigms for BED, and one of the first clinicians to specialize in BED treatment. Based on 35 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered an approach to BED recovery that is strengths-based, and trauma informed, incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body-based techniques to heal the deeper issues that drive binge behaviors. Her approach integrates a non-diet body autonomy philosophy, helping clients create lasting change with food and body image. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond and Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook, with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison. She also offers a variety of trainings on BED treatment through PESI. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

 

Divulgaciones del ponente:
Financial: Amy Pershing is the founding director of Bodywise and has an employment relationship The Center for Eating Disorders. She receives royalties as a published author. Amy Pershing receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amy Pershing is a member of the National Register of Eating Disorders Professionals and the Academy of Certified Social Workers. She is a founding board member of the Eating Disorders Action Network and The Body Freedom Project. She is the membership chair for the Eating Disorders Professional League of Michigan.

Objetivos

1. Analyze the relationships between stress, trauma, diet culture, weight stigma, and emotional eating.
2. Utilize trauma-informed assessment questions to gather information about clients’ food history and body image to inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions.
3. Appraise the relationship between weight and health to help clients identify and challenge internalized weight stigma and body shame.
4. Analyze the role of dissociation and identity fragmentation in BED.
5. Employ IFS-informed strategies to assist clients with building affect tolerance and developing self-compassion.
6. Develop two strategies for navigating counter transference and clinician bias.

Esquema

• Toxic context of diet culture and weight stigma
• Key facts about the role of trauma and dissociation
• Why food addiction is a myth
• Common triggers to bingeing, including therapy and therapists
• Client voices – what a binge is really like

• 5 must-ask intake questions and how to gather food history information
• Understand clients’ eating behaviors
• Assess mental health comorbidities and co-occurring medical issues
• Connection between binge eating and body image
• Key tenets of weight-neutral recovery

• La verdad sobre la relación entre peso y salud
• Challenge cultural messages regarding weight stigma and fat phobia
• Integrate Health at Every Size (HAES) into your practice
• The body as wise ally: Using the body as the best source of information
• 5 steps of attuned eating
• Attuned movement versus exercise

• Why a do-no-harm, strengths-based approach is critical
• How threats to foundational safety create core beliefs supporting eating disorders
• Enseñar a los clientes a saber cuándo se ha desencadenado la narrativa del trauma
• Help clients step into “Self” with IFSinformed recovery strategies
• Work directly with fragmented parts to stop the binge-diet cycle
• Best practice somatic interventions
• Reinvent body image to help clients feel at home in their bodies
• Ayudar a los clientes a desarrollar conexiones que fomenten la resiliencia y se alineen con la recuperación

• Impact on treatment of the clinician’s relationship with food and body image
• Tips for modeling body acceptance, respect, and love in your practice
• Multicultural issues – gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more
• Form collaborative relationships with other treating professionals
• Resources for weight-neutral medical/nutritional care
• Limitaciones de la investigación y riesgos potenciales

Público objetivo

• Consejeros
• Trabajadores sociales
• Psicólogos
• Terapeutas matrimoniales y familiares
• Médicos
• Consejeros en adicciones
• Gestores de casos
• Registered Dieticians & Dietetic Technicians
• Médicos
• Enfermeras
• Enfermeras psiquiátricas
• Otros profesionales de la salud mental