Description
This four-session training will review the Embodied Approach to Treating Eating Disorders (EAT-ED) that is detailed in Dr. Cook-Cottone’s book: Embodiment and the treatment of eating disorders: The body as a resource in recovery (W. W. Norton). She will detail the embodied self model and what it means to be embodied.As the EAT-ED elucidates, eating disorders represent disrupted embodiment. Rather than being attuned, in service of one’s daily functioning and larger pursuit of meaning and contentment, the body (including its needs and experiences) becomes a target of the mind. Authentic lived experiences are avoided and engagement with the body is harsh, controlling, and invalidating.
This event will cover:
- Be able to define embodiment, disorder embodiment, the concept of the hungry ghost and how they relate to disordered eating.
- Learn the components of the Embodied Approach to Treating Eating disorders (EAT-ED).
- Learn how to create a foundation for recovery with mindful self-care and development of a sense of meaning and purpose with thei
- Learn tools to work with sensations, physiological states, and feeling/emotions in treatment with hands-on, practical activities
- Learn polyvagal theory basics as they relate to the treatment of eating disorders.
- Learn the basics for working with community settings, especially those centred on working out and other physical activities that
Trainers
- Dr Catherine Cook-Cottone (Psychologist) — University of Buffalo
Eligibility criteria
Categories:
Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Lived Experience Workforce,
Other
Levels:
Introductory,
Intermediate,
Advanced
Lifespans:
Adolescent,
Youth,
Adult,
Older Persons
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Online
$225 Vic Mental Health Clinicians, $425 Others
