Full Course Description

Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know

Program Information

Outline

Assessment

  • 3 crucial questions to ask at intake
  • DSM-5®: Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
  • The difference between BED, disordered eating and emotional overeating
  • Sub-clinical disordered eating patterns
The Root of the Problem
  • The backdrop of diet culture
  • Why dieting doesn’t work and weight is not the problem
  • Food as a form of affect regulation
  • Shame about food and body size
  • Co-morbid mental health conditions
Moving Clients from Shame to Empowerment: Treatment Strategies that Work
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Challenge the problem of good/bad thinking
    • Restructure thoughts to be more curious and less judgmental
    • End negative body talk and challenge internalized weight stigma
  • Mindfulness Practices That Promote Emotional Regulation
    • Guided visualizations that bring emotional calm
    • Diaphragmatic breathing exercise
    • Taking in The Good (Hanson’s Buddha Brain practice)
  • Self-Compassion Skills That Are Essential to Recovery
    • How compassion reduces overeating and bingeing
    • Allowing for and tolerating emotional experiences
    • Neff’s 3 steps of self-compassion
  • Attuned Eating: The Antidote to Diet Failure
    • Implementing the 3 steps of attuned eating
    • Tools to help clients overcome common obstacles
    • Psychological vs. physiological hunger
    • Working with different eating styles (vegetarian, health concerns, etc.)

Objectives

  1. Articulate the differences in clinical presentation between Binge Eating Disorder, disordered eating and emotional overeating.
  2. Examine the relationship between societal “diet culture” and its influence on disordered eating patterns that present in clinical treatment.
  3. Utilize CBT-informed interventions to address distorted thinking patterns in order to help clients normalize eating and incorporate positive, sustainable behaviors.
  4. Provide psychoeducation for clients regarding the relationship between overeating and emotional regulation skills.
  5. Teach clients the three essential steps of attuned eating in order to replace disordered eating patterns, including binge eating.
  6. Identify personal bias toward body size and implement Health at Every Size (HAES)-informed strategies in the therapeutic relationship.

Copyright : 18/10/2018