Disordered Eating Behaviors: Identify and Treat the Underlying Trauma

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Lori Kucharski, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC, CEDS-S Related seminars and products

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Lori Kucharski, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC, CEDS-S, is a licensed therapist practicing since 2004 in residential treatment facilities, crisis and outpatient mental health, and private practice. She owns and operates a training, consulting, supervision, and clinical practice. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist, Approved Consultant, and Training/Credit Provider as well as an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor, a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist/Supervisor, and the EMDR regional network coordinator for Colorado Springs, CO. She taught MFT and Counseling courses in graduate programs and specializes in complex trauma, attachment, disordered eating, dissociation, and body image with all ages from a systems perspective. She presents locally and nationally on these topics and advocates for ending social and cultural stigma and discrimination around body size, ability, and appearance.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lori Kucharski has an employment relationship with the EMDR Center of the Pikes Peak Region. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lori Kucharski is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the Colorado Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, EMDRIA, and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.

Additional Info

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.

Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.

Objectives

1. Build a thorough understanding of childhood trauma, attachment, dissociation, and the researched, causal link to disordered eating.
2. Utilize evidence-based, assessment tools and interventions for disordered eating, trauma, and dissociation, as well as spouses/partners and families/caregivers.
3. Examine the history of eating disorder treatment, disordered eating in the United States, and the socio-political/cultural factors involved in disordered eating.
4. Diagnose and treat non-DSM-5® disordered eating.
5. Evaluate personal behaviors or counter-transference that could be impeding treatment efficacy.
6. Apply case studies and conceptualization for incorporating body-positive terminology, awareness and intervention.

Outline

Prepare Yourself for Every Stage of the Therapy Process

• Intake strategies for successful therapeutic intervention
• Looking beyond anorexia, bulimia and bingeing
• Conclusive questions for improving your client intake
• Red flags of disordered eating
• Address common issues that may not be in DSM-5®: Orthorexia, compulsive overeating, diabulimia
• Digging for the roots: is the disordered behavior a result of previous trauma?

Implement Comprehensive Clinical Assessments

• How to choose the right assessment for your client
• Specific assessments for the spectrum of disordered eating and trauma
• Additional tools for depression, trauma, or other comorbid conditions
• How and when to use assessments for tracking progress
• Frequency considerations – get what you need without client burnout
• Collaboration within the treatment team

Techniques and Interventions to Transform Your Therapy

• Health at Every Size (HAES) and intuitive eating as non-diet paradigms to transform relationship with food
• Tools to facilitate respect, love, and nurturance for self
• Reframing your approach as the clinician
• Trauma-informed tactics for each stage of counselling
• Trauma specific evaluation of intake procedure: what NOT to say/do
• Goal: process and treat trauma and dissociation
• How to determine the appropriate order of interventions
• Strategies for avoiding re-traumatization and overwhelm
• EMDR to assist with stabilization
• IFS techniques to address clients’ internal states
• How to evaluate the window of tolerance
• Incorporation of polyvagal theory
• Attachment-focused work: self and others
• Art and sand tray interventions
• Journaling and logging

Put it all into Action: Implementation Considerations

• Overcome common blocks in therapy
• Systemic vs. individual: When to include family/partners
• Self of the therapist exercise: Countertransference, bias
• Case discussions and video demonstrations
• Effective documentation for ongoing treatment
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counselors
• Case Managers
• Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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