Women, Bodies and Food
The Role of Embodiment and Nervous System Regulation in the Treatment of Disordered Eating and Body Image Disturbance
- Speaker:
- Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 03 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
May 01, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150787
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Upwards of 45% of women are on diets and over 25% of those turn into clinical eating disorders. Approximately 70% of women report body image dissatisfaction.
Clinicians are often lost in a cycle of helplessness to help their clients move toward body acceptance and peace through top down approaches. However, for our clients to feel empowered a bottom-up, internal understanding and skill development must take place before an accepting and compassionate relationship with one’s body can develop. Through applying an embodied understanding or what separated them from their body and food, along with nervous system regulation skills, we can learn to help our client move from dysregulation with food and disconnection and dissatisfaction with their bodies, to a regulated relationship with food and an embodied connection with their bodies and self.
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Handouts/Brochure
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| Manual - Women, Bodies and Food (1.20 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Women Bodies and Food (953.8 KB) | 17 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Women, Bodies and Food - French (1.2 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Women, Bodies and Food - Italian (1.2 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Women, Bodies and Food - German (1.2 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Women, Bodies and Food - Spanish (1.2 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT Related seminars and products
Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT, is a practicing clinician for over 30 years specializing in somatic psychotherapy. She is an eating disorder specialist, certified mindfulness teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Dr. Biasetti teaches in the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) program, where she shares her expertise in somatic self-compassionate interventions for eating disorders recovery and serves as a consultation leader. She has led well-received retreats at Kripalu and Shambhala Mountain Center and has led professional training workshops through her Befriending Your Body (BFYB) certification program for eating disorder recovery. She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening Self-Compassion Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing and Growth. Dr. Biasetti maintains a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Andreana Saffi Biasetti maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Andreana Saffi Biasetti is a member of the Polyvagal Institute, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the International Yoga Therapy Association, the National Association of Social Work, and the Yoga Alliance.
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Objectives
- Define disembodiment and its impact on disordered eating.
- Identify at least two practices to increase clients’ interoceptive awareness.
- Utilize a compassion-based nervous system intervention for body image disturbance.
Outline
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
- An understanding of disembodiment and the socio-cultural impacts that have contributed to the mind/body separation and a fear-based relationship with food
- The impacts of disembodiment on the nervous system and what is needed to repair and reprogram these moments
- Nervous system regulation skills and interventions for body image disturbance
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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