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The certificate training that sets a gold standard for how you treat clients' body image issues.

Unrealistic beauty standards are impacting mental health more than ever.

Your clients battling body image preoccupation, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), binge eating, chronic dieting, OCD, and so much more don't need another Instagram ad…

They need a well-trained clinician.

Whether you're planning to specialize in body image issues, or you just see clients struggling to accept themselves every day — this course sets a gold standard and gives you evidence-based tools now.

Join six world-leading experts, including Dr. Neziroglu, pioneering BDD researcher and clinician, and Dr. Diana Hill, ACT-trained self-compassion expert, for an easy-to-follow start-to-finish training that empowers you to work with the spectrum of body image concerns.

These sought-after speakers bring together evidence-based CBT, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Somatic interventions, Motivational Interviewing, and more, so you can discover:

  • Keys to breaking cycles of self-criticism and self-worth
  • New assessments, tools, and self-report measures for body image issues
  • Specific CBT strategies for reframing unhelpful thinking patterns
  • ACT tools to foster body image flexibility
  • The neurology and psychology of body image — especially when trauma is present

PLUS, culturally-attuned practices for diverse clients and helpful ethical reminders.

This is the most comprehensive body dysmorphia training we offer — and it's backed by our 100% money-back guarantee.

BONUS: You'll earn a downloadable digital badge and certificate of completion!

In a world that profits from self-doubt, be the therapist who helps clients reclaim inner strength.

Enroll now.

Body Dysmorphia Treatment Specialist Certificate
Today's Best Evidence-Based Tools from CBT, ACT, Somatic Therapy, & More

$709.95 Value — $299.99 Today — Exceptional Savings!
GET STARTED NOW
Earn up to 15.25 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline

Body Dysmorphia Treatment Certificate Outline

Start by learning easy-to-use interventions for the spectrum of body image issues. Then go deeper with specific strategies from ACT, CBT and Somatic Therapy to help clients create self-compassion. In Modules 3 and 4, you'll dive into ACT to help clients accept themselves more and increase your cultural competency working this area.

Body Image: Effective Interventions to Shift Negative Thoughts, Perceptions, Emotions, and Behaviors
Sony Khemlani-Patel, PhD
Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP

Get the guidance you need to confidently address your clients' body image concerns and treat Body Dysmorphic Disorder from experts Dr. Fugen Neziroglu and Dr. Sony Khemlani- Patel. They've identified the core elements of effective treatment that will help you to:

  • Shift your clients' rigidly held appearance-related beliefs
  • Create a comprehensive treatment plan for clients with body dysmorphic disorder
  • Promote adaptive visual perception so your clients see their bodies more realistically
  • Put an end to obsessive behaviors that maintain a negative body image
 

How Do I Look?: Neurobiology and Psychology of Body Image

  • Developmental and cultural perspective on body image
  • The role of the central nervous system
  • Impact of early environment and experiences
  • Trauma and body image
  • How to know when to target body image in psychotherapy
  • Mental health diagnoses with frequent cooccurring body image concerns
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) - what therapists need to know
  • Case example: 24yo female with skin concerns after bullying

Assessment and Therapeutic Engagement: How to Help Clients Talk About Body Image

  • Best practice intake strategies
  • Top clinical interview assessments for BDD
  • Validated self-report measures for BDD
  • Referential thinking and body image
  • Overvalued Ideation (OVI) and why it matters
  • Motivational interviewing to engage clients when they feel shame
  • Case example: 21yo male with jaw issues causing suicidal ideation

Treatment Interventions for Body Image/Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Create a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Treatment Plan

  • Cognitive strategies when the goal is not to challenge the perceived defect
  • Targeting appearance-related values
  • Core beliefs supporting negative body image
  • Mind-reading and body image perception
  • Exposure and response prevention for body image (e.g., clothes shopping, exercising, eye contact)
  • How to retrain clients’ visual perception to foster global/holistic processing
  • Attention and task concentration training to shift focus away from body image
  • Behavioral practices for improving body image
  • Top techniques for increasing clients’ self compassion
  • Case example: 46yo female with nose concerns post-accident

Clinical Issues

  • Best practices for relapse prevention
  • How to manage common obstacles and pitfalls in treatment
  • Treatment resistance in BDD and what to do about it
  • Management of clients’ desire for cosmetic surgery
  • Common therapist reactions to working with body image issues
  • Intersectionality and body image, including LGBTQ+ clients
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks
Body Compassion Strategies: ACT, CBT, Somatic Therapy, and More Interventions
Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW, C-IAYT, CCFP, Reiki Master

Discover simple but effective thought and emotional regulation tools from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, positive psychology, and somatic approaches with Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW. You'll end this section ready to skillfully guide clients on a journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and profound healing.

  • Self-compassion and mindfulness strategies to work with shame and increase body appreciation
  • CBT, ACT, & Positive Psychology interventions to reframe negative self-thoughts
  • Creative interventions from yoga, art therapy, and gratitude-based practices for insight and compassion
 

Body Image Basics and Beyond

  • Understand body image, self-worth, body dysmorphia and more
  • Inclusive work with gender diverse populations
  • The intersection of body image work and systemic oppression
  • When to refer out
  • Cultural, societal, and social media factors that contribute to negative body image
  • The role of trauma and co-occurring conditions
  • Examine your own biases, beliefs, and assumptions regarding body image
  • How compassion helps clients take steps toward acceptance

Assessment Tools and Techniques for Body Image Issues and Body Dissatisfaction

  • Assessment tools and scales
  • Self-report measures, interviews, and clinical observation
  • Incorporating cultural sensitivity
  • Recognize diverse body norms and gender diversity
  • Use the clinical interview to explore underlying beliefs and emotions

Self-Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Practices:

  • Enhance your clients body awareness and body-compassion
  • Guided body scan meditations to tune into physical sensations
  • Body-focused mindfulness practices for body image and self-perception
  • Self-compassion and guided imagery meditations to increase body appreciation and reduce shame
  • Use sensory cues to evoke feelings of acceptance towards the body
  • Ways to incorporate movement practices into daily life

CBT, ACT, and Positive Psychology Techniques:

  • End negative body talk, regulate their emotions and foster body image flexibility
  • The power of language in shaping body perceptions and relationship
  • Uncover the origins of harmful body talk patterns
  • CBT strategies for reframing unhelpful thinking patterns about their bodies
  • ACT tools to foster body image flexibility
  • Positive psychology affirmations to challenge negative body talk
  • Use emotional regulation tools from ACT, CBT, yoga therapy, and more

Yoga, Somatic Practices, Creative Arts and Other Complementary Approaches:

  • Build your clients body self-care, self-expression and body acceptance toolkit
  • Yoga for improved body satisfaction and acceptance
  • Somatic movement practices for self-exploration and bodily expression
  • Use therapeutic art for emotional expression and self-reflection
  • Therapeutic writing to improve weight and body shape bias internalization
  • The connection between gratitude and cultivating positive body image
  • Body gratitude exercises to practice self-compassion towards their body

Ethical Considerations and Self-Care for Clinicians

  • Maintain client autonomy
  • Promote body diversity
  • Address potential harm
  • Manage countertransference and burnout
  • Healthy at Every Size (HAES)

Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

  • Research limitations for discussed interventions
  • Inclusion/exclusion – who to use these techniques with and when
  • Potential risks associated with discussed interventions
  • Areas for further study
ACT for Body Acceptance
Diana Hill, PhD

Join renowned ACT trainer Dr. Diana Hill, who will teach you strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients accept the body they inhabit and use it to pursue meaningful activities even as they experience distressing thoughts, feelings, and memories.

  • Help clients differentiate between acceptance and approval
  • Guide clients to value their bodies in new ways
  • Help clients connect their values with action plans
 
  • Different Approach to Body Image Struggles
    • Not depending on body positivity or approval
    • Acceptance vs approval when it comes to body image
    • Building psychological flexibility
       
  • Help clients unhook from Negative Thoughts and Feelings
    • Strategies to develop courage to start doing what is important to them
    • Working with the body image they have
    • Values-based action plans
       
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks
Culturally -Attuned Care for Struggling with Body Image & Disordered Eating
Sand Chang, PhD

This session will show you how to overcome cultural barriers in your practice. Dr. Sand Chang shares his expert training in recognizing the spectrum of body image concerns and related disordered eating in a culturally-attuned manner that takes systems of oppression and marginalization into account.

  • Limitations of assessments in non-white populations
  • Exploring countertransference and improving culturally responsive language
  • Tips on how to use multimodal models across cultures
 
  • Defining eating disorders - DSM Diagnostic Categories / Symptoms versus Syndromes / Limitations of current models
  • Etiologies / Assessment - Who suffers? What we know about incidence, prevalence / Cul-tural Considerations/Perspectives / Limitations in assessment with marginalized populations / Diet Culture, fatphobia, and weight stigma
  • Multimodal models: Treatment and Culture Shifting - Rethinking/redefining "evi-dence" / Health At Every Size (HAES), Body Trust, body positive movements
  • The treatment relationship(s) - Culturally responsive care: language and bias / Clinician bias and countertransference
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks
    • BONUS! Free CE Training, $69.99 Value, Yours Immediately!
    Digital Badge & Downloadable Certificate of Completion!
    The Body Trust Framework: Dismantle Anti-fat Bias to Create Healing and Liberation with the Body
    Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD
    Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC
     

    Join Dana Sturtevant, MD, RD, and Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC, co-founders of the Center for Body Trust, as they lead you through a weight-inclusive and destigmatizing approach to size in clinical practice. Engage in self-inquiry as a clinician to challenge biases and unpack misconceptions. Explore these key takeaways:

    • Use embodiment principles to help clients feel at home in their bodies
    • Discover the Body Trust Framework for repairing trust ruptures
    • Reflect on your own healing journey and overcome personal challenges
    Downloadable Digital Badge & Printable Certificate of Completion

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    Printable Certificate of Completion
    Display it on your office wall to admire.
    Body Dysmorphia Treatment Specialist Certificate
    Today's Best Evidence-Based Tools from CBT, ACT, Somatic Therapy, & More

    $709.95 Value — $299.99 Today — Exceptional Savings!
    GET STARTED NOW
    Earn up to 15.25 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
    Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
    Meet Your Experts
    Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW, C-IAYT, CCFP, Reiki Master
    Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW, C-IAYT, CCFP, Reiki Master, is a licensed psychotherapist, certified compassion fatigue professional, and yoga therapist. Kanjana offers an evidence-based blend of traditional Western psychotherapy and Eastern Comprehensive Yoga Therapy to address issues across the lifespan. Passionate about somatic therapies and the importance of bringing the body into clinical practice, Kanjana co-founded The Body Compassion Project in 2016 in collaboration with Yoga for Eating Disorders.

    Click here for information about Kanjana Hartshorne
    Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD
    Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian who helps people divest from diet culture, explore what it means to be embodied, and move toward a more compassionate form of radical care. Her work as a speaker, educator, and trainer focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for food and body sovereignty.

    Click here for information about Dana Sturtevant
    Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC
    Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC, has supported people who are healing from disordered eating, body shame, and the impact of weight bias and other traumas. Her work as a therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, and writer has been a study of what interrupts our sense of wholeness and how we can return to ourselves in a culture that profits from fragmentation.

    Click here for information about Hilary Kinavey
    Sand Chang, PhD
    Sand Chang, PhD, is a Chinese American, genderfluid, nonbinary psychologist and trauma-informed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant based in Oakland, CA. They are a Certified Body Trust provider, Certified IFS Therapist, and Certified EMDR Therapist. Their career has been dedicated to body liberation, specifically with regard to trans health, eating disorders, and trauma.

    Click here for information about Sand C. Chang
    Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP
    Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP, is the co-founder and executive director of the Bio Behavioral Institute as well as an adjunct full professor in Psychology at Hofstra University and more places. She has presented and published over 200 papers in scientific journals and is the author and co-author of fifteen books on obsessive-compulsive related disorders, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy, Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Reclaiming Your Life, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Treatment Manual. She has appeared on numerous TV programs and presented nationally and internationally.

    Click here for information about Fugen Neziroglu
    Sony Kemlani-Patel, PhD
    Sony Kemlani-Patel, PhD, is the Clinical Director at the Institute and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders and anxiety disorders across the lifespan. Dr. Khemlani-Patel has extensive training in CBT, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), DBT, and more. She has presented at national and international conferences and co-authored three books, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy, When Your Child is Cutting, and Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

    Click here for information about Sony Khemlani-Patel
    Diana Hill, PhD
    Diana Hill, PhD, is a highly regarded clinical psychologist, international trainer, and sought-after speaker on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion. Host of the podcast Your Life in Process and author of ACT Daily Journal, The Self-Compassion Daily Journal, and the upcoming book Wise Effort, Diana works with clinicians, organizations, and individuals to develop psychological flexibility so that they can grow fulfilling and impactful lives.

    Click here for information about Diana Hill

    Frequently Asked Questions

     

    Many therapists and practitioners see clients with body image issues every day — even if their primary issue is depression, anxiety, or something else entirely, often, body image concerns are part of the picture. This certificate course is designed to give providers evidence-based strategies for improving body image, self-acceptance, and self-esteem in their clients at any place in the spectrum from body image preoccupation to body dysmorphic disorder. Whether you're truly interested in specializing your practice or just learning more about how to combat negative body image, this program is your key to elevating your knowledge and training.

     

    A certificate is a document issued upon the completion of a training program. It signifies that you have trained on specific skills, have trained with a particular individual, or have acquired knowledge in a particular subject.

    Certification, on the other hand, often requires you to meet specific standards, pass rigorous exams, and many even include additional practice, consultation, supervision, evaluations, and ongoing continuing education requirements. While you will need to pass an exam, this course does not include many of these elements — making this a "certificate" program.

    So while there are a lot of "certifications" out there — including some that are not endorsed by an actual certifying body or even taught by a licensed trainer — you need to be the judge of what adds value to your work and your ability to help your clients.

    This certificate does distinguish you as a professional who has trained more extensively in the area of Body Image and Body Dysmorphia with experts… and it's an acknowledgment that can set you apart in the eyes of clients and peers.

     

    You'll have access to all modules immediately, including the bonus training, all slides, resources, and more!

     

    This training offers extended education in working with body dysmorphia and related issues. It does not include clinical experience, supervision, or consultation. Clinicians should consider their own scope of practice, background, experience, and professional Code of Ethics when determining whether they should refer to themselves as a "specialist" in a given area.

    Body Dysmorphia Treatment Specialist Certificate
    Today's Best Evidence-Based Tools from CBT, ACT, Somatic Therapy, & More

    $709.95 Value — $299.99 Today — Exceptional Savings!
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    Earn up to 15.25 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
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