Eating disorders affect people of every age, race, size, gender identity, sexual orientation and background. Children, young adults, athletes, males or female, rich or poor are not immune to disorders like bulimia, binge eating or anorexia. Although the term “eating” is in the name, eating disorders are about more than food. They’re complex mental health conditions that often require the intervention of medical and psychological experts to alter their course.
This 1-day workshop is conducted by Dr Stephanie Soh who is a clinical psychologist who specialises in eating disorders. She will help participants understand and support others who are experiencing eating disorders. Part 1 focuses on the manifestations of the different types of eating disorders. Participants will learn how these disorders develop in the individual. Part 2 discusses the interventions and plans that psychologists and caregivers can use to help the recovery process,
This course uses lecture, experiential exercises, role-plays and scripted interventions that will be practiced in the workshop.
Target Audience
Professionals in the mental health and medical sectors will find this workshop useful:
- Social Workers
- Therapists
- Counsellors
Given that the preponderance of eating disorders begins in adolescence, this workshop is recommended to:
- Parents
- Educators
- Coaches
- Athletes, and anyone over the age of 14.
Duration
7 hours
Workshop Topics:
Part A: Understanding Eating Disorders
What are Eating Disorders?
- Diagnoses
- Anorexia Nervosa (subtypes)
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia
- OSFED (Orthorexia, Diabulimia)
- Implications and limitations of a diagnosis
- Psychoeducation
- Starvation effects
- Dangers of binge eating
- Purging effects
- Mortality
What Causes an Eating Disorder?
- General vulnerability factors (transdiagnostic)
- Attachment
- Sociocultural factors
- Perfectionism
- Negative emotions
- Pathogenesis
- Anorexia Nervosa (ego-syntonic)
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia
Part B: Eating Disorders Interventions In Practice
How to Work with Specific Eating Pathology?
- Understanding resistance in anorexia
- Conditioned fear of eating (unlearning food rules)
- Ego-syntonic functions
- Motivational interviewing/enhancement
- Functions of binge eating
- Reducing purging first
- Binge-purge cycle
- Concerns of Parents
- Unhelpful and disorder-maintaining responses
What Psychological Treatment to Use?
- Treatments
- Enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-E)
- Family-based treatment (FBT)
- Other approaches
- Outcomes
- Children and adolescents
- Adults
- Limitations/Overemphasis on “evidence”
What Psychiatric Co-morbidities are Common?
- Efficacy of psychopharmacology
- Other Considerations
- What is considered as a ‘recovered’ client
- What should the goal of treatment be?
- How to prevent eating disorders?