Provider Member Training: Feel the Fear – Integrating Exposure into Eating Disorder Therapy
Date and Time: March 3; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Virtual
**Please note this session is hosted by Bridgewell’s Center for Professional Development. Any questions regarding the session should be directed to kjanjar@bridgewell.org.
Eating disorders fall under the category of “emotional disorders,” meaning that individuals who struggle often tend to avoid situations that bring up difficult or uncomfortable emotions. Because avoidance often serves as a maintaining factor for emotional disorders, it is essential to incorporate interventions that promote emotional approach rather than avoidance. Doing so can increase emotional tolerance and reduce reliance on eating disorder behaviors as coping strategies.
This workshop will examine the maintaining factors of eating disorders, identify how avoidance patterns manifest, and explore the core principles of exposure therapy. Participants will learn how to design and implement exposures that are creative, safe, and effective in promoting emotional flexibility and recovery. Attendees will also learn how to work alongside a multidisciplinary team and further clarify their role as a clinician, even without an eating disorder specialty. Eating disorders rarely exist alone, and so this workshop will also be useful for clinicians who have clients struggling with multiple comorbidities, such as anxiety, OCD, and trauma.
At the conclusion of this training, participants should be able to:
– Describe 5 common maintaining factors for eating disorders.
– Identify 3 different types of emotional avoidance and provide specific examples as they relate to folks struggling with eating disorders.
– Explain how to walk a client through an exposure hierarchy and plan for exposures.
Presented by:
Lacey Vogel, LMHC
Angela Kaloudis, LMHC, PMH-C
Cost:
$79
**Mass State Employees may attend this training for free