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Working with Eating Disorders – CPD (5 hrs)
20th October 2018 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This One-Day Workshop will be of interest to all counselling and healthcare professionals faced with the growing problem of working with clients that appear to be preoccupied with weight issues/poor body image, and those who present as underweight, exhibiting food restriction and purging behaviour.
Understanding Anorexia and Bulimia
Delivered by Rochelle Graig: Specialist Addiction Therapist and Trainer.
Aims and Objectives:
– To gain an understanding of the essential characteristics of Anorexia and Bulimia
– To gain knowledge of the 12-step model for use in supporting sufferers and integrating key concepts into practice.
Workshop Contents:
– What is an eating disorder?
– Characteristics of Anorexia/Characteristics of Bulimia (DSM V reference)
– Research: Anorexia and Addiction
– Cycle of Addiction and its connection to anorexia/bulimia
– Anorexia/Binge Eating/Bulimia: The Triple Threat
– Attachment Theory relating to eating disorders
– 12-Step Model and its correlation to the Nice Guidelines for working with Eating Disorders.
Booking is essential