Strategies &
An Interactive Treatment Plan
for Binge and Emotional Eaters
Training Conducted by Telephone
For information about training call (513) 321-4242.
What
is Tele-Training?
A
Tele-Training is live one-to-one training, taught in "real time" over
the telephone. Advantages
to doing a Tele-Training
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No
time lost from your practice
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Participation
takes place from the comfort
of your home or office
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No
travel costs or inconveniences
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No
lodging and meal costs
Current
Tele-Training Offered:
Strategies and Tools for Conquering Binge and Emotional Eating
Based
on a decade of work with binge eating disordered clients, bulimics,
and less severe "emotional" overeaters, the staff at WellCentered's
Acoria Eating Disorders Treatment Center has developed a therapeutic strategies deigned to educate, motivate, and stimulate recovery work.
Training Schedule
Schedule coordinated between parties
Fee
$450.(Three-40 minute sessions)
The training
requires a long distance phone call.
All participants are responsible for their
own long distance fees.
Areas
of Focus
Emotional Life
Body Image
Spiritual Life
Relationships, Social, Lifestyle
Health, Body, Peace of Mind
Career Life/School Life (if applicable)
Financial Life
Nutrition
Physical Conditioning
Learning
Objectives
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Identify
clients with emotional eating problems or a binge eating disorder
(binge eating disorder or bulimia) vs. a client who has obesity
but no concurrent depression or diagnosable eating disorder.
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Help
disordered eating clients better understand the complex and multi-faceted
nature of this problem, rather than continue to view this as a
one dimensional "weight" or "willpower" issue
that can be "cured" with the right diet or food plan.
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Encourage
clients to share in responsibility for the direction and outcome
of their treatment.
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Teach
a client about the connection between depression and disordered
eating.
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Help
the client understand the role that family of origin can play
in the development of an eating disorder.
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Support
the client as he or she comes to understand that healthy people
can come in all shapes and sizes...that he or she can challenge
our societal norm that says only thin is attractive.
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Teach
the client about the interconnection of body image and self image,
and about the role body image plays in the development and perpetuation
of an eating disorder.
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Help
the client identify, label, and learn how to meet his/her emotional
needs in healthier ways.
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Help
the client understand and develop a sense of intimacy, connectedness,
and trust with self and others, rather than with food.
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Offer
practical tools to help the client develop a healthier relationship
with food, and help the client begin to be more physically active.
Instructor
Ellen Shuman is the Founder and Director of WellCentered, Inc., the Acoria Eating Disorder Treatment Programs, and A Weigh Out Life Coaching. A trained Life Coach with a fulltime practice, Ellen also serves as Co-Chair of the International Academy for Eating Disorders' Special Interest Group on "Health At Every Size". She is a researcher (published) in the field of Binge and Emotional Eating Disorders and she conducts presentations internationally on that topic, as well as on the subjects of Body Image & Size-ism.Ellen's numerous radio and television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show. Ellen can be contacted at (513) 321-4242.
Why
would this training be of use to you?
Working
with emotional eaters is a unique experience.
LANI EBERLEIN
Psy.D.
In
the words of Acoria Psychologist Lani Eberlein:
"Nothing
has been quite the same about the way I do therapy since I began
to understand the problems of emotional eating through the eyes
of these clients.
To work successfully with this special population, I have had to
learn to see the world as they do. People with eating disorders
see a different world than others see - their world is interpreted
through "fat glasses," whether they are binge eaters,
or have anorexia or bulimia. They hesitate to buy new clothes because
they don't want to spend money on their appearance or because they
don't want to buy a size larger. They may not take a vacation requiring
flying because they fear the seatbelt will not fit and they don't
want to have to ask for a seatbelt extension. They don't go to the
doctor for fear of being weighed, and do not even consider saying
'no' when asked to get on the scales, if they do go. If someone
does not smile at them, or sit near them, or show interest in them,
it is because they are "fat".
People with eating disorders don't stop with calling themselves
names; they also get detached from their own feelings, and do not
recognize that they are applying society's prejudice to themselves.
Emotional eaters live in a world of cognitive distortions. They
equate "fat" with "bad," and then blame themselves
for being both, not questioning the logic of 'judging a book by
it's cover.' Old messages from childhood echo daily in their minds,
influencing how they feel, what they eat, what they do and don't
do. Destructive thoughts and behaviors overtake them.
When someone comes for treatment, they want to lose weight, thinking
being "thin" or "thinner" will make them happy
and solve their problems. Treatment involves looking at this belief
system with a therapist who offers support and encouragement, as
the psychological issues underlying the eating disorder are examined.
Therapy with persons with eating disorders is not just 'good therapy'
- it requires a considerable shift of perspective on the part of
the therapist. It requires that the therapist be ready to enter
the "fat" world of the client, with the client's permission
and trust. A therapist must learn to use the language of that world.
It is indeed hard work for both client and therapist. Building a
healthier life in the day-to-day world, and leaving behind the pain
and distortions of the "fat" world, make this therapeutic
work exciting and well worth while for both client and therapist."
Disclaimer:
All information provided by Acoria staff members is intended for
educational purposes only. In purchasing our information and/or
training, you are agreeing that Acoria, its officers and staff,
assume no responsibility or liability for the outcome of care rendered
to patients/clients by you or anyone on your staff.
For
more information call (513) 321-4242
or email A WEIGH OUT.
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