Course Description:

People with disordered eating and poor body image are so often undiagnosed, untreated, judged, and misunderstood. Prenatal treatment is the perfect opportunity to catch and address these insidious mental health problems. This course will provide you with the clinical tools necessary to help mindfully and compassionately combat this widespread problem in the mental health field, while learning to assess and treat disordered eating & poor body image in your clinical practice. In this training, you will learn how to non-judgmentally assess and treat disordered eating & poor body image in a prenatal population. In this course, we will also explore how the nature of eating disorders often necessitates a community or family – rather than individualistic – approach. Methods for involving both family members, friends, and professionals from a variety of disciplines will be discussed. Along with a community/family approach to the treatment of eating disorders, a focus on experiential avoidance will be emphasized. Here, eating disorder behaviors (e.g., food restriction, avoidance, purging, obsessionality, etc.) will be framed as avoidance of aversive internal experiences such as fear of fatness, fear of the consequences of weight gain (e.g., abandonment, rejection, losing status/power etc.), internal physical sensations (e.g., fullness), and thoughts (e.g., “I’m a failure if I gain weight”). Methods for addressing experiential avoidance of these internal experiences and improving body image through various exposure exercises will be covered. Throughout this course, dialogue and questions will be encouraged.

Course Objective:

1) Learn how to identify and treat disordered eating symptoms in your practice 2) Learn how to identify and address poor body image in your practice 3) Learn how to integrate practitioners on a multidisciplinary team to address eating and body image in your practice

Course Curriculum

3 Chapters · 6 Lessons

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    Webinar Slides

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      Webinar Slides

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    Webinar Video

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      Webinar Video Part 1

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      Webinar Video Part 2

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    Feedback & Survey

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      Course Evaluation

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      License Information

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      Prepare For Your Certficate

Meet Your Instructors Tara Deliberto, Ph.D.

Tara Deliberto, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the primary author of the book Treating Eating Disorders in Adolescents, published by New Harbinger. Dr. Deliberto currently maintains a private practice while providing education about body image and eating disorders. Prior to this, she created and directed NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s eating disorder program for adults and served on the faculty of Cornell University’s medical college. Her past leadership roles include chairperson of NYC CBT’s Technology Committee and chairperson of the Academy for Eating Disorders’ Technology and Innovations Committee. For more information on Dr. Deliberto’s work, visit www.imt-ed.com.

Dr. Laurence Freitas

Dr. Laurence Freitas graduated with his Naturopathic Doctorate and his Masters of Science of Oriental Medicine 6-year training at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, the oldest accredited naturopathic medical school in the country. His training in Naturopathic primary care, combines the best of conventional and naturopathic treatments to promote health and wellness. His training in Classical Chinese Medicine, which utilizes the ancient texts and philosophies and applies these approaches to modern day humans. During his naturopathic clinic training he focused on pediatrics, mental health, gastrointestinal conditions, cardiovascular health, balancing and treating hormone disorders. He uses conventional and naturopathic diagnostic labs to help guide treatment but often will rely on diet and lifestyle counseling, plant medicine, high quality supplements, homeopathy, and hydrotherapy. Dr. Laurence, as part of his Chinese medicine education, learned non-insertive needling techniques as well as traditionally needing, and various body work techniques.  Prior to becoming a doctor he received his Masters in Public Health and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and worked extensively in Kaiser Permanente and Telecare Corporation to implement organizational-wide initiatives to develop cultural competence, multiculturalism, address health disparities, create system and organization change, clinical tools, education and training of clinical staff. He earned his bachelor’s in Human Biology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Laurence grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California on a dairy farm; besides visiting his family he enjoys spending his time outdoors hiking.

Program Registration Requirements

1. Course Eligibility This program is open to: • Licensed or pre-licensed mental health professionals (e.g., counselors, psychologists, social workers, MFTs) • Graduate students currently enrolled in a mental health-related program 2. Technical Requirements To participate in our online courses hosted on Thinkific, please ensure: • Access to a desktop/laptop (preferred) or a mobile device • A modern web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge • A stable internet connection (minimum 5 Mbps recommended) • Speakers/headphones to listen to course audio • JavaScript and cookies must be enabled Note: Internet Explorer is not supported. 3. Provider Contact Information Helping Hands Psychotherapy 165 N. Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY 11570 📞 Phone: 516-442-1116 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.hhptherapy.com

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Course Fee:

$70.00

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