Working with obesity, binge eating disorder and food addiction
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07860 373 762
calendar_today 30th November 2024, 10.00am - 4.00pm
person Open to all
universal_currency_alt £75 per person or £65 Early bird paid before October 2nd
location_on Online
Aims and objectives
- To gain an understanding of how therapy can help discover root causes that may cause obesity.
- To understand and identify destructive eating behaviours.
- To understand the cycle of addiction.
- Understand how to apply relapse prevention strategies.
- To recognise the link between early sexual trauma and obesity.
- To gain an understanding of the core principles of the 12-step model.
Contents
- What research has demonstrated.
- Comparison between compulsive overeating/bingeing and DSM-V substance dependence criteria.
- Cycle of addiction.
- Looking at links between childhood sexual trauma and eating disorders.
- What is binge eating disorder?
- Addictive behaviours often connected to compulsive overeating.
- Difference between group therapy and 12-Step groups.
- Family/personal history.
- The solution.
- Interactive group workshop.
- Abstinence – what is it?
- Introduction and overview of the 12-step model and its use during and after therapeutic treatment.
- Five-hour CPD Certificates issued.
Suitable for
- counsellors
- nurses
- psychotherapists
- trainees
- psychologists
- students
- dieticians
- occupational therapists
- nutritionists
- teachers
- psychiatrists
- youth workers
- family therapists
- personal trainers
- general practitioners
- social workers
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