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About the Course:
Audio presentation from the 2009 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium.
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Some clients in outpatient psychotherapy for disordered eating are members of 12-Step recovery programs that use the addictions model, based on that of Alcoholics Anonymous, to address eating problems. Many of the tenets of such programs, which work well when applied to alcohol and drug problems, are actually counter-productive for eating disorder sufferers. In this workshop, the presenters will explain ways in which the philosophy of the addictions/abstinence model parallels the schema of eating disorders themselves, and offer clinical interventions for shifting and expanding clients’ perspectives to that of a comprehensive, integrative model of recovery.
Content Outline:
I. Introduction to the addictions model of eating disorders/disordered eating recovery and the various 12-Step programs in which it is commonly used
A. Overeaters Anonymous
B. HOW
C. FA
D. FAA
E. RFA
II. Defining recovery: Comparing and contrasting the addictions-model philosophy to that of eating-disordered thinking and to that of on integrative model of recovery
A. A feminist viewpoint: concerns involved in applying the 12-Step philosophy to women with disordered eating
B. Abstinence and plans of eating: a corollary to sobriety v. developing a natural relationship with food
C. Eating disorder symptoms as the voice of split-off aspects of self (i.e., part of a Gestalt) v. eating disorder symptoms as “the disease”
D. Ego-syntonic eating disorder symptoms (e.g.,restriction, exercise) and ego-dystonic symptoms (e.g., bingeing, inactivity) as viewed by the addictions/abstinence approach and by an integrative recovery model
III. Challenges therapists face in treating clients who participate in the programs and adhere to the addictions perspective
A. Supporting the development of a client’s inner voice v. attachment to an external regulatory system
B. Clients’ resistance to exploring the social/developmental/environmental etiology of eating disorders
C. Assisting clients to move beyond an identity of “sick,” and re-integrating themselves into their personal as well as global community.
IV. Blending an integrative model with 12-Step philosophy in clinical treatment
A. The role of the body: somatics and body image
B. Aspects of 12-Step programs that support healthy recovery
C. Appetites, desires, perfectionism and shame
D. Therapeutic Modalities: Cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, psychodynamic, ACT, DBT, body-oriented, feminist and more
V. Clinical interventions for use with clients: description and experiential exercises
VI. Additional Questions and Answers
This course is based on the , Helping Clients in Outpatient Treatment Move from An Addiction Model to An Integrative Approach to Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery created by Deborah L. Klinger, M.A., LMFT, CEDS and Clare A. Stadlen, LCSW
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Recommended For:
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, therapists, and counselors who seek to update their research knowledge and competency in treating patients with eating disorders, increase and acquire new skills, learn new intervention strategies, and obtain continuing education credits. It is appropriate for professionals at all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize and explain creative ways of accessing, utilizing and incorporating the underlying spiritual and recovery tenets of the 12 Steps within a psychotherapeutic context.
Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize and explain practical ways in which the eating disorder therapist can aid clients who participate in 12-Step eating recovery programs to expand their perspective so that they may experience an integrative recovery process.
Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize and explain the theoretical foundation, applied interventions, and intended outcomes of the addiction/abstinence model of eating disorders recovery and ways in which this model effectively mirrors an eating disordered schema.
Helping Clients in Outpatient Treatment Move from An Addiction Model to An Integrative Approach to Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery
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Helping Clients in Outpatient Treatment Move from An Addiction Model to An Integrative Approach to Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery
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