Skip to main content

Helping Clients in Outpatient Treatment Move from An Addiction Model to An Integrative Approach to Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery

To help ensure your CEs are relevant to your practice, we regularly retire courses that are no longer current. This course has been retired. It is no longer available.

We add new courses all the time. Try these categories:

About the Course:

Audio presentation from the 2009 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium.
Note: For this course there is a small additional fee to obtain the audio presentation. Please see the “Get Course Materials” link in the right sidebar for details.

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 cassette, 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

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Deborah L. Klinger, M.A., LMFT, CEDS
Deborah Klinger, MA, LMFT, CEDS is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chapel Hill, NC. She has worked in the field of eating disorders treatment since 1990. She treats clients across the eating disorders spectrum individually and in groups. She is a clinical member of AAMFT and NCAMFT. An IAEDP Approved Supervisor, she has given numerous presentations on eating disorders, and is published in "Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention." She is a yoga instructor,a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner, and is pursuing certification as a trauma-sensitive yoga teacher through Bessel van Der Kolk's Trauma Center.
Clare A. Stadlen, LCSW
Clare Stadlen, MSW, LCSW, has over 18 years of professional experience in counseling and psychotherapy. Clare has worked extensively with women, men, adolescent girls, college and grad students, and elders. She gained comprehensive experience in the treatment of trauma and eating disorders while working at the Renfrew Center, a renowned residential treatment center. Subsequently, she helped to create an eating disorder program at a residential trauma center in New Mexico. Clare has lectured to colleges and universities on the subject of body image and eating disorders. She has been in private practice in North Carolina since 2001.

Course Creator

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:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Disclosures

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems, LLC is an independent provider of continuing medical education. CE Learning Systems, LLC has no proprietary or financial interest in medical or healthcare products over which the FDA (USA) or EMA (EU) has regulatory authority.

In accordance with our disclosure policies, CE Learning Systems, LLC is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor for all accredited continuing education. These policies include assigning relevance to, and mitigating, all perceived or real conflicts of interest between any individual with control over the content and any ineligible company (commercial interest).

Any individual with control over accredited content, including planner, faculty, and reviewer, is required to globally disclose:

  1. Individual relationship(s) or lack thereof, and its nature, with any/all ineligible company, and
  2. any investigational, off-label, or non-FDA approved content or discussion

CE Learning Systems, LLC has reviewed these disclosures, assigned relevance based on the relationship and scope of content, and identified those with the potential to compromise the goals and educational integrity of the education. Relevant relationships, or lack thereof, are shared with the learner.

Education has been independently peer-reviewed to validate content, mitigate identified conflicts of interest, and ensure:

  1. All recommendations involving clinical medicine is based on evidence that is accepted within the medical profession as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients.
  2. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in accredited continuing education in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
  3. Content is appropriate, fair and balanced, unbiased, referenced, and non-promotional.
Planners

The planners have reported the following: There are no relevant disclosures.

Course Material Authors

The authors have disclosed any disclosures within the material.

Course Creator: Max Schwanekamp
There are no relevant disclosures.
Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

Exam Questions

All exam questions for the course are visible on this page for members of CE-Credit.com.

Membership is free, and you can register today! You'll only pay when you're ready to purchase a course, or if you take advantage of the Unlimited Package.

If you're already a member, please sign in to see the exam questions for this and all other courses.

Discuss this course

When you're an Unlimited CE or Pay As You Go member you can discuss this course after you pass the exam.

Sign In or Register to get started.

FAQs

  • Is this course approved for my continuing education requirements?

    Yes, most likely. Look Up Your State Board for more detailed information. Logged-in site members will see the relevant approval information displayed in the Approvals tab for every course.

  • Do you have accommodations for my disability (ADA)?

    If you are having trouble using CE-Credit.com, please contact us! We would be happy to accommodate your needs right away, and your input will help us make CE-Credit.com more accessible for future users too.

  • How do I enroll in this course?

    Use the Enroll In This Course button and just follow the instructions! You don't pay anything until you're ready to take an exam.

  • What do I have to do to complete the course?

    To complete the course, review the course objectives, then review the material, and then pass the exam with a score of 75% or greater and lastly complete an evaluation.

  • How do I access the materials?

    Most of our courses are based on online articles available for free to the public. Some courses, such as those based on books, require that you purchase the material. Use the Materials tab above for more info. You don't need to enroll in the course to access materials, whether free or paid. So you always know what you're getting into before you commit to taking the exam.

  • How do I get my certificate?

    Your certificate(s) will be available to download or email immediately when you pass the course exam and complete the evaluation.

  • Can I contact you for more help?

    Yes! Use the Help widget at the bottom-right of the screen anywhere on CE-Credit.com to search our help docs, or to ask our support team for help. Unlike most of our competitors, CE-Credit.com has live US-based support reps to help you by email, chat, or phone.

Unavailable
Course Number 101689
2 CE credit hours
Sign in for credit hours relevant to your credentials.

  • cassette
Exam Fee $11.94
There's no exam fee with an Unlimited CE membership! Read More

No Cost Materials

11 members have taken this course

Try a free CE course.

Get started by trying a free course of your choice. No payment info required!

Sign Up Free

View all free trial courses

Happy therapist using CE-Credit.com