Skip to main content
CE-Credit.com - Helping Professionals Help Others

French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace With Emotional Eating

About the Course:

In this 20th anniversary revised edition of the internationally acclaimed French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating, Mary Anne Cohen, Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders, explores the most up-to-date treatment approaches for eating disorders. Ms. Cohen brings over 40 years experience to the field and was the originator of the term “emotional eating.” This book describes how “everyone’s eating problem is unique as a fingerprint.” Ms. Cohen helps readers and therapists discover how to create a comprehensive and individual path to healing for each person.

French Toast for Breakfast explores in depth the psychological meaning behind the fear of fat; the connection between sexuality, shame and anger with emotional eating; the fear of success; cutting edge information on medication and eating disorders; and how to recover from relapse.

This course is based on the book, French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace With Emotional Eating created by Mary Anne Cohen, L.C.S.W. in 2016.

Publication Date:

2016, 2nd Edition

Course Material Author

Mary Anne Cohen, L.C.S.W.

Mary Anne Cohen is a professional psychotherapist since 1972 and Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. She is author of Lasagna for Lunch: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (New Forge Press, 2013) and French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (New Forge Press, 2016, Spanish Edition, 1997). She is an ongoing contributor to RecoveryWarriors.com, MindBodyGreen.com, SuccessStory.com, a monthly columnist for Image Magazine since 2002, and the professional book reviewer for EDReferral.com. Ms. Cohen created the term “emotional eating” in 1982.

She hosted her own radio show on eating disorders broadcasting to NY/NJ/Connecticut on AM and FM radios and has appeared on national television. Ms. Cohen lectures extensively to professional and community groups and is a member of the National Eating Disorders Association, EDReferral.com, Binge Eating Disorder Association, and RecoveryWarriors.com.

Her professional associations include the Academy of Certified Social Workers, the Society of Clinical Social Workers, the Association of Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work. She is a Diplomate of The National Association of Social Workers and Board Certified by The American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work.

Course Creator

Mary Anne Cohen

Mary Anne Cohen is a professional psychotherapist since 1972 and Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. She is author of Lasagna for Lunch: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (New Forge Press, 2013) and French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (New Forge Press, 2016, Spanish Edition, 1997).

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, social workers and counselors who seek knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of emotional eating disorders. This content is written at the beginner level.

Course Objectives:

  1. Identify the various expressions of emotional eating including the symptoms and psychodynamics.

  2. Explain the psychological meanings behind the fear of fat and how to decode this obsession.

  3. Evaluate the tools to create an individualized and comprehensive treatment plan for each client by integrating behavioral treatment techniques and psychodynamics.

  4. Define the 28 key questions for interviewing an eating disorder client.

  5. Illustrate knowledge of the latest medications used in the treatment of eating disorders.

  6. Describe the seven reasons why patients sabotage their success in resolving their eating disorders.

  7. Discuss the parallels between eating disorders, personality styles of patients, and the transference reactions they develop in therapy.

  8. Explain the steps needed to recover from relapse.

Use our CE Approvals tool to look up your state requirements and how CE-Credit.com can help you meet them, or log in to your member account to show approvals relevant to your licensure.

American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)

9 CE Credit hours

More Info

American Psychological Association (APA)

9 CE Credit hours

CE Learning Systems is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

More Info

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

9 CE Credit hours

More Info

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

9 CPD hours

More Info

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

9 CE Credit hours

CE Learning Systems, service provider of CE-Credit.com has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

More Info

French Toast for Breakfast

Purchase at Amazon

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 sign up 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 log in to see the exam questions for this and all other courses.

Course Number 102201
9 credit hours
Log in for credit hours relevant to your licensure.

  • Book
Exam Fee: $53.73 No exam fee with a membership package!
4.75 out of 5
84 members have taken this course

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 special accommodations for my disability (ADA)?

    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 Course 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 course.

  • How do I get my certificate?

    Your certificate 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.

Try a free CE course.

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

Sign Up Free
Abstract image of people, a PC and books