2009 Symposium: Reclaiming the Body: Attachment, Somatics, and Image (March 4-8, 2009): Proposals

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

9:00 AM-10:15 AM

Experiential Strategies for Working with Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Part 1 - Overview

Craig L. Johnson, PhD and Ovidio Bermudez, MD

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Experiential Strategies for Working with Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Part 2 - The Directive Use of Imagery and Art Expression to Motivate Complex Clients

Buck Runyan, MS, LMFT, LPC, CEDS

12:45 PM-2:00 PM

Experiential Strategies for Working with Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Part 3 - Food Talk: Nutrition Therapies for Connecting Adolescent's Mind-Body-Spirit

Juliet Zuercher, R.D.

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Reclaiming the Body: Sensuality, Sexuality and Intimacy Following Childhood Attachment Trauma

Mark Schwartz, Sc.D.

2:15 PM-4:00 PM

Experiential Strategies for Working with Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Part 4 - The Use of Dance/Movement Experiential Strategies In the Treatment of Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC

4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Experiential Strategies for Working with Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Part 5 - The Importance of Connecting Experiential and Spiritual Interventions In the Treatment of Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Michael Berrett, Ph.D.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Money, Empowerment and Recovery: How Beliefs about Money Impact the Therapeutic Process and Our Clients Recovery

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, LMHC, CPCC

Reclaiming the Body through the Healing Power of Imagery

Judith Rabinor, Ph.D. and Marion Bilich, Ph.D.

The Embodied Therapist: Grappling with Body Image Treatment, Transference and Countertransference

Carolyn K. Costin, MA, MEd, CEDS, FAED, Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, Beth McGilley, Ph.D., FAED and Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CDN

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Integrating Art Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma and Eating Disorders

Trish O'Donnell, MA, ATR-BC., LPC and Laura Peroutka, MA, ATR, pending

Therapist Toolbox: Interventions and Techniques. .

Mary Bellofatto, MA, LMHC, CEDS, NCC, TEP

7:15 PM-8:45 PM

The Transformative Power of Gratitude

MaryJane Ryan, author and Adrienne Ressler, LMSW, CEDS

Friday, March 6, 2009

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

Brain Chemistry and Body Image - A View from the Inside Out

Joel C. Robertson, Pharm., D

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Body Image & Self-Love: Techniques to Improve Recovery and Prevent Relapse

Andrea Pennington, MD

Brain Science Meets the Body

Adrienne Ressler, MA, LMSW, CEDS and MaryJane Ryan, author

Reclaiming the Female Body: Eating Disorders and the Menstrual Cycle

Anita Johnston, Ph.D.

Relearning to Eat through Experiential Exercises

Rebekah Hennes, R.D. and Erin Naimi, Registered, Dietitian

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Breaking the Maintenance Cycle of Eating Disorders

Emmett R. Bishop, MD, FAED, CEDS and Kenneth L. Weiner, MD, FAED, DFAPA

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Brain Chemistry and Body Image – More Tools of the Trade

Joel C. Robertson, Pharm., D

Nurturing Soul and Body: Activating the Dream Image in Treatment of Eating Disorders

Jean E. John, Ph.D., M.S., R.D.

Orthorexia Nervosa: An Unhealthy Focus on Healthful Eating

Amanda C. Mellowspring, MS, RD, LD

Using Somatic Awareness Techniques in Eating Disorders Treatment

Susan L. Richter, MFT, CEDS and Susan M. Baker, MFT, SEP, GestaltTherapist

Saturday, March 7, 2009

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

A Trip to the Drug Store: Non Prescription Medications That Your Eating Disordered Patient May Be Abusing: What You Should Know

Deborah Mangham, MD and Ann E. Vosti, MD

Asperger's and Eating Disorders: Assessment and Treatment Implications

Jennifer Lafferty O'Connor, Ph.D.

Mid-Life Weight Gain and Eating Disorders: What's a Woman to Do?

Diane Keddy, MS, RD, FAED

What's Eating Our Children: Expressive Therapies to Create Emotional Attachment in Binge Eating Disorder

Michele Lynne Tamarkin, M.A., LMFT

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Facililtating a New Sense of Self in Eating Disordered Clients

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Eating Disorders, Chronic Pain, and Substance Abuse: Assessing and Treating These Challenging Patients

Kevin Richard Wandler, MD

Find a Reason, Find Recovery: How Finding Reasons Helps Eating Disorder Clients to Reclaim Their Lives

Jenni Schaefer, B.S. and Michael Berrett, Ph.D.

The Body in Therapy: Working with the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders in Therapy

Kimberli McCallum, MD, CEDS

The Use of Exposure-Based Nutrition Therapy for Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Rachel Liger, MS, RD

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Removing the Mask: Uncovering, Shame, and Self-Blame in Boys with Eating Disorders

Samuel A. Lample, MA, LPC

The Uninhabitable Body: The Intersection of Gender, Homosexuality and Disordered Eating

Deborah Whalen, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

What Are We All Bringing to the Plate? Reclaiming Nourishment of the Body

Jillian K. Croll, PhD, RD, LD, MPH

Whole-Person Treatment for Eating Disorders

Gregory L. Jantz, LMHC, CDP

Sunday, March 8, 2009

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

Broken Bonds: Attachment, Trauma and the Body

Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

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

Deborah L. Klinger, M.A., LMFT, CEDS and Clare A. Stadlen, LCSW

Learning a New Language to Speak to Your Body: Utilizing Psychodrama to Treat Eating Disorders

Angelica Gonzalez, LMHC and Karen Trevithick, Psy.D.

Practicing Mentalizing to Address Core Issues in Eating Disorders Treatment

Theresa Fassihi, Ph.D. and Janice Poplack, LCSW