Friday, March 6, 2009: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Shanghai (Westin Long Beach)
"Talking about bulls is not the same as being in the bullring." Spanish proverb. Experience speaks much louder than words. Learn how to guide your clients through six advanced experiential exercises which will lead towards intuitive eating. These experiences will increase their body confidence, as well as their ability to feed themselves. The exercises that you will learn include: covert behavior rehearsal, mindful conscious eating, blindfold eating, mirrored meals, therapeutic food days and solos with food.
Introduction of Presenters and Topic. 5 minutes.
Intro to covert behavior rehearsal (CBR). Video of client discussing her experience with CBR. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on CBR. 15 minutes.
Intro to mindful/ conscious eating. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on mindful / conscious eating. 10 minutes.
Intro to mirrored eating. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on mirrored eating. 15 minutes.
Intro to blindfold eating. Video of blindfold eating. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on blindfold eating. 15 minutes.
Intro to the therapeutic food day. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on the therapeutic food day. 15 minutes.
Intro to the solo with food experience. How to recognize when your client is ready and how to present and process the experience. Group discussion and questions on the solo with food experience. 15 minutes.
Closing and additional questions if time permits.
An experience is worth a thousand words. In this session you will learn six cutting-edge nutrition experiences that you can lead both outpatient and residential client's through in order to advance them in their recovery.
The first experience that we will discuss is covert behavior rehearsal (CBR). CBR can decrease the client's anxiety towards challenging eating experiences. The second is mindful/ conscious eating which will aide the client in the following four experiences. The third experience is mirrored eating which is a type of guided intuitive eating. Mirrored eating can help the client become aware of subtle somatic cues with your aide. The fourth experience is blindfold eating which is a led experience that involves food and a blindfold. By taking away vision, a highly palatable experience will show the client how a meal can be different when the taste of food is intensified and focused on. The fifth experience is the therapeutic food day. This experience enlists the help of challenging food and systematic desensitization. The final experience is the solo with food in which graduated exposure and systematic desensitization allow the client to experience an abundance of food on her own while supported by the therapeutic environment.
Throughout this session you will learn how to recognize when your client's are ready for each experience as well as how to present and process them. This session in interactive, be prepared to share any experiential exercises that you have developed and to offer your own insights and experience as appropriate.
Primary Presenter:
Rebekah Hennes, R.D.
Rebekah Hennes, R.D. is a Consulting Dietitian at the Eating Disorder Center of California and is in private practice in Brentwood, California. She co-authored “Real World Recovery - Intuitive Food Programs”. She authored “Return to Health” a guidebook for eating disorders, as well as the new “One Day at a Time” food journal, and was a contributor to the “Eating Disorder Sourcebook” by Carolyn Costin, 3rd Edition. Rebekah was also a reviewer for the American Dietetic Association position paper on Eating Disorders. Rebekah pioneered the Intuitive Food Program at the Center for Change in 1999.
Co-Presenter:
Erin Naimi, Registered, Dietitian
Erin Naimi, R.D. is a nutrition therapist, in private practice, in Beverly Hills, CA . Erin has worked with various Treatment Centers including UCLA’s outpatient Eating Disorder Program, The Monte Nido Treatment Center in Malibu, CA, The Eating Disorder Center of California in Brentwood, CA, and Moonview Sanctuary in Santa Monica, CA. Erin recently co-authored the book “Real World Recovery-Intuitive Food Programs” and is a frequent contributor to various publications and books including the recently published (3rd Edition) Eating Disorder Sourcebook. Erin offers training for professionals and campuses for Eating Disorder Prevention and Mindfulness Eating techniques.
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