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A. Background on the power of reasons
B. Examples and personal stories
II. Understanding a Clients Reasons to Hold on to the Eating Disorder
A. General Themes
B. Individualized Reasons
III. Dismantling Reasons To Stay Sick
A. Taking the eating disorder off the pedestal
B. Exposing the “consolation prize” mentality
IV. Reasons to Recover
A. Reclaiming lost reasons: the past
B. Finding and embracing reasons in the present moment
C. Behavioral vs. higher order reasons
D. Creating reasons to get well: connecting the present to the future
E. Activity/Exercise: Finding reason
V. Using Therapeutic Themes to Find and Empower Reasons
A. Principled Living
B. Passion
C. Life Purpose
D. Deepest Desires
E. Vision
F. Love
G. Spirituality
VI. Self Awareness: Understanding Reasons in the Clinicians Personal Life
A. Activity/Exercise: Finding your reasons
B. The value of sharing reasons
C. Using self awareness in helping clients become self aware and active in recovery
VII. Jenni Schaefer: A Personal Story of How Reasons Empowered a Full Recovery
A. Reflections on the process of recovery
B. Ten Reasons and how they each one helped on the road to recovery
Clients must learn to embrace not just any reason to recover, but every reason, since reasons, visions, passion, purpose, and meaning can push them along the path towards recovery. In a recovery pathway, a patient must start where she is and find reasons that she can hold onto in the moment. Then, with the clinician meeting her where she is, the client can begin taking steps toward developing more reasons and deeper reasons, moving onto new reasons and holding onto the more significant ones. Clients can eventually understand and embrace one of the best reasons to recover --- that they are worth it.
In this workshop, participants will learn to help their clients develop, embrace, and fully utilize their reasons to recover. Both uncovering lost reasons and creating new reasons will be discussed within the context of therapeutic themes, including 1) Principled living, 2) Passion, 3) Life purpose, 4) Deepest Desires, 5) Vision, 6) Love, and 7) Spirituality.
Participants will learn through didactic presentation and experiential exercises, the powerful effect that reasons can have in changing one’s life. This workshop will help participants understand the power of reasons in their own life, so that they can more effectively help their clients to develop reasons within the recovery process.
A consultant with Center for Change in Orem, Utah, Jenni Schaefer is a singer/songwriter, speaker, and author of Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too (McGraw-Hill) and Good-Bye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life (McGraw-Hill, September 2009). She is a contributor to mainstream magazines and collections like the Chicken Soup series. Residing in Nashville, Tennessee, Jenni speaks regularly about eating disorders and recovery on national radio and television, including appearances on Dr. Phil and Entertainment Tonight. Visit www.jennischaefer.com.
Dr. Michael E. Berrett is a licensed psychologist and CEO, Co-Founder, and Director of Center for Change in Orem Utah, a specialized treatment program for eating disorders. He has 23 years clinical experience treating eating disorders. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP ) and has dedicated his life to helping young people. He is Co-Author of numerous professional articles and book chapters and co-author of the APA bestseller “Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders”. He is a nationally known speaker, presenter, and clinical trainer.
