Background: Nutritionists have become an integral part of multidisciplinary treatment. Sondra, with 30 years experience, explores advances in strategies/protocols, technology, eating supervision, coaching and other techniques demonstrating this progression. Discussion includes the changing role of nutritionists, the importance of CEDRD certification, collaboration between therapists/nutritionists and other changes impacting eating disorder treatment.
- Field of Eating Disorders
- Past – Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytic, Talk Therapy Models
- Present – Collaborative treatment team, CBT, DBT, EBT, extended levels of care and facilities
- Future
- Eating Disorders Etiology
- Past – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Compulsive Overeating
- Present – ARFID, Orthrorexia
- Future
- Treatment Progression for Eating Disorders
- Past – outpatient, few books, resources or research
- Present –IOP, PHP, residential, hospital, acute care, eating supervision/coaching, thousands of books and online resources
- Future
- Role of Nutritionist
- Past – Didactic
- Present – Cognitive, experiential, behavioral, action, hands-on
- Future
- Training Education for Nutritionist Wanting to Treat Eating Disorders
- Past – no college, few conferences
- Present – college courses, treatment center conferences, workshops
- Future
- Certification
- Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
- International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)
- Organizations
- Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
- International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN)
- International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD)
Treatment protocols for eating disorders have transformed throughout the years. Nutrition and eating interventions have changed dramatically. This workshop will focus on insights, awareness, and practical exercises that demonstrate the progression of the role of the nutritionist in the treatment of eating disorders. IAEDP’s creation of the CEDRD credential has helped develop criteria for knowledge and training for nutrition professionals on the treatment team, as well as emphasized the importance of the role of the nutritionist. As standards of care have evolved to include a continuum of care that bridges residential treatment, day treatment programs, intensive and outpatient programs so too has the role of the nutrition therapist changed. Nutritionists treating eating disorders must be armed with strategies and therapeutic skills that will address behavioral mechanisms that result from eating disorder risk factors such as depression, anxiety, OCD, borderline personality, impulse and addiction disorders that filter into food, weight, and body eating disorder behaviors. Treatment programs today are more tailored to the specific emotional and eating needs of the patient and many different approaches for eating support, supervision, and meal coaching have resulted. The role of the nutrition therapist, which originally was to deliver didactic information and be a person for accountability, has expanded to include activities crucial to the recovery process such as eating, cooking, shopping and outings with patients while developing a strong therapeutic relationship. This workshop will discuss where we’ve been, where we are and where we are going. Sondra will share her 30 years of experience as an innovator of the many current nutrition therapies. She will also discuss nutrition therapy implications for special populations including orthorexia, over-exercisers, ARFID, adult sufferers and males. This workshop will demonstrate how nutrition professionals in the field of eating disorders, past, present and future, have tailored treatment and counseling strategies to the changes in the field, including using the newest technology and experiential approaches. It will also highlight case discussion, practical discussion, and tools to take home.
Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD, Executive Director Eating Disorder Treatment Collaborative/F.E.E.D. IOP, Connect and Concierge Programs and recognized leader in the field of eating disorders with 30 years experience. Awarded NEDA 2004 Excellence in Treatment, ADA SCAN 2002 Excellence in Practice, and IAEDP Eating Disorder Specialist 2010 CEDRD Awards. Author of Eating Disorder Learning/Teaching Handout Series. Contributing author to Eating Disorders Clinical Guide to Counseling and Treatment. Specializing in training, supervision, and treatment of the collaborative treatment approach. Presents at national conferences, appears regularly on TV/media, is a NEDA spokesperson, and Advisory Board member of Monte Nido & Affiliates.
