Background: Eating disorders are genetically predisposed MIND disorders reinforced by cultural beliefs, personal values and environmental influences. Treatment and recovery require the team, family and client to challenge disordered thoughts, values and behaviors. A cohesive collaborative team and nurturing therapeutic relationships are the vehicles that facilitate change. Treatment must develop the client’s ability to shift mental gears, creating new thoughts and healthier behaviors. In this close-up workshop, ACT, CBT and other counseling skills that foster change and develop emotional and functional flexibility will be introduced. Sondra will use her 40 years of experience in discussion of challenging cases and difficult circumstances.
Objectives:
- Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize, and explain how ACT can be used in the treatment of ED.
- Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize, and explain the use of effective strategies and therapeutic skills used to facilitate recovery and change in the treatment of Orthorexia.
- Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify, utilize, and explain the value of treatment collaboration and its implications in eating disorder treatment.
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- What We Know Now and Its Implications:
- Genetic Predispositions
- Gut Microbe Biology
- Brain Neurotransmitters
- Treatment Team
- Creating Value and Culture
- Collaboration
- Cohesiveness
III. Counseling Skills/Strategies That Create Change
- Therapeutic and Dynamic Counseling Skills
- CBT, ACT
- Meal Support, Food Coaching/Accountability
- Supervision
In this close-up workshop, counseling skills that foster change and develop client’s emotional and functional flexibility will be introduced. ACT and CBT thinking skills are aimed at negative thinking patterns and behaviors, which impact the client’s relationship with their food, body and others. ACT, CBT and other cognitive treatment principles and strategies will assist your clients in shifting their MINDS, thoughts, values, actions and culture from judgement to acceptance, worthlessness to worthiness, image to essence, powerless to powerful and restriction to nourishment.
A variety of concrete thinking skills that can be used across the continuum of all eating disorders will be offered for practitioners to bring back to their practices. Demonstration of these cognitive thinking skills that are instrumental in changing food, weight, body and relational thoughts, will include but not limited to: before and after thinking, minimizing, labeling, accounting, buffering, distancing and transferring of thoughts. Sondra will use her 40 years of experience in the discussion of difficult cases and challenging circumstances.
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 2010 Honorary Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD). 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.
