How to help clients with an eating disorder (with Harriet Iles)

Mental Work

Eating disorders are complex but don't stress, we're here to help. Bron and Harriet chat about 👉🏿 The critical roles that body dissatisfaction, shame, and perfectionism play in eating disorders 👉🏾 Treatment approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E) and Maudsley Family Therapy 👉🏻 The importance of being aware of your own attitudes towards weight and shape 👉 Why treatment plans need to be client-centred 👉🏼 Guidance if you're interested in specialising in eating disorders.

Guest: Harriet Iles, Psychologist

LINKS

• Body Matters Australasia offers heaps of training for therapists keen to learn more about eating disorders
• The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) has great resources on eating disorders that you can share with clients, family members and partners
• Keen to become a credentialed eating disorder clinician? Learn more about credentialing from ANZAED here. I did my training with Kiera Buchanan from the Centre for Integrative Health and it was fantastic
• Worksheet: Neurodiversity-affirming approach to food neutrality by Lucy Smith of Exhale Psychology

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