This year’s theme—Evidence, Empathy, and Evolution—calls us to examine how our work is evolving to meet the complexities of eating disorder care today. Through keynote sessions, multidisciplinary panels, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities, attendees will explore: Whether you specialize in psychotherapy, medical monitoring, nutrition, body...
This presentation explores key ethical considerations in eating disorder treatment, including patient autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice in clinical care. Attendees will examine ethical challenges related to virtual treatment settings, higher levels of care, lifesaving interventions, and informed consent when cognitive impairment is present. Through...
While society’s obsession with maintaining youth masks the reality of midlife eating disorders, mature adults navigate a silent crisis created by the intersection of aging, diet culture, and hormonal transitions related to menopause. These midlife transitions further complicate an environment where relevance and social status...
This course explores the differences among dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders. Participants will examine the impact of weight stigma on mental and physical health, learn the core principles of Health at Every Size (HAES), and review evidence-based interventions that support clients in improving their...
Participants will explore the conceptual and practical distinction between therapeutic arts and art therapy, two terms that are frequently conflated but differ significantly in scope, training requirements and clinical application. This distinction is essential for psychological practice: clinicians must understand the boundaries of their own...
Eating disorders in Black women are frequently underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated due to persistent stereotypes, systemic inequities, and culturally incongruent understandings of illness. Clinicians who rely solely on traditional presentations may inadvertently overlook symptoms, delay intervention, or contribute to disparities in care. This presentation encourages...
Through eating disorder recovery, patients learn how to nourish their bodies, appreciate their bodies, and maybe even love their bodies, but many never learn how to live in their bodies. When trauma and eating disorders collide, a whole-person approach is essential to help patients reconnect...
This talk will address the clinical overlap between eating disorders, restricted eating, and disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBIs), with a focus on patients presenting with IBS-C, functional dyspepsia, bloating, constipation, and food-related symptom anxiety. Using case-based discussion, the session will highlight how eating disorder history...
