To Eat or Not to Eat: Treating Clients with Eating and Body Image Issues

When

Friday, October 2, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Where

This is a LIVE ONLINE Webinar and will take place via Zoom. Instructions on how to access Zoom will be sent via email following event registration.

Contact

Christina Steudte, LMHC
Association for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org

We all live in a society focused on food, weight and body perfection. But for many, their relationship to food and their bodies can become such an obsession that it interferes with their functioning—and even become symptomatic of a severe illness. This 3-hour presentation will introduce the complexities of disordered eating versus full-blown eating disorders in clinical practice. Factors related to the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorders, and body dysmorphia will be discussed.

Who Should Attend:

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to recognize the difference between disordered eating and full-blown eating disorder symptomatology, including the classification of eating disorders according to the DSM-5.
Participants will be able to understand eating disorder etiology, intrapsychic factors, and treatment approaches.
Participants will discuss the cultural and familial influences on body image and their role in the development of eating and body image disturbances.
Participants will identify specific clinical intervenions for helping individuals with eating and body image issues.
Participants will recognize gender differences in the presentation of disordered eating and eating disorders.
Participants will identify their own food, weight, and body issues and understand how these may effect the therapeutic alliance.

APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR

(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)

Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $75.00

***No Refunds will be issued for cancellations ***

About the Presenter

Cynthia Pizzulli, LCSW, PhD is a seasoned individual, couples and family psychotherapist. A former Vice President of the National Eating Disorders Association Long Island Chapter (NEDA-LI) and coordinator for The Renfrew Center’s Long Island IOP, Dr. Pizzulli has an extensive background in the treatment of eating disorders. She is certified as a sex therapist by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). In addition to having a Ph.D. from New York University, Dr. Pizzulli is Board Certified by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (BCD).

An experienced lecturer and adjunct professor, Dr. Pizzulli travels widely to deliver workshops and educational programs to professionals and the general population. Topics she has presented include: clinical practice issues, sexuality and gender identity, managing relationships, eating disorders, personality disorders, and parenting adolescents.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsday, and on several media outlets including, HBO, Lifetime, and Oxygen.