Eating Disorders: Social Justice-Informed Recovery with DBT, MI, ACT, ERP & More

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Marcella M Raimondo, PhD, MPH Related seminars and products

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Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH, is a passionate and spirited clinical trainer speaking from her heart on social justice and eating disorders since 1995. Herself recovered from anorexia, she has held a variety of prominent positions in eating disorders-focused organizations, including past president and current advisory board member of Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS); former co-chair of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) diversity, equity, and inclusion committee; advisory board member for Arise, a telehealth-based eating disorders care network; former advisory board member for the Association of Size Health and Diversity (ASDAH); and consultant, board of founders member, and former director of media literacy for About-Face, a nonprofit organization that addresses media impact on body image. Dr. Raimondo has worked in eating disorders outpatient and residential programs. She is currently a psychologist in Kaiser Permanente’s eating disorder clinic in Oakland and owner of a private practice. Dr. Raimondo holds a second-degree black belt in Kajukenbo in support of her dedication to multicultural body nurturance. For more information, go to marcellaedtraining.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Marcella Raimondo maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Ride the Wave Therapy Clinic. She is a clinical contractor with Alameda County and Rush Law Firm and is a clinical consultant with Body Sovereignty. She receives compensation as a speaker and trainer. Dr. Raimondo receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Marcella Raimondo serves on committees for the Academy of Eating Disorders and Eating Disorders Recovery & Support. She serves on the advisory board for the Association of Size Diversity and Health. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the California Psychological Association.

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Objectives

1. Identify contributing and causal factors of eating disorders.
2. Conduct an assessment of food behaviors and body image in clients experiencing eating disorders.
3. Evaluate the role and function of clients’ eating disorder to plan treatment interventions.
4. Utilize food behavior monitoring to assist clients in decreasing eating disorder symptoms.
5. Create an exposure hierarchy to assist clients with approaching feared foods.
6. Identify and challenge therapist bias related to eating disorders, weight, and body.

Outline

• Types and their symptoms
• Why weight has nothing to do with it
• Actual prevalence v. stereotypes
• Racism, classism, ableism, and other oppressions
• Impact of intersectionality
• Impact of age of onset
• Relationship of eating disorders with stress eating/emotional eating
• Does subthreshold matter?
• Contributing and causal factors
• The role of diet culture
• Common psychological co-morbidities
• Trauma and eating disorders
• Eating disorders and body image
• Importance of a social justice-informed approach
• Case study

• Culturally appropriate assessment
• Weight fluctuations, behavior changes, and other signals
• Best screening tools
• Understand clients’ relationship with food
• Body image assessment
• Indicators of increased psychological risk
• Suicide risk assessment
• Assess clients’ medical history and status
• When to consider a referral or higher level of care
• Tools to decrease shame during assessment
• Case study

• Treatment preparation essentials
• MI to normalize ambivalence, set goals
• Essential trauma-informed care principles
• The role of control in eating disorders
• Tools to address shame, perfectionism, and rigidity
• Food-behavior monitoring for purging, restricting, exercise, and more
• Increase values-driven behaviors with ACT strategies
• DBT skills to increase distress tolerance
• Hierarchy of feared foods
• Decrease all-or-nothing thinking
• Shift food-behaviors
• Improve interpersonal effectiveness and boundary setting
• Tools to increase somatic awareness
• When to recommend intuitive eating
• Modifications based on client age
• Case study

• Impact on treatment of the clinician’s relationship with food and body
• Explore therapist biases
• Overview of pharmacotherapy
• Nutrition and medical support
• Collaborate with co-providers
• The role of group and family therapy
• Parental involvement with youth clients
• Provide cultural resources and advocacy information
• Access to treatment issues
• Consultation and referral considerations
• When is hospitalization necessary?
• Documentation of treatment refusal
• Ending treatment for non-engagement
• Research limitations and potential risks

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Other Mental Health Professionals
• Nurses
• Physicians