Practitioner Skills in Eating Disorders

This course is the foundation to the 3-module Master Practioner Program. Whilst it is offered as a stand-alone module, it cannot qualify for the Master Practitioner Diploma without the remaining 2-modules (see the link below )

Connecting with like-minded professionals adds depth and perspective to your learning experience. The combination of formal training and experiential work makes this a very special course.

** Recognition: Our Master Practitioner Program is Approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purpose of Continuing Professional Development. 35 CPD points are awarded subject to peer review for the Eating Disorder and Obesity modules also by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Practitioner Skills in Eating Disorders

9-Day Course.

This remarkable, inspiring course is updated in line with the latest thinking from a range of psychologies and healing approaches. Learn effective take-home skills to help people recover from their eating distress. The experiential content of this course could transform your own relationship with food. It could change your life.

Course Outline :

  • The biology of hunger and eating disorders

  • The effects of dietary chaos on mood and physiology

  • How to engage and motivate people with eating disorders

  • How to motivate and sustain change

  • New skills for emotional eating and food restriction

  • How to manage resistance

  • How to transform your own relationship with food

  • How to understand, engage & motivate people with eating disorders

  • How to build a treatment plan and get to the heart of the problem

  • Prioritising treatment strategies for anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating

  • About the various recognised evidence based therapies

  • As well as skills from traditional as well as new wave therapies CBT, CeBT, CBT-E, FBT and others

Accredited Award:

A Certificate of Attendance will be offered at the end of the training, however, if you seek to receive the Diploma In Practitioner Skills For Eating Disorders, you will be required to complete a case study assignment after the course.

note : Upon completion of the training, you will require close and ongoing clinical supervision to ensure best qualified practice. It is essential to note that becoming an eating disorders specialist takes time and experience. The trainings offered are important steps in becoming an expert.

About The Training

Held via Zoom

Part of the training is experiential in order for health professionals who work with eating disorders and obesity may have an opportunity for personal growth as well as integrative learning. We believe that this will assist you in working compassionately and excellently with clients.

Suitability

Psychologists & psychotherapists, counselors & addiction specialists, psychiatrists, family medicine, nutritionists, dieticians, nurses, coaches, and any other healthcare professional interested in or working with Eating Disorders.

  • Jeremy Alford