Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

CE Hours 2

About this course

Person of the Therapist

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#10 of 10 total courses in the Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS) Certification program

This course examines the clinician as an active part of the therapeutic relationship and explores how personal identity, lived experience, values, biases, emotional responses, and relational patterns can influence eating disorder treatment. Participants are invited to develop greater awareness of what they bring into the therapy room, including their own relationships with food, bodies, exercise, weight, privilege, and power dynamics. The course emphasizes thoughtful use of self, self-reflection, boundaries, authenticity, and attention to relational dynamics so clinicians can practice with greater intentionality and reduce the risk of inadvertently reproducing harmful cultural or treatment norms.

Key Topics:

The person of the therapist and use of self

Clinician identity, lived experience, and positionality

Self-awareness and reflective practice

Personal relationships with food, bodies, weight, and exercise

Bias, privilege, power, and cultural conditioning

Emotional responses and relational dynamics in treatment

Boundaries, authenticity, and appropriate self-disclosure

Using the therapeutic relationship intentionally in eating disorder care

Learning Objectives

Define countertransference and transference.
Identify three of the roles of a dietitian on the treatment team.
Identify three roles of a therapist on the treatment team.
Define secondary trauma.

Learning Levels

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Target Audience

Clinicians who encounter eating disorder in their work. Including therapists, dietitians, coaches, and medical providers.

Course Instructor(s)

Jennifer Pereira, LPC-S, RD, LD, IEDS

Co-founder of Inclusive Eating Disorder Education

Jennifer is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and Registered/Licensed Dietitian. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Nutrition Counseling, and obtained her Master's in Professional Counseling from Amberton University. She has been working with people with disordered eating since 2005 at many levels of care. She and her amazing team at Austin Counseling and Nutrition work closely together to provide an inclusive, safe experience for their clients. In 2006, she was fortunate enough to work alongside Jessica Setnick in her practice in Dallas. The following year, she opened her own practice, Nutrition Paradox. During this time, she was devastated by how many of her clients could not get access to higher levels of treatment because of insurance or out-of-pocket costs. In 2012, she felt compelled to open Project Bliss, a non-profit home for the treatment of eating disorders. Project Bliss provided full and partial scholarships for many clients who otherwise would not have been able to access residential treatment. Sadly, she had to close Project Bliss in 2015 due to funding. In 2015, her family moved to Austin, where she continued her private practice. In 2020, due to the high demand for eating disorder treatment, she started a group practice of a mix of counselors and dietitians, all able to help people with eating disorders and body image issues.
Najeeha Khan, LPC

Cultural Director, Austin Counseling and Nutrition

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and graduated with my Master’s in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. My approach in therapy is that of gentle empowerment and trauma-informed healing through radical self-love. I have yet to meet a client who didn’t need more self-compassion and self-love in their lives, and helping clients work towards that goal is my favorite part of being a therapist! I have been working in the field of eating disorders for 4 years, and in this time, I have developed a particular passion for helping my clients find power in their bodies. My clients have taught me that on the other end of this hard work is a feeling of freedom in your body and soul. So much of disordered eating is a result of disconnection from one’s body, due to both systemic and individual factors. I enjoy utilizing the intersection of science and ancestral stories in helping folks rebuild that connection. My stance is an interpersonal and holistic mind-body-heart-soul approach, informed by being a daughter of South Asian immigrants and a Muslim. I believe in helping you find inspiration in your unique identities and using the strength you derive from them in your healing process. I like to utilize interpersonal and psychodynamic modalities, along with EMDR and narrative approaches.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

de Vos, J. A., Netten, C., & Noordenbos, G. (2016). Recovered eating disorder therapists using their experiential knowledge in therapy: A qualitative examination of the therapists’ and the patients’ view. Eating Disorders, 24(3), 207–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2015.1090869
Elran-Barak, R., Grundman-Shem Tov, R., Zubery, E., & Lewis, Y. D. (2024). Therapeutic alliance with psychotherapist versus dietician: a pilot study of eating disorder treatment in a multidisciplinary team during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1267676. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1267676
Heafala, A., Ball, L., Rayner, J., & Mitchell, L. J. (2021). What role do dietitians have in providing nutrition care for eating disorder treatment? An integrative review. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(4), 724-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12927
Thompson-Brenner, H., Satir, D. A., Franko, D. L., & Herzog, D. B. (2012). Clinician reactions to patients with eating disorders: a review of the literature. Psychiatric services, 63(1), 73-78. ://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100050
Van der Merwe, A., & Hunt, X. (2019). Secondary trauma among trauma researchers: Lessons from the field. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(1), 10.
Yang, Y., Conti, J., McMaster, C. M., Piya, M. K., & Hay, P. (2023). “I need someone to help me build up my strength”: A meta-synthesis of lived experience perspectives on the role and value of a dietitian in eating disorder treatment. Behavioral Sciences, 13(11), 944. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13110944

CE Process Info

Content

PDF Manual: Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

1 parts
- Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team
Section 1: Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

3 parts
- Clinician Personal and Professional Development
- Activity 1 - Journal Reflection
- Part 2: Person of the Clinician
Quiz: Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

1 parts
- Quiz
Section 2: Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

4 parts
- Video 1- Deeper Personal and Professional Reflections
- Activity 2 - Reclaiming Health PDF & Journal Reflection
- Activity 3 - Sizeism PDF & Journal Reflection
- Activity 4 - Your Body Story
Section 3: Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

6 parts
- Therapeutic Presence and the ED Treatment Team
- Activity 5 - Journal Reflection
- Activity 6 - Implicit Association Tests
- Activity 7 - What is Privilege?
- Activity 8 - Buzzfeed Privilege Quiz
- Activity 9 - Contacting the Present Moment

Joint Accreditation (JA)

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Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (1 IPCE credits = 1 CPEU). If the activity is dietetics related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (1 hour/60 minutes = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Logs. Performance Indicator selection is at the learner’s discretion.
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Person of the Therapist & The Eating Disorder Treatment Team

About this course

Learning Objectives

Learning Levels

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

Disclosure

References

CE Process Info

Content

Joint Accreditation (JA)

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Statement (ACCME)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

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