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Class 1 - Treatment Planning with Couples Recovering from Infidelity
December 23, 2021
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Class 2 - Believe it or Not! Ethical Issues in Regard to Religion and Spirituality in Mental Health Treatment
December 23, 2021
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Psychoanalytic Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Dec 12, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- To identify at least one obstacle that patients with eating disorders present when developing a therapeutic alliance.
- To summarize a basic outline of the psychoanalytic treatment approach to eating disorders.
- To provide at least one example of an underlying issue contributing to the development and maintenance of an eating disorder.
Agenda:
- Discussion about what is an eating disorder. (Including DSM criteria.) 20 min
- The ability to do psychoanalytic work rests on the foundation of addressing medical, behavioral, and nutritional issues. Discussion of assessment of level of care and/or organizing a treatment team. 20 min
3. Discussion on building an alliance. Now that the patient is safe and stable for psychotherapy, how do we engage them? Building an alliance with patients with eating disorders presents with unique obstacles. Discussion of theory and technique of the above. (Active group discussion.) 20-30 min
4.Understanding Eating Disorders through a Psychoanalytic Perspective: (Definition of each idea and how it presents.)
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- Alexithymia 10 min
- Loss of mentalization. (Fonagy) 10
- Role of significant developmental relationships/childhood experiences in the pathogenesis of eating disorders. 10 min
- Role of dissociation and psychological defenses. 10 min
- Difficulty regulating self esteem. 10 min
- Difficulty regulating affect. 10 min
5. Psychoanalytic Treatment of Eating Disorders: (Providing examples.)
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- Address the disconnect with the emotional experience. 10 min
- Explore what makes emotions (or one in particular) so intolerable. 10 min
- Process (Making space for difficult emotions, acceptance of upsetting experiences, reassurance that they can tolerate what once felt intolerable.) 10 min
- Using metaphors (Explore emotional hunger and fullness etc.) 10 min
- Utilizing analytic relationship/exploration of transferences in treatment. 10 min
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- CE You LLC 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 #SW-0437
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. CE You! maintains responsibility for this program..
- NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
- CE You LLC #1573 is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CE You LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 3/27/2021-3/27/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
- This program is co-sponsored by NEFESH International and CeYou! NEFESH International is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NEFESH International maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
Venue: Live Webinar
Description:
Attend this Live, Interactive Continuing Education Webinar from the comfort of your home or office!
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