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Healing Intractable Eating Problems Online Course Please note: Courses are no longer eligible for Continuing Education credits in the United States. After Completing the Course You Will be Able to:  •  Know how to intervene into psycho-somatic dissociation patterns when working with compulsive         eaters and restrictors  •  Assess level of lethality and dissociation for patients with eating disturbances  •  Teach how to follow intuitive hunger-based eating guidelines  •  Identify triggers and interpret symbolic meanings of binge-eating, purging, starving, body image        distortions, and shame    At present there are no highly effective systematic approaches for assessing or intervening with the many patients with intractable compulsive eating, restricting, or purging symptoms. Instead we are told that eating disorders are hard to impossible to treat and we should lower our expectations for outcomes. This course covers the the feminist Object Relations approach to working with eating and body image disturbances. It includes training in offering psycho-education to your patients about the effect of low-calorie diets on metabolism and emotional states, identifying and intervening into the binge/diet or purge cycles, and following intuitive hunger-based eating guidelines.   The method taught is symptom-focused, yet psychodynamic in orientation, allowing the therapist to understand and use the symptoms as  metaphors for other psychological issues, while still respecting the deep pain of eating and body image obsessions.    Eating problems usually involve varying degrees of dissociation - most especially psycho-somatic dissociation of sensations of hunger, fullness, and proprioceptive awareness of body size. The correlation between compulsive eating patterns and dissociation has been noted by many, yet as yet there are no explanations for the causes of this correlation, or structured interventions with patients who may initially present with no traumatic history.      Through a synthesis of anecdotal data, experiential exercises participants can immediately apply to their practice, theoretical formulations, and a review of relevant research, this course will present one possible explanation for a causal relationship between dissociation and compulsive eating, and offer step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention with so-called "impossible to treat" patients.. To Purchase the Online Course, Click the "Buy Now" link below:    [About Judy]   [Testimonials]   [Past Presentations]  Telephone or in-person Supervision/Consultation   Services Online Course $79.00 50 Minute Consultation $125.00 75 minute Consultation $187.50    All materials are copyrighted and duplication is strictly prohibited.