There’s a growing recognition that “wisdom,” that elusive ability to see life whole,
Rich Simon
Rich Simon
involves recognizing a complex web of interconnections. Read more...
Symposium
CE Evaluation
Get Symposium 2012 CEs Now!
Symposium
CE Evaluation
Get Symposium 2012 CEs Now!

To Download
A PDF Of The Brochure


Click Here

Click icon to read brochure.

To Request A Paper Copy Of The Brochure

Send Email
Need Symposium Help?Call 800.379.1733
Or Click Here To Email
Symposium
CE Evaluation
Get Symposium 2012 CEs Now!

Recent Posts

The 6 Biggest Challenges Therapists Face

05.23.2012 22:18 5

And How to Overcome Them Everybody knows that the...

How to Stop Bullying with Stan Davis

05.23.2012 18:50 2

Parenting Skills: NP0019 – Session 4 Bullying has...

Engaging Men in Therapy

05.18.2012 22:53 3

What Clinicians Need to Know Some time ago, my w...

Defusing Male Shame

05.17.2012 21:21 4

Understanding the Significance to Male Clients In...

NP0018, Smarter Therapist, Session 5, Robbie Babins-Wagner

05.17.2012 19:09 2

Discover how to solicit, hear, and effectively use...

Need Symposium Help?Call 800.379.1733
Or Click Here To Email

420 Understanding Eating Disorders

Richard Schwartz Richard Schwartz • Saturday Morning

Therapists often avoid treating clients with eating disorders because standard treatments like eating management and food diaries have a high failure rate. One reason for the ineffectiveness of such approaches is that many focus primarily, or solely, on overcoming the behavior---a dynamic that can lead to a power struggle that obscures underlying issues.

This workshop will teach a template that focuses how eating disorders function as clients’ unconscious attempts to deal with past trauma and protect themselves from the negative emotions triggered by earlier experiences. We’ll explore how to bring into awareness the protective purpose the eating disorder serves and present strategies for helping the client discover new, more functional, ways to feel safe.

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Self Leadership and the originator of the Internal Family Systems model. His books include Internal Family Systems Therapy and, most recently, You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For. To learn more, visit http://www.selfleadership.org.