Eating disorders often have a “bad rap” as being intractable, difficult to treat, and dangerous. There is a wide range of eating disorders, each with their own unique features and challenges. And to make matters more complicated, many mental health providers do not receive focused training on how to treat these disorders, oftentimes leading to reticence to engage, worried that we’ll say or do the wrong thing. Fortunately there is an effective evidence-based psychotherapy for eating disorders–CBT-E (The E is for “Enhanced”). While CBT-E shares a lot of common ground with other standard CBT therapies, there are some distinct differences and enhancements that address the unique psychological challenges clients with eating disorders face. Join us with Dr. Suzanne Straebler, psychologist and expert in treating eating disorders, as she discusses CBT-E, its general components, and how you can receive focused training to treat these disorders.

Calls-to-action:

1. Screen patients for eating disorders – A brief 5-question screener can be found at – https://eatingdisorderscreener.org/ (*This screener may miss individuals with Binge Eating Disorder. Don’t avoid asking questions about one’s view of their shape and weight and comfort with their current eating habits).
2. Check your own weight bias and stigma and consider how it may impact your views on who can have an eating disorder and its impact on treatment of individuals of all body shapes and sizes– some information can be found here - https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/weight-stigma
3. Eating disorders are treatable with well implemented evidence-based treatments – find out more about one of these treatments, CBT-E, here – https://www.cbte.co/
4. Consider registering for and attending an upcoming CBT-E workshop at CDP. You can find upcoming training opportunities here – https://deploymentpsych.org/training .
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