It’s a Starting Place At our final Table Talk of 2024, VFED had a beautiful visit with Jonathan Dang, LMFT, CEDS. Jonathan reviewed the common ED validated assessment tools (EDE-Q6, EAT-26, BAS, MOET, GAD7, PHQ9) and briefly guided us through them. One is helpful with ARFID subtypes, one especially relatable for male pts, one to identify…
We are all humans. This is Ashley Vicari, LPCC-S’S basic message in working with body image. Ashley, cohost of the “All Bodies. All Foods.” podcast also gives us, “Any body is a good body.”VFED’s Table Talk this month focused on social media, exposure to numbers, and our own countertransference as factors in body image work…
TT Robyn Caruso VFED welcomed Robyn Caruso, LMFT, CEDS-S this week- to teach us about sociometry. Sociometry works with relationships- quantifying who is connected to whom and the strength of those connections. It looks at unprocessed experiences at the sensory-motor level of functioning where the body’s automatic responses are targeted. Robyn shared her psychodrama training tools…
Bodies Vary and They Change Anyway Pride Month at VFED featured the gifted clinician, Rebecca Yadegari, MSRD who led an engaging discussion about ED treatment for transgender people. What was great, was that we met several treatment providers in the LA region who already administer quality ED care to this population. We learned from experienced…
Dr Wood, who works at CFD and in her own practice just outside of SD, was originally based in the LA area and served for some time with The Academy of Pediatrics. She knows the value of a medical professional who understands ED’s as well as those who are still learning. From her own experience,…
Hold the container, don’t become the container”. Good parting advice from Cori Rosenthal, LMFT at our first gathering of the year. Cori taught us a fun game of Zoom Catch with our own original sound effects to start off; this connected us to each other and focused our attention on the present moment. We continued…
“For clients with a chronic illness….the greatest gift is to recognize …that there may be more than meets the eye….it can be a life-changing. It is with this intention- to validate the patient experience- that Amy Chalker, RDN has researched and taught us this week about MCAS. We are in the early stages of understanding MCAS,…
Dissociation is commonly seen in Anorexia- more frequently in the B/P than the restricting form. It is a process of disconnecting from thoughts, feelings, or even one’s own memories and identity. Occurrences of neglect, abuse, or just misattunement may cause experiences to “split off” as a flight response in childhood. Some general dissociation is normal,…
How can a pregnancy affect an Eating Disorder recovery? Becoming a mom creates a major shift in identity. Women are potentially motivated by childbearing to recover and to end a generational cycle- or it may be a triggering time. This month, Margie Slater, PsyD clearly explained what topics to be proactive about and encouraged us to…
Eating Disorders so often start and end with Anxiety- this is the argument for makinguse of ERP. Throughout the treatment. Multidisciplinary- in the therapy consultationroom as well as the dietitian office. At all levels of care. In a box and with a fox.Claire St John, MPH RDN CEDS-S and Anna Governale, LMFT recommend utilizingERP concepts…
