Table Talks

For All Interested Professionals

Our monthly Table Talks offer treatment providers a valuable opportunity to connect and discuss our professional pursuits. It’s a chance to introduce ourselves, share our challenges, and deepen our understanding of patient care. The peer support we receive is indispensable, fostering teamwork and preventing burnout while revitalizing our compassion for those we serve.

Table Talk Attendance is complimentary with your membership. Non-members can attend for a fee of $10, which includes 1 CEU. Additionally, members have access to past Table Talks through their login.

The intended audience for Table Talk presentations comprises mental health and allied medical professionals in the surrounding Valleys of the Los Angeles area, with open participation available to all interested individuals.

Please note that CE Table Talks take place either in-person on Mondays from 10:30 am to 12 noon or via Zoom on Fridays from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.

The “BeFED with VFED Happy Hour” Case Consult Group, led by Amy Chalker, RDN, convenes on the final Wednesday of each month from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Come for the learning. Stay for the new friends.

2025 Table Talk Dates

Table Talk, noun: [tey-buhl | tawk] a conversation around a table.
*In Person meetings are no longer held over Zoom as well.

January🎉
January 31st at 10:00am (in person in Encino)
“The Joy of Sound Bath” with Edden Ered, AMFT

February 💝
February 28st at 1pm Table Talk (virtual)
with Mo Rubin, LMFT, PsyD

March
March 21 ☘️ Friday 10:00 AM , In person (Encino)
“The Doctor Is In” with Shelly Bar, MD

April 💐 Fancy Spring Luncheon
Friday, April 25th Woodland Hills Country Club
11am-1:30pm Janelle Smith, MS, RDN, CEDS
“The New World of GLP-1 Medications and Eating Disorder Treatment”

June 🌈
June 20th online
1-2:30pm Natalie Katz, RD
"The Ins and Outs of Managing a Group Practice...and Working in One"

July 😎
July 25th Encino
10-11:30am Alessa Sabina, MFT
"The Parallel Between Eating Disorders and ADHD"

September 🍁
September 19th online
1-2:30pm Isabella Shirinyan, LMFT
“Teens and Families”

October 🎃
October 24th Encino
10-11:30am Linda Schack, MD

November 🍂
November 21st online
1-2:30pm Emily Rotenberg, RDN, CEDS
“Teaching Nutrition as an Eating Disorder Dietitian”