Eating Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment Continuing Education Webinar Series Now Available from Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies & Dr. Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Tempe, AZ
April 18, 2022
Eating disorders are on the rise in the world. During the pandemic, people were left alone with food and oftentimes turned to food for comfort and a sense of connection. Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies (CGI) in partnership with Dr. Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200 proudly announces the launch of a new continuing education webinar series for mental health clinicians on the topics of eating disorders diagnosis and treatment. Fight. Recover. Repeat., a collaborative webinar series is available starting April 18, 2022 and will feature three parts: Part 1: Diagnosing Eating Disorders with Compassion, Part 2: Healing Eating Disorders with Compassion, and Part 3: Healing Body Image with Compassion. All webinars in the Fight. Recover. Repeat. series are available on-demand and are eligible for NBCC CE credits.
Part 1: Diagnosing Eating Disorders with Compassion explores the definitions of eating disorders, including the newest feeding and eating disorders described in the DSM-5 and discusses their current clinical presentation in our culture. Participants will look at diagnostic criteria, as well as informal patterns of eating disorders and how they show up clinically. Lastly, the webinar will dive deeply into assessment of eating disorders to help ensure these deadly diseases are detected and treated with highly specialized care. To register, visit: https://cgi.thinkific.com/courses/diagnosing-eating-disorders.
Part 2: Healing Eating Disorders with Compassion explores the appropriate treatment team to use with eating disorder clients, the use of inpatient level of care, and current effective eating disorder treatments. In this webinar, participants will learn to be able to identify the members of the treatment team for eating disorders, list the elements involved in the inpatient level of care for eating disorders, establish applicable metaphors to use when conceptualizing eating disorder recovery, and identify DBT techniques applicable to eating disorder treatment. To sign up, visit: https://cgi.thinkific.com/courses/healing-eating-disorders.
Part 3: Healing Body Image with Compassion focuses on traditional methods of healing body image through CBT alongside the newer treatment implications for body positivity, HAES, and self- compassion in healing body image. In this webinar, participants will formulate recognition of body image and the factors that influence our image, utilize the unique application of CBT to the treatment of body image, and will explore mindful self- compassion, mindfulness and radical acceptance in the treatment of body image. To enroll, visit: https://cgi.thinkific.com/courses/healing-body-image-with-compassion.
The Fight. Recover. Repeat. webinar series was designed and facilitated by Dr. Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200. Dr. Arnold is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Doctorate in Social Work. She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and she is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Dr. Arnold has been in private practice since 2003 treating eating disorders and substance abuse, and she has been a national DBT & eating disorder educator since 2000.
Dr. Arnold provides individual and group therapy, as well as clinical supervision and training for professionals. In her practice, she has an empathetic, kind, and warm presence with her clients. Her love of learning makes her curious, engaged, compassionate, and attuned. Through intellect, deep care, and compassion, a sacred space for healing is created where connection, trust, and growth are nurtured. Dr. Arnold conducts individual and group supervision for therapists enhancing their clinical skills, particularly DBT and certified eating disorder specialist credentials. Case consultation, practice development, ethics, and content-specific skills based training is provided.
Dr. Alicia Iñiguez, Director of Continuing Education and Partnerships at CGI, shares, “Dr. Arnold’s empathy for patients and comprehensive knowledge on the topic of eating disorders is evident throughout her entire series. She educates participants using a wide variety of tools, experience and compassion.”
Webinars in the Fight. Recover. Repeat. series are available a la carte or as a bundle, which offers cost savings. To learn more and enroll in Fight. Recover. Repeat, visit: https://cgi.edu/continuing-education/eating-disorders-diagnosis-and-treatment/.
About Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies
Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, a private, nonprofit, DEAC accredited institution, offers education and training in integrated behavioral healthcare through a virtual online campus. To learn more about Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, visit https://cgi.edu/.
For further information or to arrange interviews, contact:
Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies
Melissa McGurgan
melissa@cgi.edu
