Body Image Boot Camp
About
Improving body image can be the most challenging element of working with clients recovering from disordered eating, particularly in this age of “normative discontent”. Often when our clients relationship with food is restored they continue to experience pervasive body shame. This workshop provides an abundance of practical skills to equip therapists to target body image concerns in clients.Learning objectives:
Understand the magnitude and impact of body image concerns
Understand the extent to which our clients can make peace with their bodies
Deconstruct the cultural landscape that breeds body image issues
Understand how to use nuanced language to reduce body shame
Identify clinical factors that perpetuate and maintain poor body image
Implement CBT based exercises to improve client’s body image
Please note: this workshop is informed by the principles of health based paradigm as a framework for understanding body image concerns.
Location
Online event access details will be provided by the event organiser