Considerations When Working with Eating Disorders
The purpose of this training is to provide an overview concerning the treatment of eating disorders. The focus is to provide education on how to identify and assess for eating disorders, beginning, basic treatment strategies, and appropriate treatment referrals.
Learning Objectives
· Be able to understand and debunk at least 3 misconceptions associated with eating disorder presentation
· Understand multicultural and sociocultural issues related to eating disorder presentation and treatment
· Understand eating disorder assessment techniques
· Increased knowledge on the interdisciplinary treatment approach to eating disorders and making appropriate referrals.
Date: December 16th
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Bridget Smith
Bridget Smith is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, who received her PsyD in clinical psychology from James Madison University and her master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver.
In her role at VCU she provides individual psychological counseling and sport performance sessions, programming and outreach, and consultation services to teams and athletics staff.
Prior to VCU she completed both her clinical internship and post-doctoral residency at the James Madison University Counseling Center before joining as a senior staff psychologist where she specialized in trauma, eating and body image concerns, and student athlete mental health. During her tenure at JMU she played a role in establishing the integrated healthcare team within the athletics department to better meet the need of student-athletes. Additionally, she has also worked as a licensed provider at an eating disorder outpatient clinic in Philadelphia, and during graduate school worked at a higher level of care eating disorder treatment center as house counselor offering support after programming hours for residents.
As a clinician, she is committed to honoring an individual’s lived experience and cultivating change through warmth, humor, and fostering a sense of empowerment.
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