Hope, Acceptance and Change

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Educational workshop for professionals working with eating disorder or anxiety disorder clients (4.25 Continuing Education Credits)

Continuing Education Information. Now APA Approved!

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If you treat patients with eating disorders or anxiety disorders, you know they struggle with issues that are both complex and pervasive. These individuals are tormented by their inner private thoughts and feelings and very often ambivalent to change. Hope, Acceptance and Change is a practical workshop addressing the medical, psychiatric and psychological issues prevalent in this population. Treatment interventions and strategies will be used including the powerful techniques of dialectical behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. The workshop will offer practical skills and tools to treat patients with eating and anxiety disorders in effort to see themselves as whole and complete individuals.

Part I: Eating Disorders (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Our weight-obsessed culture places a person's value and worth on their external shape and size creating a hostile recovery environment for those suffering. This portion of the workshop will address the medical complications of eating disorders and pharmacologic therapies for treating eating disorders and co-occurring disorders. Further, acceptance and change strategies blended with life-management skills create a useful and practical intervention for meeting the needs of patients suffering from eating disorders. Through case studies and experiential exercises, this presentation includes tools, assignments, and strategies that have been compassionately and effectively utilized in the treatment of more than 9,000 Remuda eating disorder patients.

Following this presentation, participants will:

  • List 3 medical and psychiatric complications of eating disorders.
  • List common co-occurring diagnoses seen in patients with eating disorders.
  • Describe issues in treating males with eating disorders.
  • Apply acceptance and change strategies to the most difficult emotional and behavioral issues.
  • List 3 techniques of DBT skills you can use to help with emotional dysregulation.
  • Describe the core body image disturbances, cognitive errors, distortions, and identity issues interfering with recovery.

Part 2: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Panic Disorders (12:45 pm - 3:00 pm)

There are always obstacles and challenges involved in treating seriously ill clients with anxiety disorders. It is the most commonly diagnosed category of mental health conditions in the United States. At Remuda Ranch, we have an understanding of the mechanics that drive anxiety and offer state-of-the-art treatment. The Hope, Acceptance and Change workshop will focus particularly on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. We will review comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment of these conditions including psychopharmacology interventions. Further, given our expertise and years of experience treating eating disorders, this workshop will discuss the methods to identify and distinguish between OCD, Anorexia Nervosa, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

Following this presentation, participants will:

  • Gain tools for recognizing and managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
  • List treatment strategies used in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
  • Understand how to effectively use Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Restructuring as a treatment plan.
  • List medications approved for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
  • Describe similarities/differences between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

Speakers:

Kevin Wandler, MD, CEDS is board certified in General Psychiatry, with Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry, by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Dr Wandler has been the Chief Medical Director at Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders for over 14 years. He has presented frequently to US and international audiences on state-of-the-art treatments for eating disorders and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Wandler has written numerous articles and co-authored chapters in Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment.

Dena Cabrera, Psy.D., CEDS is a licensed psychologist in the State of Arizona and has been on staff at Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders for 10 years. Dr. Cabrera is an expert in the psychodiagnostic assessment and treatment of eating and anxiety disorders. She has been involved in program development, staff training and supervision throughout the Remuda system. She presents to national audiences on state-of-the-art treatments of eating disorders and difficult mental health problems. Dr. Cabrera has written numerous articles and co-authored chapters in Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment. She has appeared in several national media interviews.

Continuing Education Information:

Remuda Ranch is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Provider #6152 NBCC Clock hrs awarded = 4.25

This program has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. CPEUs awarded = 4.25

Remuda Ranch is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Remuda Ranch maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CE credit hrs awarded = 4.25

Upcoming Event Locations

New York, NY,  Chicago, IL,  and more to come...

To Register

Click on city above or contact our Professional Relations Department at 1-800-445-1900.

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