Disordered Eating: Somatic, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness Interventions for Lasting Recovery

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Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT Related seminars and products

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Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT, is a practicing clinician for over 30 years specializing in somatic psychotherapy. She is an eating disorder specialist, certified mindfulness teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Dr. Biasetti teaches in the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) program, where she shares her expertise in somatic self-compassionate interventions for eating disorders recovery and serves as a consultation leader. She has led well-received retreats at Kripalu and Shambhala Mountain Center and has led professional training workshops through her Befriending Your Body (BFYB) certification program for eating disorder recovery. She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening Self-Compassion Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing and Growth. Dr. Biasetti maintains a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Andreana Saffi Biasetti maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Andreana Saffi Biasetti is a member of the Polyvagal Institute, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the International Yoga Therapy Association, the National Association of Social Work, and the Yoga Alliance.

Objectives

1. Determine the neurobiological impact of chronic disordered eating patterns on the brain for purposes of providing accurate and effective psychoeducation to clients.
2. Develop evidence-based somatic interventions for reducing negative self-talk and poor body image in clients with disordered eating.
3. Integrate self-compassion and somatic interventions into existing treatment approaches, including CBT and DBT.
4. Utilize mindfulness-based interventions to help clients manage emotional dysregulation and food/body image triggers.
5. Appraise and manage potential countertransference issues that may arise during treatment with clients with disordered eating.
6. Evaluate the empirical literature around self-compassion and somatic interventions for disordered eating recovery.

Outline

• What is embodiment and why does it matter?
• Why somatic interventions are the missing piece of sustained recovery
• The “mind-body divide” in Western culture
• Changing our perception of what sustainable recovery looks like
• Experiential Strategy: Breath Inside the Body

• What happens in the eating disordered brain?
• Understanding interoceptive awareness (IA)
• The link between the nervous system, embodied cognition, and emotional regulation
• Reduce shame and blame with accurate psychoeducation
• Experiential Strategy: Interoceptive Awareness (IA) Practice of Emotional Containment

• The three components of self-compassion
• Delivery is everything when it comes to self-compassion!
• Developing self-compassion when there is none to be found
• Moving from compassion to action
• Strategies to help your client:
  • Reframe the recovery process as both nonlinear and continuous
  • Embrace themselves in a kinder, gentler way
  • Release the shame/blame cycle
  • Soothe the inner critic
  • Learn to re-parent themselves
• Experiential Strategy: Connecting with Another, Connecting with Self

• What if your client can’t handle what they become aware of?
• Stay in the moment, contain the moment, move on from the movement
• Strategies to help your client:
  • Stay in the moment, regardless of how it feels
  • Build distress tolerance and emotional regulation
  • Manage body image triggers
  • Cope with challenging moments
• Experiential Strategy: Two Wings of a Bird; Compassionate Teacher

• Integrating somatic interventions into existing frameworks (CBT, DBT, etc.)
• Does my client need a specialist or higher level of care?
• Countertransference issues; when to seek supervision
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counselors
• Case Managers
• Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physicians
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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