Eating Recovery Center

Prepare for an incredible experience at our upcoming annual conferences on eating disorders and mental health! 🤩 Join more than 1,000 of your colleagues to explore the future of behavioral health while gaining critical skills to apply to your practice. Here's a preview of topics we're covering... 👉 Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RODBT) for anxiety 👉 GLP1s, binge eating disorder and the bariatric community 👉 The impact of GLP1 messaging in the African-American community 👉 Ethical treatment at higher levels of care 👉 Exercise integration at all levels of care In case you’re not convinced yet, here are a few more reasons to attend: 💻 Participate from anywhere 💻 Our 100% virtual format eliminates travel costs and saves time. 📚 Learn the latest 📚 Explore trending topics vital to all mental health clinicians in 2024. 💙 Build your community 💙 Engage with respected, trusted peers from across the nation 🗣 Speak your mind 🗣 Interact through live chats and Q&A sessions. 🔍 Explore challenging cases 🔍 Attend clinical consultations and get one-on-one guidance. Sign up now to take advantage of our advanced early bird pricing: https://bit.ly/3yn0Twz #ERCConference

Dr. Deborah Michel, our National Clinical Director of Virtual Care, was recently featured in a CW39 Houston segment about eating disorders in men. She discusses the rise in eating disorders among men, the stigma surrounding these diagnoses for this population, knowing the signs of an eating disorder, and how to access help. Watch the full clip here: https://bit.ly/3YfmcLx

Whether it comes from a caregiver, teacher or friend, many can remember the first time a loved one commented on their body or the food they were eating. Unfortunately, these words can have a long-term effect on one’s self-image and eating habits. When the topic of adolescence comes up, it’s easy to recall the impact these food and body comments had. Children and adolescents are observant and perceptive, often modeling the behavior of adults in their lives to guide their own choices. While we’d like to believe that society is moving toward more acceptance and celebration of diverse body types, for many kids, and even adults, social media pressures are real. Additionally, many caregivers might still be suffering from poor body image brought on by decades of diet industry messaging and marketing. Adults and caregivers need to continuously communicate to children that the way we look is only one part of who we are. Keeping this in mind, they can serve as positive role models in their own behaviors around food and body image, both in person and on social media. It’s important for caregivers to examine their own attitudes, beliefs, prejudices and behaviors about food, weight, body image, physical appearance, health and exercise. What’s even more important overall is that caregivers “own it” (i.e., recognize and acknowledge) when they are not modeling this — and make a proactive effort to change their own beliefs and behaviors. Here are some examples of unhelpful statements that caregivers sometimes make in front of their kids and the lasting impact such statements can have. More on this topic here: https://bit.ly/3yuMWNa

In honor of #BIPOCMentalHealthAwarenessMonth, we're taking a moment to highlight one of our amazing nonprofit partners that works tirelessly to support initiatives and programs that increase access to culturally relevant mental health and wellness resources, therapy, and training experiences for the Black community. Learn more about Black Mental Wellness, Corp. below!👇

Our Mental Health Advocate, Shannon Kopp, teamed up with HAPPINESS ON 4 HOOVES and Hooves and Paws Pet Therapy Crisis and Responses to be at our booth at the ARHE Conference yesterday. They were a big hit! 🐾

Our team had an amazing experience at the Higher Education Case Managers Association (HECMA) Conference last week! Our Director of Telehealth Development, Casey Tallent, Ph.D., delivered an insightful presentation to a packed room of college and university case managers, discussing strategies for advocating for students with eating disorders.

We recently asked our Chief Medical Officer, Howard Weeks, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFAACAP, his “why” for working in the mental health field. “For me, it’s the patient interaction and the ability to not just look at someone’s lab and test results, but to also have a conversation with them and understand what is really going on.” Now, we'd love to learn about your “why” and invite you to our 16th annual Eating Recovery Conference on Eating Disorders and Pathlight Conference on Mental Health. We will discuss a variety of trending topics that will shape the future of therapy such as: - Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RODBT) for anxiety - Cannabis and Mental Health - The impact of GLP1 messaging in the African-American community - Ethical treatment at higher levels of care - Exercise integration at all levels of care - And a lot more! Don't forget to share your “why” with us and secure your spot here: https://bit.ly/4cAiBvc #ContinuingEducation #ERCConference

Dealing with a long-term illness can be... overwhelming. And they can be incredibly complex to navigate for those who have eating disorders. For #ChronicIllnessAwarenessMonth, we're taking a *very* high-level look at the intersection of chronic illnesses and eating disorders. Tap through the slides to learn more.

A beautiful message from our National Mental Health Advocate, Fonda K. (Eric Dorsa!) 💙 If you missed out on this year's Out Loud Pride Summit, you can still catch all the continuing education sessions on demand through our library: https://bit.ly/3za7ZlW Happy Pride!

We're excited to announce that Leah Young, LCPC and Clinical Manager from Chicago, will be presenting as a keynote speaker at the ARHE/ARS/AAPG Annual Conference at the Hyatt regency La Jolla at Aventine in San Diego! Presentation: "The Interaction Between Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorders with Special Considerations for Race and Gender" Date: July 2nd Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Regency DEFG Make sure to stop by and meet our amazing team, Vickie Benard, NCIDQ and Shannon Kopp, at Booth 22 in the exhibit hall. We look forward to connecting with you and discussing how we can continue to support individuals on their path to recovery. See you in San Diego! 👋