The SeasonED RD

Key Topics Covered How do we ensure exercise safety for clients with body image concerns and eating disorders? Folks with body image concerns require special care when it comes to exercise. Henley describes how she provides exercise recommendations for those with body image concerns and how she adapts routines to provide safety, both physical and emotional. Listen to learn how this specialist work...

How do we help clients maintain the momentum from higher level of care? Calling all therapy providers Participate now to decrease rates of relapse, (and have a little fun along the way.)  *See the app at work - STAR  *Benefits and support for both you (therapist) and client Link for therapists to get started: https://redcap.link/p806iaqi Key Topics Covered Listen in to hear how Dr Gould and Dr For...

How do we help clients maintain the momentum from higher level of care? Calling all therapy providers Participate now to decrease rates of relapse, (and have a little fun along the way.)  *See the app at work - STAR  *Benefits and support for both you (therapist) and client Link for therapists to get started: https://redcap.link/p806iaqi Key Topics Covered Listen in to hear how Dr Gould and Dr For...

Fiona Sutherland and Lisa Pearl Supervision Training for Dietitians - starting soon! Beth says "Don't hesitate - trust me, you won't regret taking this training now!!"   This is Part 2 of 2 on skill development for dietitian supervisors providing supervision-from highly seasoned to just considering. Our guests (and host) participate in lifetime supervision - it is the best connection resource for...

Fiona Sutherland and Lisa Pearl Supervision Training for Dietitians - starting soon! Beth says "Don't hesitate - trust me, you won't regret taking this training now!!"   This is Part 1 of 2 on skill development for dietitian supervisors providing supervision-from highly seasoned to just considering. Our guests (and host) participate in lifetime supervision - it is the best connection resource for...

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This episode is the second of five in our Prevention of Eating Disorders series, and is brought to you by Children's Mercy Eating Disorders Center, Kansas City. Sumner Brooks, MS, RD In this episode, Sumner Brooks shares common questions parents have when kids aren't eating the way they 'need' to. Her goal is to raise the next generation with food and body confidence - it CAN be done! BIO Sumner i...

This episode is the first of 5 in our Prevention of Eating Disorders series, and is brought to you by Children's Mercy Eating Disorders Center, Kansas City.   Denise Hamburger, JD   Denise Hamburger Denise Hamburger, JD, is the founder and executive director of BE REAL USA, a nonprofit that envisions a world where each and every student can grow up with a healthy relationship to food and their bod...

Kate Meek Note from Beth - I (kind of sort of) hijacked Kate's episode to talk about things considered harmful in eating disorders treatment.  Honestly, if you knew Kate the way I do, I had to let Kate think this was NOT about her before she would agree to this recording, so we accomplished two things at once!  Scavenger Hunt - In preparation for our Prevention Series, see how many "Aces of Hearts...

Chelsey Levy, RDN, CDN Like so many of us, Chelsea came into the field of nutrition to manage body size. Why Chelsea says is it unethical to pursue weight loss. What do you do when someone wants to lose weight using Intuitive Eating? Weight suppression in larger body often goes unrecognized   Chelsea’s Seasonings: Supervision for Intuitive Eating Counselor Certification Unlearning rules and rigidi...

Dr. Adele  Lafrance   The birth of Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) was borne through feeling helpless  When I’m stressed I can’t remember my name  Humanistic practice – we all want to be well and feel well  Unconditional positive regard  Love as a legitimate healing technology   Adele’s Seasonings:  Unconditional Positive Regard is a “medicalized” name for LOVE   Dr. Dan Siegel– https://drda...

David Triger Today we talk the work of the RDN in any treatment setting, from LTC, to acute care, and for those who are veterans.  We pull it all together with the psychology of medical nutrition therapy (MNT).  How to help our clients/patients/residents consume the food that will nourish?  It’s all about relationships.  And communication is key.  Those Foods? ALL Are Ok  Epigenetics, grace, compa...

Rebecka Peebles, MD Which comes first- Improved body image or weight gain?  Kids WILL grow out before they grow up.   AAN (‘Atypical Anorexia’) takes longer to get periods back, not clear with males.  Goal weight is the place where body and brain are healthy – HEALTHY STATE  HOW RIGID ARE COGNITIONS?? –It’s the last thing to get better.  Physical and mental – if we have estimated weight goal and l...

Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, CEDS-S LMFT is a skillful teacher here and in her book MeaningFULL about terminology and acronyms, types of therapists, types of specialties, and more.    She asks us as professionals to stop perpetuating the myth that eating disorders are about control and how setting boundaries brings the safety that is needed for true recovery.    A supervision nugget she received from Ca...

Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LDN, RN, RYT  This is a repost from last year's FIRST EVER BIPoC ED Conference.  The 2nd annual is coming up soon, with early bird registration ending soon. Topics Include:  Eating Disorders in the Black community,   Fat Liberation Panel  Minority Myth in Asian American Culture and Adoption  Antiracism training  Religion, eating disorders and liberation  Trans presenters ...

Dr. Delia Aldridge, MD, FAPA, CEDS-S   There’s not a book for psychiatrists working with eating disorders Doctors must know about refeeding syndrome Helping parent who says “They had a PR yesterday, why do they need to be admitted?” Dr. Aldridge says “If this was my kid, knowing what I know now, I would be scared for their life.” Find people in your community – therapists, dietitians, primary care...

Amanda Mellowspring, MS,RD/N,CEDRD-S trains professionals who are seeking Approved Supervisor status for the CEDS. She shares her supervision style with us, including how she taps into the ‘it’ factor of her supervisees and stated the way she learned best is through case collaboration with therapists and medical providers and multidisciplinary webinars (even though ‘we still have to work and can’t...

Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani   MCAS Simplified - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome How to listen, treat the client first, chase down the science later It’s not “Just Your Eating Disorder” Impact of malnutrition and stress on the body.  Malnutrition and stress will fuel MCAS Some Signs of MCAS Reaction to alcohol (consumed and topical like hand sanitizer) More fatigued than peers after being in heat Artificia...

  Dr. Kamila Cass, PhD, CEDS-S, (she/her/hers)  Dr. Cass tells us that our patients can FEEL when we believe them and that they need to know, so strongly, that they have a right to treatment no matter how many times they need it.    They have a right to be wrestling with their eating disordered cognitions- it's not their fault that these thoughts were there it's happening to them they didn't ask f...

  Erin Nicole Harrop, LICSW, PhD What is it like to compare treatment received for anorexia nervosa when you're at the low end of the weight spectrum (“typical”) and then not at the lower end (“atypical”). Dr Erin Harrop describes this experience, how they were treated and what it felt like.  And then gives us professionals tips to do better. Believe your patient If you’re going to disbelieve, bri...

Dr. Dennis Gibson, MD Dr Gibson talks about eating disorders work as the marriage of medicine and psychology. A lot of discussion about Atypical AN and insurance. Dr .Dennis shares that at ACUTE, teaching is happening every day, incorporating many learners on the unit: medical residents, OT, PT, ST… Physical changes are discussed, such as the amount of muscle loss and weakness that is significant...

Dr. Jenny Thomas, PhD What is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder? Restriction without body image What would cause someone to restrict food if it wasn’t to change the body? Phenotypes described -  Three types can occur in same individual Sensory sensitivity presentation – textures Trauma – vomiting, choking, pain in belly Lack of Interest – “I forget to eat”, don’t get hungry and get full qu...

Scout Silverstein, (They/Them)   Happy International Transgender Visibility Day! Today’s conversation with Scout Silverstein helps give us supportive language for our clients and their loved ones around gender affirming care. Care notes include asking preferred pronouns and settings to use them. Exploration vs Current/Asserted Gender. Parents wonder if it’s a phase. Scout shares about “Regret Rate...

"I wish I would have known there was another way to help people heal" Her nuggets for us as professionals today include: How she knew she had eating problems but was missed by a therapist who said she was ok because she wasn’t throwing up and “looked ok” How she wants everyone to know that restrictive eating to lose weight can cause infertility How important it is to surround ourselves regularly w...

Meghan Foley, RD, CEDRD-S   Meghan shares her style when working with clients at the highest level of care for eating disorders.    “Being a dietitian in this field is the best of both worlds.”  Statements like “This isn’t going to get easier until you just do it” and “We have to feed you through this” help us know our decisions as RDs won’t be popular but can immobilize and heal.  Third voice her...