Treatment Strategies for Compulsive Overeating - Live Online Interactive (3 CE)
Course Level:Â Beginner, Intermediate
This Course Is For: Psychologist, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists
Course Format:Â This is a live, interactive online course taught by an instructor via Zoom. Participants are required to attend the live online workshop, participate in group discussion, and complete the course evaluation before earning the certificate of attendance.
Course Developed By: Samantha Deming, MA, LMFT
Bio: Samantha has been part of the Triad Behavioral Health instructional staff since January 2000. Samantha is an asset to the seminar because she has had many years of teaching experience prior to her teaching for the seminar. Students find her easy to follow because she very organized in her presentation. She is also very animated and brings a lot of her natural humor into the classroom.
Course Description:
Do you find more of your clients are reporting struggles with food since the on-set of the Pandemic. Times of stress and easy kitchen access may be exacerbating overeating behaviors in your clients. Individuals engaging in compulsive overeating are eating more than their bodies need, eating when they are not hungry, eating larger portions than their bodies need, and often eating to soothe their emotions. While these clients are not doing any of the unhealthy compensatory behaviors of an anorexic or bulimic they can still be harming their physical and/or mental health. This class is designed to review the symptoms of compulsive overeating and to increase your knowledge regarding clinical treatment strategies to address factors in compulsive overeating from a Cognitive-Behavioral perspective.Â
Learning Objectives:
- Define the symptoms of Compulsive Overeating and how it is diagnosed in DSM-V.
- Identify the dynamics behind compulsive overeating and binge eating behaviors, similarities, and differences.
- Distinguish biological, environmental, and psychological factors contributing to compulsive overeating.
- Identify cognitive-behavioral treatment strategies to help compulsive overeating.
Course Agenda:
Weekend:
9:00am – 9:15am
- Introduction to Course
9:15am-10:00am
- Define Compulsive Overeating
- Overeating and Stress
- Obesity
10:00am-10:30am
- DSM-5 Disorders and Overeating Behaviors
- Biology and Overeating
10:30am-11:15am
- Impact of Dieting on Eating
- Environmental Factors in Overeating
- Emotions and Overeating
- Case Vignettes – Audience Participation
11:15am-11:45am
- Treatment Strategies
11:45am-12:00pm
- Conclusion, Q&A
Evening:
5:00pm – 5:15pm
- Introduction to Course
5:15pm-6:00pm
- Define Compulsive Overeating
- Overeating and Stress
- Obesity
6:00pm-6:30pm
- DSM-5 Disorders and Overeating Behaviors
- Biology and Overeating
6:30pm-7:15pm
- Impact of Dieting on Eating
- Environmental Factors in Overeating
- Emotions and Overeating
- Case Vignettes – Audience Participation
7:15pm-7:45pm
- Treatment Strategies
7:45pm-8:00pm
- Conclusion, Q&A
Course Completion Requirements:
Attendees must be present for the duration of the training as evidenced by the attendance report generated by Zoom, as well as complete the course evaluation to receive a certificate of credit.Â
Evaluation:
The course evaluation is accessible in your student account. After completing the training, log into your AATBS student account to complete the course evaluation.Â
How certificate is issued:
Upon verification of attendance and completion of the course evaluation, each participant will be able to access a personal CE certificate of attendance in their student account.
Approvals:
Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
Board Approvals | American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), NBCC, Florida Board - Social Work, MFT, Counseling, and Psychology, NYSED - Social Work, MFT and Counseling Only, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders |
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CE Format | Live Online |
Asset Includes | Online Programs |