(HS Berman 059761 2021) Food and Body Shame: Acceptance-Based, Non-Diet Interventions for Clients Struggling with Eating ....

Course overview

What if you could help your clients feel better about their bodies... ...and forge ahead with dreams and goals that have been linked to weight loss... ...regardless of whether their body size ever changes? Say farewell to weight-centric approaches that fall short in addressing body image and shame-based eating, oversimplify complex issues, intensify your clients' guilt and shame, worsen weight stigma, and possibly create medical risk. Now you can guide your clients to thriving with a new way of approaching eating and body image that zeroes in on what truly works - an acceptance-based approach that differentiates weight from health, combats weight stigma, fosters body acceptance, and reduces symptoms of shame-based eating, anxiety, and depression. Watch Dr. Margit Berman, developer of Accept Yourself!, a self-acceptance-based intervention that integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with a weight-neutral, non-dieting, body liberation framework of care, as she teaches you step-by-step, effective treatment of weight-related concerns. You'll learn: How to promote authentic self-acceptance in clients who struggle with the idea of "body positivity" When and how to choose a self-acceptance-based approach that gets rid of the old dieting rulebook Strategies to advocate for and support clients dealing with weight-based stigma and discrimination Tools for helping clients meet goals they thought were only possible once they achieved an ideal weight