BodyMatters is delighted to provide a variety of professional development courses. All courses receive a certificate of attendance including CPD hours completed. Most of these training courses will be delivered via Zoom and are therefore accessible to anyone in Australia- however please click the hyperlinks for more information. We always have more courses pending – watch this space!

The upcoming events at BodyMatters include:

Mar
4
Tue
2025
Group Supervision Pack- Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) with Sarah McMahon Semester 1 @ Onine, Zoom
Mar 4 @ 12:00 pm – Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm

Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)

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The Group Supervision Pack – Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM)  with Sarah McMahon offers a structured opportunity for participants to receive valuable support, guidance, and professional development. This pack includes 4 supervision sessions held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 12:00 PM.

This is a commitment to attend all 4 sessions, offering consistency and the opportunity for participation in a group setting rather than individual supervision.

  • Dates: Semester 1 takes place on the 1st Tuesday of each month.
      • 4 March 2025
      • 1 April 2025
      • 6 May 2025
      • 3 June 2025
  • Time: 12:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 sessions over 4 months
  • Format: Small group (maximum 5 participants)
  • Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)Facilitator:
    Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters and Psychologist, leading a Sydney-based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. With approximately 15 years of experience in the field of eating disorders, Sarah has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. She is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment, as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

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Mar
6
Thu
2025
Group Supervision Pack- CBT-E with Sarah McMahon Semester 1 @ Onine, Zoom
Mar 6 @ 12:00 pm – Jun 5 @ 1:00 pm

Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)

Book Now

The Group Supervision Pack – CBT-E with Sarah McMahon offers a structured opportunity for participants to receive valuable support, guidance, and professional development. This pack includes 4 supervision sessions held on the 1st Thursday of each month at 12:00 PM.

This is a commitment to attend all 4 sessions, offering consistency and the opportunity for participation in a group setting rather than individual supervision.

  • Dates: Semester 1 takes place on the 1st Thursday of each month.
    • 6 March 2025
    • 3 April 2025
    • 1 May 2025
    • 5 June 2025
  • Time: 12:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 sessions over 4 months
  • Format: Small group (maximum 5 participants)
  • Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)Facilitator:
    Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters and Psychologist, leading a Sydney-based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. With approximately 15 years of experience in the field of eating disorders, Sarah has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. She is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment, as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

Book Now

Mar
25
Tue
2025
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Title: Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa – 10am to 5pm AEDT
Location: Via Zoom
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)
Date: Tuesday 25 March, 2025

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About the Workshop:

Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) was originally designed as a placebo comparative treatment in a clinical trial for the treatment of anorexia nervosa, and  showed promising results. Since then SSCM has continued to be used, and shown to be a valid and effective treatment for anorexia nervosa. SSCM combines a range of tools including clinical management, psychoeducation and encouragement with a supportive therapeutic style, working collaboratively with clients to target specific eating disorder symptoms. The aim of the therapy is to empower clients to make a link between their symptoms, eating behaviour and weight, and to support them to gradually return to normal eating and weight.

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • An understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM)
  • To understand when SSCM is indicated and contraindicated
  • To understand the target symptoms of SSCM
  • Understand the three phase structure of SSCM
  • Apply SSCM as a treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

 

 

 

 

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Apr
14
Mon
2025
CBT-E Workshop @ Via Zoom
Apr 14 @ 10:00 am – Apr 15 @ 5:00 pm

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a two day workshop on Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E). | Zoom, Monday 14 April to Tuesday 15 April 2025 10am to 5pm AEST

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Price: $891 ($800 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)
Date: Monday 14 April to Tuesday 15 April 2025

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About the Workshop:

This online, two day, interactive training provides participants with a solid understanding of Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E) and practical skills to implement it with clients. CBT-E is a transdiagnostic approach to treating eating disorders, considered to be a gold standard, front line treatment for adults. It is a manualised and structured intervention that is simultaneously highly personalized and  targets the factors that maintain a person’s eating disorder.

The efficacy of CBT-E is supported by the fact that It is one of the modal training recognised by the Australian Eating Disorder Credentialing program and also one of the therapies that can be delivered for medicare subsidized treatment under the Eating Disorder Treatment Plan .

The training will provide a comprehensive introduction to the model including detail on implementing each of the four stages of CBT-E and the application of these to the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. 

Please note: a basic understanding of Eating Disorders and CBT are prerequisites for training.

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

Pricing:

  • Regular: $891 ($800 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

This workshop is credentialed for NEDC.

 

 

 

 

 

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May
13
Tue
2025
Body Image Boot Camp: How to Improve Body Image in Our Clients (1 Day, Online) @ Onine, Zoom
May 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Title: Body Image Boot Camp: How to Improve Body Image in Our Clients (1 Day, Online)

Location: Via Zoom
Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Time: 10AM to 5PM AEST
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

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About the issue/ course:
Improving body image can be the most challenging element of working with clients recovering from disordered eating, particularly in this age of “normative discontent”. Often when our clients relationship with food is restored they continue to experience pervasive body shame. This workshop provides an abundance of practical skills to equip therapists to target body image concerns in clients.

Learning objectives:

  1. Understand the magnitude and impact of body image concerns
  2. Understand the extent to which our clients can make peace with their bodies
  3. Deconstruct the cultural landscape that breeds body image issues
  4. Understand how to use nuanced language to reduce body shame
  5. Identify clinical factors that perpetuate and maintain poor body image
  6. Implement CBT based exercises to improve client’s body image

Please note: this workshop is informed by the principles of health based paradigm as a framework for understanding body image concerns
Pricing: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

About the presenter:
Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a Sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

Cancellation policy and disclaimer:

Please be aware of our cancellation policy and disclaimer, which is available here.

Register Here

 

May
19
Mon
2025
Eating Disorders and Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery @ Onine, Zoom
May 19 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Dr Carmel Harrison, a Clinical Psychologist and Mari Harrison, an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician present a one day workshop on Eating Disorders and Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. | Zoom, Monday 19 May 2025 9AM to 4PM AEST

Location: Via Zoom
Date: Monday 19 May 2025
Time: 9AM to 4PM AEST
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

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About the course:

Many people who have undergone or are considering Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery also struggle with disordered eating and in the absence of any specific training eating disorder clinicians may be struggling with questions like: How do you assess for eating disorders following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery? What is dumping syndrome? Slider foods? Plugging? How might cognitive behavioural therapy change? What does ‘normal’ eating look like post Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery? Should their eating disorder have been treated before the surgery?

 

Workshop objectives:

  1. To gain knowledge around Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, distinguishing different surgery types (gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, and gastric banding) and understanding the mechanisms of weight loss involved with these procedures.
  2. To develop an awareness of the nuance around eating disorders and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Is it loss of control eating or reactive hypoglycaemia? Is it starvation syndrome or silent reflux?
  3. To understand diagnosis of eating disorders post Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and limitations within the current literature around diagnosis and assessment measures commonly used to assess eating disorders.
  4. Review the evidence base around the impact of disordered eating on outcomes in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the evidence base for treatment interventions.
  5. Understand how cognitive behavioural therapy may be adapted or enhanced following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

This workshop is multidisciplinary and open to psychologists, dietitians, mental health occupational therapists and general practitioners. It is assumed clinicians are trained in eating disorder treatment as relevant to their discipline. The course is designed as an introduction to Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery where no prior training in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery has been completed previously.

 

About the presenters:

Mari Harrison
Mari is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with over 25 years of experience in mental health, eating disorders, diabetes care, and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. She has a keen interest in the intersection of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and eating disorders, dedicating her career to helping individuals with nutrition and eating behaviour concerns. As an educator, Mari enjoys sharing her knowledge and professional insights through workshops and webinars, empowering both her clients and fellow healthcare providers. Her unique combination of skills and knowledge in eating disorders and bariatric surgery makes her a trusted professional in the field.

 

Dr Carmel Harrison

Carmel is a Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in weight concerns, Binge Eating Disorder and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Carmel has approximately ten year’s experience in private practice and completed her training at the Australian National University. She holds a Clinical PhD in Binge Eating Disorder and has published a number of academic journal articles on Binge Eating Disorder, and disordered eating more broadly. She is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC) and a member of the Australian New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders and the Australian and New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society. Additionally, Carmel is a board approved supervisor and offers training workshops and webinars.

 

Cancellation policy and disclaimer:

Please be aware of our cancellation policy and disclaimer, which is available here.

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May
20
Tue
2025
Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy @ Onine, Zoom
May 20 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one day workshop on Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy. | Zoom, Tuesday 20 May 2025 10AM to 5PM AEST

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Date: Tuesday 20 May 2025
Pricing: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

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Enhancing our client’s motivation to change and building their self-efficacy is absolutely paramount when it comes to treating people experiencing eating and body image issues- including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. This one day workshop for allied health practitioners provides an introduction to/ refresher of motivational interviewing with a specific application to eating disorders. In particular the workshop will emphasize how to work with clients in precontemplative, contemplative and determination/ preparation stages of change.

Learning objectives:

  1. Understand the transtheoretical stages of change with specific application to eating disorders
  2. Appreciate the key barriers to recovery for eating disorder sufferers
  3. Understand how to support clients to move through precontemplation, contemplation and preparation stages of change
  4. Understand how to build insight in people experiencing eating and body image issues
  5. Describe a novel treatment mechanism positing open expression = trust = social connectedness
  6. Increase motivation to change for people experiencing eating and body image issues
  7. Build self efficacy in people experiencing eating and body image issues

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a Sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

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Aug
1
Fri
2025
Maudsley Family-Based Therapy (Two-Day Training) @ Via Zoom
Aug 1 @ 9:00 am – Aug 2 @ 5:00 pm

Andrew Wallis presents a two day workshop on the use of Family Therapy for adolescents . | Zoom, Friday 01 August and Saturday 02 August 2025, 9am to 5pm AEST

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Date: Friday 01 August and Saturday 02 August 2025
Pricing: $891 ($800 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

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About the Event:
Family Based Therapy (FBT) is an evidence-based eating disorder specific outpatient treatment first developed at the Maudsley Hospital in London in the 1980’s with further development in the USA (Stanford and Chicago) in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. A treatment manual was published in 2002 enabling FBT to be disseminated outside of these development sites. FBT is the current recommended first line treatment for adolescents with AN and first became available in Australia in 2003 at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead.

FBT integrates concepts from a number of family therapy models in a developmentally sensitive framework and holds the basic premise that parents are the best resource to help their child recover from anorexia nervosa. The treatment is organised around three treatment phases across 12 months. FBT commences with a focus on parental leadership of the young person’s nutritional recovery and finishes with a focus on adolescent issues. The treatment is suitable for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa with a short course of illness.

Workshop Content
The aim of this workshop is to provide intensive practical training in the application of this model including:

  • Theoretical background, framework and the role of the multidisciplinary team
  • Detailed description of treatment phases, key sessions and the therapeutic process
  • Discussion of clinical issues and processes to enable successful implementation
  • Guided role plays to help develop participants micro skill development

Day 1 and 2 will cover all aspects of the model. The 4 online evening sessions will focus on clinical processes and problem solving within the model. At the completion of the workshop participants will have a good working knowledge of the model and will be able to consider using FBT in their clinical setting.

It is expected that clinicians attending will have –

  • Professional training and skills in child and adolescent mental health care
  • Knowledge and experience with adolescent eating disorders
  • Previous experience working with families is an advantage

About the presenter:
Dr Andrew Wallis
is a Clinical Social Worker and Family Therapist. He has been working with adolescents and their families for more than 25 years. He is currently Co-lead of the Eating Disorder Service at Sydney Children’s Hospital Network – a tertiary service in Sydney, Australia. In 2003 with colleagues at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, he established the first Family-Based Therapy program in Australia, and Multiple Family therapy for Anorexia Nervosa in 2014. He has been providing training, consultation and supervision in Australia and New Zealand for more than 15 years, helping to support public and private services to implement family therapy approaches to adolescent problems. Andrew has also been involved in FBT research with more than 25 peer reviewed papers and book chapters including his PhD research on the impact of Family Based Therapy on family relationships.

 

Cancellation policy and disclaimer:

Please be aware of our cancellation policy and disclaimer, which is available here.

 

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Aug
5
Tue
2025
Group supervision pack- SSCM with Sarah McMahon Semester 2 @ Onine, Zoom
Aug 5 @ 12:00 pm – Dec 2 @ 1:00 pm

Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)

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The Group Supervision Pack – SSCM with Sarah McMahon offers a structured opportunity for participants to receive valuable support, guidance, and professional development. This pack includes 4 supervision sessions held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 12:00 PM.

This is a commitment to attend all 4 sessions, offering consistency and the opportunity for participation in a group setting rather than individual supervision.

  • Dates: Semester 2 takes place on the 1st Tuesday of the month.
    • 5 August 2025
    • 2 September 2025
    • 4 November 2025
    • 2 December 2025
  • Time: 12:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 sessions over 4 months
  • Format: Small group (maximum 5 participants)
  • Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)Facilitator:
    Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters and Psychologist, leading a Sydney-based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. With approximately 15 years of experience in the field of eating disorders, Sarah has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. She is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment, as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

Book Now

Aug
6
Wed
2025
Group Supervision Pack- CBT-E with Sarah McMahon Semester 2 @ Onine, Zoom
Aug 6 @ 12:00 pm – Dec 3 @ 1:00 pm

Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)

Book Now

The Group Supervision Pack – CBT-E with Sarah McMahon offers a structured opportunity for participants to receive valuable support, guidance, and professional development. This pack includes 4 supervision sessions held on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM.

This is a commitment to attend all 4 sessions, offering consistency and the opportunity for participation in a group setting rather than individual supervision.

  • Dates: Semester 2 takes place on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
    • 6 August 2025
    • 3 September 2025
    • 5 November 2025
    • 3 December 2025
  • Time: 12:00 PM
  • Duration: 4 sessions over 4 months
  • Format: Small group (maximum 5 participants)
  • Price: $341 per person ( $300 covers all 4 sessions at $75 per session + GST + TryBooking fee)Facilitator:
    Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters and Psychologist, leading a Sydney-based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. With approximately 15 years of experience in the field of eating disorders, Sarah has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. She is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment, as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

Book Now

Aug
14
Thu
2025
CBTE- Adolescents Masterclass (1 Day, Online) @ Via Zoom
Aug 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one day workshop on Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) for Adolescents. | Zoom, Thursday 14 August 2024 10am to 5pm AEST

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)
Date: Thursday 14 August 2024

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About the Workshop:
CBT-E offers a promising new evidence based treatment framework for adolescents recovering from eating disorders. Similar to the adult version of CBT-E, the adolescent version is a personalized intervention that targets key maintaining features of eating disorders and provides an additional framework for working with an adolescent client, including involving family members as support. It is an individual treatment designed to enhance an adolescent’s agency and autonomy, build engagement and can be applied transdiagnostically. This one day workshop will support you to apply this model of treatment.

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • An understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of CBT-E Adolescent

  • To understand when CBT-E is indicated and contraindicated

  • To understand the key differences between the adult and adolescent version of CBT-E

  • To understand the key differences between MFBT and CBT-E

  • Ability to deliver the model, including: 

    • Formulation

    • Implement core tenets of the treatment

    • Understand the treatment sequence (including key treatment steps and goals)

    • Access clinical tools to use the model

  • To access and provide psychoeducation relevant to the person’s clinical presentation. 

  • Measure treatment adherence outcomes using standardised measures, including:

    • Monitoring weight

    • Eating disorder behaviour eg binge-purge frequency

    • Eating disorder psychopathology with psychometric tools

Pre requisite: 
Completed 2 day training in CBT-E

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Sep
4
Thu
2025
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa @ Onine, Zoom
Sep 4 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Title: Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa – 10am to 5pm AEST
Location: Via Zoom
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)
Date: Thursday 04 September 2025

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About the Workshop:

Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) was originally designed as a placebo comparative treatment in a clinical trial for the treatment of anorexia nervosa, and  showed promising results. Since then SSCM has continued to be used, and shown to be a valid and effective treatment for anorexia nervosa. SSCM combines a range of tools including clinical management, psychoeducation and encouragement with a supportive therapeutic style, working collaboratively with clients to target specific eating disorder symptoms. The aim of the therapy is to empower clients to make a link between their symptoms, eating behaviour and weight, and to support them to gradually return to normal eating and weight.

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • An understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM)
  • To understand when SSCM is indicated and contraindicated
  • To understand the target symptoms of SSCM
  • Understand the three phase structure of SSCM
  • Apply SSCM as a treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

 

 

 

BodyMatters Training Cancellation Policy and Disclaimer

Register Now

Sep
8
Mon
2025
Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy @ Onine, Zoom
Sep 8 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one day workshop on Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy. | Zoom, Monday 8 September 2025 10AM to 5PM AEST

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Date: Monday 8 September 2025
Pricing: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

Register Now

About the Event:
Enhancing our client’s motivation to change and building their self-efficacy is absolutely paramount when it comes to treating people experiencing eating and body image issues- including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. This one day workshop for allied health practitioners provides an introduction to/ refresher of motivational interviewing with a specific application to eating disorders. In particular the workshop will emphasize how to work with clients in precontemplative, contemplative and determination/ preparation stages of change.

Learning objectives:

  1. Understand the transtheoretical stages of change with specific application to eating disorders
  2. Appreciate the key barriers to recovery for eating disorder sufferers
  3. Understand how to support clients to move through precontemplation, contemplation and preparation stages of change
  4. Understand how to build insight in people experiencing eating and body image issues
  5. Describe a novel treatment mechanism positing open expression = trust = social connectedness
  6. Increase motivation to change for people experiencing eating and body image issues
  7. Build self efficacy in people experiencing eating and body image issues

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a Sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

BodyMatters Training Cancellation Policy and Disclaimer

Register Now

 

Oct
20
Mon
2025
CBT-E Workshop @ Via Zoom
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a two day workshop on Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E). | Zoom, Monday 20 October to Tuesday 21 October 2025 10am to 5pm AEDT

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Price: $891 ($800 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)
Date: Monday 20 October to Tuesday 21 October 2025

Register Now

About the Workshop:

This online, two day, interactive training provides participants with a solid understanding of Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E) and practical skills to implement it with clients. CBT-E is a transdiagnostic approach to treating eating disorders, considered to be a gold standard, front line treatment for adults. It is a manualised and structured intervention that is simultaneously highly personalized and  targets the factors that maintain a person’s eating disorder.

The efficacy of CBT-E is supported by the fact that It is one of the modal training recognised by the Australian Eating Disorder Credentialing program and also one of the therapies that can be delivered for medicare subsidized treatment under the Eating Disorder Treatment Plan .

The training will provide a comprehensive introduction to the model including detail on implementing each of the four stages of CBT-E and the application of these to the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. 

Please note: a basic understanding of Eating Disorders and CBT are prerequisites for training.

About the presenter:

Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

 

Pricing:

  • Regular: $891 ($800 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

This workshop is credentialed for NEDC.

 

 

 

 

 

BodyMatters Training Cancellation Policy and Disclaimer

Register Now

Nov
17
Mon
2025
Body Image Boot Camp: How to Improve Body Image in Our Clients (1 Day, Online) @ Onine, Zoom
Nov 17 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Title: Body Image Boot Camp: How to Improve Body Image in Our Clients (1 Day, Online)

Location: Via Zoom
Date: Monday 17 November 2025
Time: 10AM to 5PM AEDT
Price: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

Register Now

About the issue/ course:
Improving body image can be the most challenging element of working with clients recovering from disordered eating, particularly in this age of “normative discontent”. Often when our clients relationship with food is restored they continue to experience pervasive body shame. This workshop provides an abundance of practical skills to equip therapists to target body image concerns in clients.

Learning objectives:

  1. Understand the magnitude and impact of body image concerns
  2. Understand the extent to which our clients can make peace with their bodies
  3. Deconstruct the cultural landscape that breeds body image issues
  4. Understand how to use nuanced language to reduce body shame
  5. Identify clinical factors that perpetuate and maintain poor body image
  6. Implement CBT based exercises to improve client’s body image

Please note: this workshop is informed by the principles of health based paradigm as a framework for understanding body image concerns
Pricing: $451 ($400 + GST + TryBooking Processing Fee)

About the presenter:
Sarah McMahon is the Director of BodyMatters Australasia, a Sydney based private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. Sarah has worked in the field of eating disorders for approximately 15 years and has supported hundreds of individuals to achieve recovery. Sarah is well known for her compassionate and respectful approach to treatment as well as her ability to engage with clients in the early stages of change, supporting them through the recovery journey.

 

Cancellation policy and disclaimer:

Please be aware of our cancellation policy and disclaimer, which is available here.

Register Here