Live Training
The upcoming events at BodyMatters include:
Professor Tracey Wade presents an two-day workshop on the use of Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA) | Zoom | Thursday 22 to Friday 23 February 2024 9:30am-5pm EST
Price: $800
Early Bird Special Until January 10, 2024: $700 using code EARLYBIRD
Location: via Zoom, link to be provided prior to the event.
Date: Thursday 22 to Friday 23 February 2024, 9:30am – 5pm EST
About the Event: This two-day introductory workshop examines the model underpinning the Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA), and the evidence supporting this approach. The tasks of the initial phase of treatment will be described, considering approaches to getting the best start to therapy. Early- to mid-treatment tasks of developing a formulation and treatment plan will be described. On the second day, the modules of Emotional and Social Mind, Identity and Thinking Style will be described, along with a session on relapse prevention and integrating this approach into teams. Throughout the workshop there will individual and small group exercises to embed learning.
About the Presenter: Distinguished Professor Tracey Wade has worked as a clinician and researcher in eating disorders for over 30 years. In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In 2016 she was made an Inaugural Honorary Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy. In 2017-18 she was the president of the Eating Disorder Research Society. In 2019 she was appointed Fellow of the APS and was a recipient of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders Distinguished Achievement Award, and in 2020 she was the recipient of the Academy of Eating Disorders Outstanding Clinician Award. She is the director of the Flinders Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, the Blackbird Initiative, and the Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders (FUSED). She has cowritten 3 books (including a therapist manual on CBT-T) and has over 250 publications in peer reviewed journals.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn:
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- key strategies for the initial phase of MANTRA
- to develop a collaborative MANTRA case conceptualization
- how to involve close others in treatment
- how to work with core maintaining factors such as emotional avoidance and cognitive inflexibility in AN
- how to modify work in the face of complexity and lack of progress.
Key Reading: Schmidt U, Wade TD, Treasure J. (2014). The Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA): Development, Key Features and Preliminary Evidence. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 28, 48-71.
Other Useful Readings: Solmi, M., Wade, T. D., Byrne, S., Del Giovane, C., Fairburn, C. G., Ostinelli, E. G., De Crescenzo, F., Johnson, C., Schmidt, U., Treasure, J., Favaro, A., Zipfel, S., & Cipriani, A. (2021). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for the treatment of adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(3), 215–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30566-6
Vitousek, K., Watson, S., & Wilson, G. T. (1998). Enhancing motivation for change in treatment-resistant eating disorders. Clinical psychology review, 18(4), 391–420. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-7358(98)00012-9
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Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one day workshop on Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) for Adolescents. | Zoom, Thursday 14 March 2024 10am to 5pm AEDT
Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Price: $400 + GST
Early Bird Special Until 19 January 2024, Friday: 10% Discount using the code EARLYBIRD2024
Date: Thursday 14 March 2024
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:
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An understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of CBT-E Adolescent
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To understand when CBT-E is indicated and contraindicated
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To understand the key differences between the adult and adolescent version of CBT-E
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To understand the key differences between MFBT and CBT-E
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Ability to deliver the model, including:
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Formulation
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Implement core tenets of the treatment
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Understand the treatment sequence (including key treatment steps and goals)
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Access clinical tools to use the model
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To access and provide psychoeducation relevant to the person’s clinical presentation.
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Measure treatment adherence outcomes using standardised measures, including:
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Monitoring weight
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Eating disorder behaviour eg binge-purge frequency
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Eating disorder psychopathology with psychometric tools
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Pre requisite:
Completed 2 day training in CBT-E
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CBT-E for Adolescents Masterclass
Title: Body Image Boot Camp: how to improve body image in our clients – 10am – 5pm
Location: Via Zoom
Dates: Thusrday 21 March, 2024
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:
- Understand the magnitude and impact of body image concerns
- Understand the extent to which our clients can make peace with their bodies
- Deconstruct the cultural landscape that breeds body image issues
- Understand how to use nuanced language to reduce body shame
- Identify clinical factors that perpetuate and maintain poor body image
- Implement CBT based exercises to improve client’s body image
Please note: this workshop is informed by the principles of Health at Every Size (™) as a framework for understanding body image concerns
Pricing: $400.00 + GST
Early Bird Special Until 19 January 2024, Friday: 10% Discount using the code EARLYBIRD2024
About the presenter:
Sar
ah 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:
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Body Image Boot Camp: How to Improve Body Image in Our Clients (1 Day, Online)
Dr Carmel Harrison presents a two day workshop on the the use of CBT for the diagnosis and treatment of Binge Eating Disorder | Zoom, Friday 03 May 2024 and Friday 10 May 2024 – 9am to 4pm AEST
Dates: Friday 03 May 2024 and Friday 10 May 2024 – 9am to 4pm AEST;
Location: Via Zoom, link to be provided
Early Bird Special Until 19 January 2024, Friday: 10% Discount using the code EARLYBIRD2024
Price: $795 + GST
About the workshop and learning objectives:
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder comprising 47 percent of eating disorder presentations in Australia yet despite this, current transdiagnostic evidence- based protocols lack specificity to the unique nature of BED.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) treatment guidelines state that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder (CBT-BED) is the first line treatment. Given the lack of a cognitive criterion in BED, CBT-BED offers a framework that flexibly works with the huge heterogeneity across presentations. Given around 75 percent of people with BED have higher weight the training has a specific focus on working with BED and higher weight. This two-day training provides a solid overview of the delivery of CBT-BED including a mix of audio recordings of client sessions, small groups discussion and role plays. The training has the following learning goals:
- Learning outcome one: Understanding epidemiology, diagnosis (including differential diagnosis and diagnostic limitations), assessment of BED and the current evidence base.
- Learning outcome two: Understanding theoretical models and psychological theories that contribute to the conceptualisation of BED.
- Learning outcome three: Developing a nuanced understanding of the literature on weight loss sufficient to support client centered decision making and work with a broad range of referrers.
- Learning outcome four: Building confidence to deliver the core interventions in CBT-BED including but not limited to: developing a formulation specific to BED, providing psychoeducation around higher weight and weight stigma, normalising eating in light of the neurocognitive profile of BED, understanding binge cues, working with self-criticism, imagery rescripting for body shame and negative core beliefs, and improving body image.
This training has been approved by NEDC as meeting the requirement of an evidence-based treatment model (CBT-BED) as required for the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential.
Pre-requisite: this workshop is for mental health clinicians only. Mental health training and training and significant experience in using cognitive behavioural therapy more generally is assumed knowledge.
About the Presenter:
Dr Carmel Harrison is a Clinical Psychologist at BodyMatters Australasia, a private practice with a particular interest in treating eating and body image issues. She has worked in private practice for 9 years following completed her Clinical PhD at the Australian National University. She has published a range of academic articles on BED and more generally with an eating, weight, and body image focus. In 2015 she was awarded the Winner of the Best Research Article from the Journal of Eating Disorders.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder (CBT-BED) – Two-Day Training May 2024
Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one day workshop on Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy. | Zoom, Thursday 9 May 2024 10am to 5pm AEST
Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Date: Thursday 9 May 2024
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:
- Understand the transtheoretical stages of change with specific application to eating disorders
- Appreciate the key barriers to recovery for eating disorder sufferers
- Understand how to support clients to move through precontemplation, contemplation and preparation stages of change
- Understand how to build insight in people experiencing eating and body image issues
- Describe a novel treatment mechanism positing open expression = trust = social connectedness
- Increase motivation to change for people experiencing eating and body image issues
- Build self efficacy in people experiencing eating and body image issues
Pricing: $400 + GST
Early Bird Special Until 19 January 2024, Friday: 10% Discount using the code EARLYBIRD2024
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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Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a course on Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa. | Zoom, Thursday 16 May 2024 10am to 5pm AEST
Title: Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) for Severe and Enduring Anorexia nervosa – 10am to 5pm AEST
Location: Via Zoom
Price: $400 + GST
Early Bird Special Until 19 January 2024, Friday: 10% Discount using the code EARLYBIRD2024
Dates: Thursday 16 May, 2024
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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