Eating Disorder Recovery Support, Inc. is a Bay Area based 501(c)3
non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting community
awareness of eating disorders, professional education and
collaboration, and providing treatment scholarships to California residents that need financial assistance for treatment. If you would like to apply for a treatment scholarship, please see our Treatment Fund page. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to support EDRS' outreach and scholarship efforts, please go to our Donors page.
Registration is Now Open for EDRS, Inc.'s 2013 Conference: February 7-9!
Schedule and Registration
Download the conference brochure for full details and the registration form here, and bring it with you to register at the door.
Conference Location: Sheraton Sonoma County, Petaluma
745 Baywood Drive, Petaluma, CA 94954
707.283.2888
To book a room at the Petaluma Sheraton at a discounted group rate before January 6th, please use this link.
Twitter Information: @EDRS_Inc
To tweet updates and join in real-time online conversations about the conference, follow #edrsinc13.
Thursday, February 7th
Anita Johnson, Ph.D.: Keynote Address, Using Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience to Treat Eating Disorders
Kathleen Kara Fitapatrick, Ph.D.: Eating Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
Alix Timko, Ph.D.: The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Stephanie Knatz, Ph.D. & Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D.: Treating in a Short-Term Intensive Multifamily Format
Jennifer Gaudiani, MD: Medical Complications of Severe Restricting and Purging
Ronnie Benjamin, RD, MPH: Seeking Recovery: How Food, Nutrition, and the Nutrition Therapist Help in the Healing Process
Thursday Evening Event: Screening of This is Beauty!, the Love Warrior Award, and Michelle Minero's Book Signing. If you would like to attend the Thursday evening event only, there is a suggested donation of $20 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Friday, February 8th
Walter Kaye, MD: Keynote Address, New Insights into Temperament in Anorexia Nervosa and Implications for Improving Treatment
Jamie Feusner, MD: The Body Image Disturbance Continuum: Where Anorexia and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Interface
Doris Smeltzer, MA: Vital Missing Ingredients in Clinical Practice: Through the Lessons Learned from a Daugther (handout)
Ovidio Bermudez, MD: Diabulimia and PCOS
Rebecka Peebles, MD: Links Between Eating Disorders and Obesity
Barbara Birsinger, RD & Ellyn Herb, Ph.D.: From Unintentional Harm to Supportive Activist: Responding to Weight vs. Health Messages as Clinicians and Treatment Teams to Empower Clients, Families, and Community
Buck Runyan, LMFT, LPC, CEDS: Insights to the Sensitive Temperaments and Complex Personalities of those whose Struggle with Eating Disorders
Friday Evening Event: Jenni Schaefer: Goodbye ED, Hello Me & Book Signing. If you would like to attend Jenni's event only, there is a suggested donation of $20 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Saturday, February 9th
Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, MS: Keynote Address, Parentectomy to Partnership: What Parents Have to Offer the Eating Disorders Community
Lisa Kantor, Esq. and Kitty Westin, LP: The Time is Now: Latest Strategies by Insurance Companies to Deny Eating Disorder Care and What We Can Do About It, Part II
Adrienne Ressler, LMSW: Experiential Techniques for Healing Body Image Disturbance
Elizabeth Scott, LCSW: The Body Positive: This is Beauty! (handout)
Joe Kelly and Kitty Westin, LP: Men in Families: Mobilzing & Utilizing Male Loved Ones to Support Treatment and Recovery (powerpoint notes & handout)
Michelle Minero, LMFT: Self-Love: A Radical Activist Practice
Ed Tyson, MD: Is Everything OK? How Physicians and Non-Physicians Can Use AED's New Guide to Medical Assessment to Better Manage Eating Disorders
Andrew Walen, LCSW: The Real Face of Men with Eating Disorders: Profiles from Anorexics to Bingers and How to Prevent the Development of Disorders
Carol Normandi, LMFT and Laurelee Roark, MA, CCHT: The Playful Side of Healing: Body Love Cards
Carolyn Costin, MA, M.Ed., MFT: Inside the Session: A View of Therapist/Client Interactions that Facilitate Change
Download the conference brochure for full details and the registration form here, and bring it with you to register at the door.
Conference Location: Sheraton Sonoma County, Petaluma
745 Baywood Drive, Petaluma, CA 94954
707.283.2888
To book a room at the Petaluma Sheraton at a discounted group rate before January 6th, please use this link.
Twitter Information: @EDRS_Inc
To tweet updates and join in real-time online conversations about the conference, follow #edrsinc13.
Thursday, February 7th
Anita Johnson, Ph.D.: Keynote Address, Using Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience to Treat Eating Disorders
Kathleen Kara Fitapatrick, Ph.D.: Eating Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
Alix Timko, Ph.D.: The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Stephanie Knatz, Ph.D. & Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D.: Treating in a Short-Term Intensive Multifamily Format
Jennifer Gaudiani, MD: Medical Complications of Severe Restricting and Purging
Ronnie Benjamin, RD, MPH: Seeking Recovery: How Food, Nutrition, and the Nutrition Therapist Help in the Healing Process
Thursday Evening Event: Screening of This is Beauty!, the Love Warrior Award, and Michelle Minero's Book Signing. If you would like to attend the Thursday evening event only, there is a suggested donation of $20 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Friday, February 8th
Walter Kaye, MD: Keynote Address, New Insights into Temperament in Anorexia Nervosa and Implications for Improving Treatment
Jamie Feusner, MD: The Body Image Disturbance Continuum: Where Anorexia and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Interface
Doris Smeltzer, MA: Vital Missing Ingredients in Clinical Practice: Through the Lessons Learned from a Daugther (handout)
Ovidio Bermudez, MD: Diabulimia and PCOS
Rebecka Peebles, MD: Links Between Eating Disorders and Obesity
Barbara Birsinger, RD & Ellyn Herb, Ph.D.: From Unintentional Harm to Supportive Activist: Responding to Weight vs. Health Messages as Clinicians and Treatment Teams to Empower Clients, Families, and Community
Buck Runyan, LMFT, LPC, CEDS: Insights to the Sensitive Temperaments and Complex Personalities of those whose Struggle with Eating Disorders
Friday Evening Event: Jenni Schaefer: Goodbye ED, Hello Me & Book Signing. If you would like to attend Jenni's event only, there is a suggested donation of $20 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Saturday, February 9th
Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, MS: Keynote Address, Parentectomy to Partnership: What Parents Have to Offer the Eating Disorders Community
Lisa Kantor, Esq. and Kitty Westin, LP: The Time is Now: Latest Strategies by Insurance Companies to Deny Eating Disorder Care and What We Can Do About It, Part II
Adrienne Ressler, LMSW: Experiential Techniques for Healing Body Image Disturbance
Elizabeth Scott, LCSW: The Body Positive: This is Beauty! (handout)
Joe Kelly and Kitty Westin, LP: Men in Families: Mobilzing & Utilizing Male Loved Ones to Support Treatment and Recovery (powerpoint notes & handout)
Michelle Minero, LMFT: Self-Love: A Radical Activist Practice
Ed Tyson, MD: Is Everything OK? How Physicians and Non-Physicians Can Use AED's New Guide to Medical Assessment to Better Manage Eating Disorders
Andrew Walen, LCSW: The Real Face of Men with Eating Disorders: Profiles from Anorexics to Bingers and How to Prevent the Development of Disorders
Carol Normandi, LMFT and Laurelee Roark, MA, CCHT: The Playful Side of Healing: Body Love Cards
Carolyn Costin, MA, M.Ed., MFT: Inside the Session: A View of Therapist/Client Interactions that Facilitate Change
2013 EDRS, Inc. Conference Sponsors
Philanthropists
Center for Change
Humanitarian
Focus Healthcare of California
Guardian and Activist Level Sponsors will be listed on conference materials!
Center for Change
Humanitarian
Focus Healthcare of California
Guardian and Activist Level Sponsors will be listed on conference materials!
