FEAST Webinar 2024.11 Nov

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About this Webinar:
This webinar will be a conversation exploring critical questions surrounding eating disorder  recovery, particularly the topic of weight gain and its role in healing. It will address how gaining weight, even when initially uncomfortable, is a vital step for those recovering from an eating disorder, and why weight gain should be seen as part of the recovery process rather than a threat to future health. We will discuss shifting one’s own perceptions of “healthy” weight and food culture, recognizing that recovery may involve your child reaching higher weights than expected. The discussion will also cover how to foster a supportive environment that promotes long-term recovery, even when a child no longer "looks sick." The goal of this conversation is to provide clarity and reassurance for families navigating this complex process, emphasizing that the path to recovery often challenges traditional beliefs about weight and health.

Presenter Bios: 
Dr. C. Alix Timko is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is Director of Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Research in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Dr. Timko is certified in Family Based Treatment and currently spends her clinical time as a psychologist on a medical stabilization unit for youths with an eating disorder. At its heart, her research is clinically focused – with the goal of increasing access to treatment and increasing the number of adolescents who reach and maintain remission. Her research has included exploring how best to use Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) with adolescents with anorexia. Her work has focused on whether this adjunctive outpatient treatment for anorexia can be initiated in the acute medical inpatient setting, whether it is best delivered to adolescents or to their parents, and what aspects of CRT are most impactful for change. Dr. Timko also conducts research on the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the treatment of eating disorders in youth. Her research has included an ACT-informed family treatment and using ACT after standard treatment to help reduce risk of relapse. Her work has also focused on identifying possible targets for treatment, including alterations in the reward system, neurocognition, inflammation markers, and the microbiome.

Date: November 13
Time: 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM UK

Location: Zoom Platform
United States

 

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