About this Webinar:
Family Based Treatment (FBT) offers parents and caregivers hope as an evidence-based treatment for adolescents suffering from an eating disorder. However, there are situations which make benefitting from FBT alone complicated.
Loved ones with an eating disorder who also suffer from concurrent anxiety, depression or substance use disorders, those with greater emotional dysregulation (e.g., anger and aggression), or those who engage in suicidal/self-injurious behaviors may represent a form of the illness that practitioners consider “difficult to treat” -- and in treating their symptoms, FBT alone may not “be enough.”
In addition, parents and caregivers may feel unable to provide FBT without more support or training for themselves. They wonder, “how can I get her to eat when she screams at us for hours at a time?”
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an approach designed for the “hard-to-treat” patient and can be a viable adjunct to FBT for treating eating disorders. In this webinar, Dr. Wisniewski will explore the effectiveness and feasibility of integrating DBT with FBT. The FBT-DBT approach calls for an innovative combination of strategies well-established in the successful use of FBT for the management of eating problems as well as DBT in the treatment for emotion dysregulation.
This webinar will discuss for whom this model may be appropriate and in which ways FBT and DBT are complementary treatments.
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Wisniewski is an internationally recognized leader in eating disorder treatment and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), with almost 30 years of clinical, research and training experience. An Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Wisniewski has taught hundreds of workshops and continuing education seminars around the world and has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and invited book chapters.
Dr. Wisniewski has pioneered the use of DBT in the treatment of multi-diagnostic eating disorders (MED) and is a sought-after authority on this empirically founded method of treatment, providing consultation and training to clinics around the globe. She is the co-author of the MED-DBT Treatment Manual to be published in 2025 with Guilford Press.
Dr. Wisniewski has earned some of the highest awards and accreditations in the field. She has been elected fellow by the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), where she has served on the board of directors and as the co-chair of the borderline personality disorder special interest group. In 2013 the AED awarded Dr. Wisniewski the Outstanding Clinician Award to acknowledge her leadership in the field and her commitment to providing the best solutions for those with eating disorders. In 2023, she was recognized as Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Champion for her exceptional dedication, influence, and social impact through the promotion of evidence-based psychological interventions. In 2024 Dr. Wisniewski was honored with the Fulbright Specialist Award, through which she served at Comenzar de Nuevo AC, a non-profit eating disorder facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
Dr. Wisniewski is the founder and Chief Clinical Officer of the Center for Evidence Based Treatment (www.cebtohio.com), which offers therapy, training, and consultation in evidence-based approaches to mental health conditions via traditional and teletherapy platforms.
Date: Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM UTC / 5:00 PM UK
Location: Zoom Platform
United States
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