Dr. Judith Brisman will be speaking with Dr. Judy Rabinor at this year’s iaedp™ symposium. Their talk is titled “When Actions Speak Louder than Words: Establishing Connection in Evidence-Based Treatment.”
iaedp™ Symposium 2019’s program is being created by a group of professionals who work in therapeutic settings with patients. It is their goal to provide an exciting, quality program that is applicable to working with patients. Click here for more details.
The 2018 WCSPP conference topic is “It’s Not About the Food” – Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating. Dr. Judith Brisman will be a keynote speaker with Theresa Kinsella, RD at this year’s annual conference. Dr. Brisman’s talk is titled “When Actions Speak Louder Than Words: A New Understanding of the Psychodynamic Treatment of Eating Disorders.”
About This Conference: Eating disorders are serious, often complex and potentially life-threatening disorders that affect people of every age, gender, race and socioeconomic group. They often begin with irregular or disordered eating patterns but are treatable when detected early. How, when and in what ways the family intervenes is often vital for successful outcomes. At this conference, we will explore the etiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorders, as well as how the “disowned self” needs to be understood in the treatment. The importance of comprehensive evaluation, medical stabilization, behavioral and familial interventions, and the role of the nutritionist will be elaborated as critical elements in the treatment. Moreover, clinical vignettes will help us understand how to best help children and teens who are struggling with disordered eating or specific eating disorders, as well as the parents of children with an acute or potential eating disorder. View full event brochure here.
Dr. Brisman will be presenting with Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor on Friday November 10th, 3:30-6:30pm, a talk titled Clinical Supervision: Guidelines When Working with Eating Disordered Patients and Their Families. Evidence based data and clinical wisdom agree that recovery is enhanced when family members are included in treatment. However, clinicians often are challenged as to how to proceed. Drs. Brisman and Rabinor will offer principles of engagement and strategic interventions that guide the supervision of complex family cases. Discussion of participants’ treatment cases will be encouraged.
Dr. Judith Brisman will be presenting a workshop presentation with Melainie Rogers, R.D., titled “You need what?!—Negotiating the needs of parents, kids and the therapeutic milieu”, at the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association’s 22nd annual conference.
A presentation and open discussion with Dr. Jean Petrucelli regarding the treatment of families of the eating disordered patients.
Dr. Judith Brisman will be presenting The Treatment of Families—25 years of Questions and Answers. After 25 years of bringing together experts and luminaries who have advanced our field, the 2015 Renfrew Center Foundation Conference will provide opportunities for reflection and foresight – exploring the wisdom of the past and innovative perspectives for the future. Join us as we embrace the challenges ahead with an open spirit! Among the topics to be featured are somatic therapies, meditation and spirituality, neuroscience, family work, relational cultural therapy, recovered therapists, BED, current trends in research, HAES and the influence of feminism in treatment.
Dr. Brisman will be presenting at an all-weekend workshop at the Brookhaven Center for Counseling and Development. Dr. Brisman will be sharing the weekend talks with Dr. Lisa Director who is an expert in the treatment of substance abuse. For information, please contact the director of Brookhaven’s program, Dr. Marie Hoffman.
Effective treatment of eating disorders is both an art and a science. Yet there remains a gap between what research offers and what clients require. Clinicians are caught in a murky middle, making one critical decision after another – while continually managing their innermost feelings and fears. They must integrate their acquired wisdom and lived experience with the best evidence based care, knowing that neither alone may be sufficient. The “Practice” of Practice explores how eating disorder clinicians actually “mind the gap,” incorporating new approaches and research findings – all as they respond in real times, with real lives, in their offices each day. Dr. Judith Brisman will be presenting with Dr.Roger McFillin on the topic of CBT and Psychodynamic Treatment: Can we put down our Swords?
There is currently much controversy with regard to whether parents should be involved at all in their daughter or son’s treatment for an eating disorder. Approaches vary widely from family based treatments in which parents literally take responsibility for feeding their child to approaches that focus on parent-child separation, in which parents are instructed to stay out of the battles over food. The three presenters will speak to the challenges involved with bringing these parents into and eventually out of treatment. Dynamics surrounding envy and competition, self care and self harm, family roles and expectations, as well as complications in the transference/countertransference matrix will be discussed. Clinical vignettes will be used to illustrate pragmatic as well as theoretical considerations.
Presenters: Judith Brisman, Ph.D.; Susan Klebanoff, Ph.D.; Emily Kuriloff, Psy.D.