Do you or someone you know struggle with binge eating? 

Join us Friday, May 18th at The Eating Disorder Foundation (EDF) for the next topic of our educational series Coffee & Conversation.

Come learn valuable skills from eating disorder specialists Leslie Nemeth, RDN and Brianna Hammerman, LPC. This interactive discussion will focus on 6 key steps to reduce binge eating and move towards eating intuitively. 

Space is limited, please RSVP 

Email: info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or call 303-322-3373

Leslie Nemeth is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Natural Chef from Bauman, a nutrition-based culinary school. Leslie discovered her true passion of counseling those struggling with disordered eating in 2006. For the last 12 years, Leslie has dedicated herself to helping people find sustainable strategies for achieving a healthful lifestyle. Leslie was the Lead Dietitian at Eating Recovery Center working with adults and adolescence, and now reaches even more people through her private practice. Leslie coaches by a ditching-the-diet mentality and becoming a mindful eater. Her focus is to get people back-to-basics by giving tools to make long-lasting, sustainable lifestyle choices and end the war with food.

Brianna Hammerman, LPC is a trained couple and family therapist with a degree from the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to opening a private practice in Denver & Boulder the majority of her clinical career was working in a residential treatment center with adults suffering with severe and persistent eating disorders. She is incredibly passionate about educating and  supporting the entire family system to create a sustainable recovery focused environment. Brianna is a life long horse lover and enthusiast and believes in the restorative healing power that comes from being in relationship and true partnership with horses. She originally started her equine psychotherapy career as an Equine Specialist under EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning organization) over 10 years ago and now has become a Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapist- Mental Health Professional. She is also trained as a trauma focused equine assisted psychotherapist (TF- EAP).

Mindful Gardening Workshop: Planting Roots to Nurture the Soul

Join Kate Daigle MA, LPC for a fun and nourishing workshop practicing the concepts of mindfulness while cultivating your own beautiful garden. There is no prior gardening or mindfulness experience required to reap the rewards of this workshop.

When: Saturday, August 18th
Where: The Eating Disorder Foundation
(1901 E 20th Ave Denver CO. 80205)
Fee: $10 – Please bring cash or check.

Space is limited so please RSVP.
Email us at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
or call us at 303-322-3373.

Overview

Inspired by Emotion-Focused Family Therapy – and with a dose of humor – this workshop will introduce practical skills to support your child’s recovery from an eating disorder. Parents and caregivers will be taught specific techniques to increase cooperation around meal times as well as to respond to strong emotional reactions, including expressions of anger, hopelessness, even silence. Not sure how to respond to “I won’t eat that” “I don’t want help” & “I feel fat” in a way that is loving and productive? We’ll cover that too. Finally, participants will be supported to identify and work through caregiving and co-parenting challenges most often encountered along the road to recovery. This workshop is best suited to parents, stepparents, grandparents and alternate caregivers of a loved one with an eating disorder, regardless of their age, involvement in treatment or motivation to recover.

Workshop Timeline:

8:30 am-9:00 am Coffee

9:00 am- 12:00 pm Workshop

12:00 pm- 1:00pm Lunch Break

*Lunch will be provided

1:00 pm- 4:00 pm Workshop

 Register by calling 303-322-3323.

Speaker

The Eating Disorder Foundation (EDF) is proud to introduce Adele Lafrance, PhD, C.Psych a Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor in Psychology and parent advocate from Canada. Adele developed Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) for eating disorders and dedicates her career to the promotion of family-focused clinical care for children, adolescents and adults struggling with mental health issues. Dr. Lafrance has published extensively in the field of clinical psychology and currently supports the research base for EFFT across the lifespan. She is a consultant and trainer for individual clinicians and organizations worldwide.

FREE Video from Adele: http://www.mentalhealthfoundations.ca/ed-parent-webinar

Conceiving A Healthy Recovery: Exploring the Connection between Eating Disorders and Shame related to Fertility, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Recovery.

Introducing guest speaker and author of the forthcoming book:

“The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood and Eating Disorders: From Shame to Self-Acceptance”

Kate Daigle, MA, NCC, LPC

Did you know that 20.7% of patients struggling with infertility have had an eating disorder?

Psychotherapy with this population can reveal shame rooted in unexpected difficulties in conception, pregnancy or early motherhood. The lack of open discussion around these topics increases internalized judgment and self-criticism. This presentation will focus on issues arising from challenges conceiving, sustaining a healthy pregnancy, and mother-child bonding in women who have had or currently have an eating disorder. The discussion will examine research linking the presence of anorexia nervosa, bulimia or binge eating disorder to fertility issues and experiential exercises exploring how to process this with clients will be outlined.  Kate will share some personal experiences from her own life and case studies to highlight the depth of these struggles.  This presentation will be a guide to addressing, working with, and healing from emotional struggles related to fertility and eating disorders both for practitioners who work with these issues regularly and for those who are wanting to learn about this topic.