Every year during the holiday season, EDF does something special for those who are in the many inpatient treatment centers throughout the Denver metro area. This year, we will be making special holiday cards with words of love, hope, and encouragement. Join us for a day of creative expression, community bonding, and holiday cheer to help us make our special cards!
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Hannah Turnbull is a non diet, health at every size (HAES) registered dietitian nutritionist who helps clients navigate their relationship to food and their body, and learn what nourishment means for them. She blogs on her website www.nourishedwithhannah.comand you can find her dismantling diet culture one post at a time on instagram at @HannahRDN. She is obsessed with her dog Bennett and spends far too much time consuming media and coffee.
Website: NourishedwithHannah.com
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Michele Cooper, LCSW is a therapist in private practice in Denver, CO. Michele specializes in working with adults and teens struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, body image issues, anxiety and trauma. She utilizes evidence-based treatments such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, and EMDR. Michele provides both group and individual counseling in her practice, CORtherapy at Elevate Counseling and Community Center.
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Money and Milkshakes: The Intersection Between Finances and Eating Disorders
Friday, February 15th 9:00-11:00AM
What do money and milkshakes have in common? They both can give you a brain freeze!
Join Wendy Wright, LMFT, CEDS, CIEC for this important discussion of:
— how money and food fears can have similar foundations (spoiler alert: shame is involved!)
— how people may subsitute symptoms between food and money processes and patterns
— tips on how to talk about money and costs of treatment, to yourself and to others
— how clarity and support are tools for peace and recovery -for both eating disorders and money “disorders”
Plus time for your questions.
Space is limited!
RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373\
Wendy Wright, LMFT, CEDS, CIEC is a psychotherapist and consultant based in Denver, CO. She has over 15 years experience in counseling those with eating disorders and their loved ones.
She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS), CEDS Supervisor, and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor (CIEC). She can help you decode the underlying meanings and functions of eating disorder thoughts. Wendy also offers financial counseling and helps you name the blocks that get in the way of your best financial life.
When she is not helping others find freedom in their relationships with food and finances, she is likely on her yoga mat, the ski slope, or a hiking trail. You can find her at wendywrightcounseling.com, for in office and virtual sessions and groups.
Yoga is a compassionate and self-loving practice known to reduce eating disorder symptoms and increase body awareness in a non-competitive and non-judgmental environment. Join us with two wonderful instructors from our community for a gentle class and time for connection.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, February 23rd
Time: 12:00-2:00PM
Location: 255 Clayton St. #301 Denver 80206
Space is limited!
RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.337
About the Facilitators:
Megan Foster
Megan Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with a passion for supporting others in their healing from eating disorders. Megan began practicing yoga with her mom as a kid, and later found the practice again as a way to heal her relationship to her body in her early 20’s. Her background in social work and emotional healing informs the way that she teaches yoga, aiming to create a safe, healing experience for the body, mind, and soul, and helps all people to feel what their body needs in the moment.
Brogan Rossi
Brogan started her yoga journey while living abroad in New Zealand with her husband in 2013. She worked at a yoga studio and quickly fell in love with the community the practice brought with it. Since then, Brogan has received both her Yoga Sculpt license and 200-hour RYT license from Core Power Yoga. Yoga has transformed her life by reducing stress, creating a safe and welcoming community, and increasing her overall devotion to self-care and wellbeing.
Come as you are – anyone and everyone! We’re getting together for a night of fun and support to play bingo and hang out during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week!
The event is free, and you can win prizes! Appetizers will be provided, and you can buy something from the full menu too.
All are invited, and walk-ins are welcome – but we would love it if you can RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org!
Free Parent Workshop
March 12th from 3-8PM
at The Eating Disorder Foundation
Registration is currently FULL – join the wait list at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303-322-3373
- Are you the parent of a child with an eating disorder?
- Do you blame yourself for your child’s illness and/or struggles?
- Does this self-blame weigh you down?
Join us for an experiential workshop where you will have the opportunity to release some of the pain of parental self-blame. Facilitated by Dr. Adele Lafrance and rooted deeply in compassion, this workshop will involve individual and group exercises to move through the guilt and shame that often surface when supporting a child with an eating disorder, no matter their age.
Dr. Adele Lafrance is an Associate Professor of Psychology from Ontario, Canada. She is a clinical psychologist and co-developer of Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). As founding co-director of Mental Health Foundations, Dr. Lafrance provides consultation and training for clinicians, school boards and mental health agencies worldwide. She has published extensively in the field of clinical psychology and currently supports the research base for emotion-focused interventions in mental health and school settings. Dr. Lafrance is regularly interviewed in the media and is a frequent speaker throughout the world. She also makes many practical resources for parents, caregivers and other adult influencers available on her website (without cost: www.mentalhealthfoundations.ca).
VIP Reception & Book Signing with Carolyn Costin
Friday, April 5, 2019
Exclusive event for Gala sponsors! Learn more
| Introducing Carolyn Costin Greg Hueni Memorial Award Recipient and Keynote Speaker |
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The Eating Disorder Foundation is proud to announce that renowned clinician and author Carolyn Costin MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED will give the keynote address and receive the esteemed Greg Hueni Memorial Award at this year’s 2019 Gala, Icebreaker-Breaking the Silence, which will take place April 6th at Denver’s Grand Hyatt Hotel. |
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Carolyn Costin is an eating disorder clinician, author, and international speaker acclaimed for her expertise in the eating disorder field. Carolyn‘s personal story illuminates the power of recovery. She overcame anorexia nervosa while in her 20’s and subsequently earned two masters degrees and began her career as a psychotherapist. In 1996, Carolyn created Monte Nido, a treatment center near Malibu, CA. the first licensed, residential eating disorder treatment facility in a home setting, combining state of the art treatment with eastern methodologies. After leaving Monte Nido & Affiliates Carolyn opened The Carolyn Costin Institute, offering the first certification program for eating disorder coaches and education for clinicians and families.
Through her speeches and acclaimed books, such as The Eating Disorder Sourcebook, Your Dieting Daughter, and 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder, Carolyn has been a tireless voice in treating, educating and preventing eating disorders. Carolyn has served on a number of boards in her dedicated years including The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) as Former Board Trustee and chair of The Parent Family Network,an editorial board member of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment andPrevention, Project Heal Advisory Board, and Senior Advisory Committee, former board of directors and L.A. chapter president ofInternational Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), and a fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED).
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“We are thrilled to honor someone of Carolyn‘s stature at our gala. We hope you will join us for what we’re sure will be a stimulating and inspiring event.”
– Toni Saiber, Founder of EDF “Carolyn‘s presence will enable EDF to continue a gala tradition that includes both celebration and education.”
– Steve Shelley, President of the Board
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Please join us on April 6th, 2019
Buy your tickets here. |
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