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.

About the Workshop

What stresses you out? Where do you hold stress or tension? What do you DO to release?

As we embark upon the holiday season, join us for an interactive workshop that will share practical and physical tools for anyone to use.

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine offer us “tools” in which to relieve stress, relax tension, and let the bodies energy flow. When we are “stuck” we have pain, where there is movement there is no pain.

Some of the tools offered in this workshop will include acupressure, home remedies from our ancestors, and just random handy tricks of the trade picked up over 15 years in practice.

RSVP:

Space is limited, so please RSVP at 303.322.3373 or info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org.

About the Facilitator:

Cheryl Harris earned a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2006.  This three-year program consisted of 2,520 hours of education including 1,000 hours of clinical practice.  She was certified as a Diplomat in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in 2006.  This includes certification in Clean Needle Technique.

In addition to her training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cheryl is in the process of completing a 3-year course of study in Five Element Acupuncture. This three-year, 500 hour, in-depth study of Five Element Acupuncture includes 150 classroom hours and over 350 hours of clinical observation and practice.

Cheryl is a registered and licensed acupuncturist in Colorado. She is a certified Intuitive Eating counselor, as well as a certified Yoga instructor. None of these licenses, certificates, or registrations has ever been suspended or revoked.

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.

Free Parent Workshop

March 12^th 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).