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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.