Considerations for Treating Adolescent and Young Adult Eating Disorders: Highlighting Family and Individual Interventions
(3 CEUs)
with:
Daniel Flint, PhD
Elizabeth Franklin, PhD
When: Friday, May 2, 2024 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Where: Online via Zoom (link will be emailed 3 days before the event) Cost: BVPA Members Free, Non-Members $80, TPA Members 10% discount at registration with TPA Member Number, Student Non-Members $10.
When: Friday, May 2, 2024 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Where: Online via Zoom (link will be emailed 3 days before the event)
Cost: BVPA Members Free, Non-Members $80, TPA Members 10% discount at registration with TPA Member Number, Student Non-Members $10.
Program Description: This presentation will provide background information on eating disorders including medical considerations, level of care recommendations, diagnostic criteria, and treatment philosophy. Then, a “crash course” on Family Based Treatment (FBT) for anorexia, along with other family-oriented interventions and considerations will be discussed. Finally, we will connect standard cognitive-behavioral interventions with the unique considerations inherent to treating an ego-syntonic illness in individual therapy, namely how to approach and improve body image. Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, participants will: 1. Differentiate between different levels of mental health care for patients with eating disorders and best determine the level of care necessary 2. Develop competent family-mediated interventions for children and adolescents with eating disorders 3. Review and refine cognitive and behavioral skills specific to the treatment of eating disorder symptoms (e.g. body image insecurity, purging, fear foods, etc.) on an individual level
Program Description:
This presentation will provide background information on eating disorders including medical considerations, level of care recommendations, diagnostic criteria, and treatment philosophy. Then, a “crash course” on Family Based Treatment (FBT) for anorexia, along with other family-oriented interventions and considerations will be discussed. Finally, we will connect standard cognitive-behavioral interventions with the unique considerations inherent to treating an ego-syntonic illness in individual therapy, namely how to approach and improve body image.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, participants will:
1. Differentiate between different levels of mental health care for patients with eating disorders and best determine the level of care necessary
2. Develop competent family-mediated interventions for children and adolescents with eating disorders
3. Review and refine cognitive and behavioral skills specific to the treatment of eating disorder symptoms (e.g. body image insecurity, purging, fear foods, etc.) on an individual level
About Our Speakers Daniel Flint is a clinical psychologist in the department of adolescent medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in pediatric eating disorders at Children’s Hospital Orange County. At TCH, he works with in- and outpatient families and individual adolescents and leads the education and empowerment workshop for parents of children hospitalized for disordered eating. Dr. Liz Franklin is a pediatric psychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. She earned her PhD at Duke University in clinical psychology and completed her predoctoral internship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Currently, through the Division of Adolescent and Sports Medicine at TCH, she sees patients between ages 10-24 with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, ARFID, and binge eating disorder. She also sees patients with co-morbid mood and anxiety disorders. She provides individual, family and group therapy. Her research interests include exploring the efficacy of telemedicine for adolescents with eating disorders and strategies for improving access to care for ethnically and socioeconomically diverse youth with mental health concerns.
About Our Speakers
Daniel Flint is a clinical psychologist in the department of adolescent medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in pediatric eating disorders at Children’s Hospital Orange County. At TCH, he works with in- and outpatient families and individual adolescents and leads the education and empowerment workshop for parents of children hospitalized for disordered eating.
Dr. Liz Franklin is a pediatric psychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. She earned her PhD at Duke University in clinical psychology and completed her predoctoral internship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Currently, through the Division of Adolescent and Sports Medicine at TCH, she sees patients between ages 10-24 with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, ARFID, and binge eating disorder. She also sees patients with co-morbid mood and anxiety disorders. She provides individual, family and group therapy. Her research interests include exploring the efficacy of telemedicine for adolescents with eating disorders and strategies for improving access to care for ethnically and socioeconomically diverse youth with mental health concerns.
