The experience of complex trauma significantly contributes to binge eating disorder (BED) and body dissatisfaction. If you treat trauma, you treat BED. Sadly, few clinicians are trained in dealing with both concerns, which impacts treatment for these clients. In this session, you will learn key questions to ask to uncover whether your client has BED; the impact of complex trauma on the development of BED and related body image concerns; how to look at BED through an IFS lens; and how to avoid harm by using somatic healing and intuitive eating and movement.
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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.
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Earn up to 1.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession.
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This self-study activity is approved for 1.0 credit hours.

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Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
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| Manual - Self Leads the Way (4.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Self Leads the Way (192.1 KB) | 15 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Self Leads the Way - French (4.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Self Leads the Way - French (192.1 KB) | 15 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Self Leads the Way - Italian (4.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Self Leads the Way - Italian (192.1 KB) | 15 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Self Leads the Way - German (4.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Self Leads the Way - Spanish (4.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II, is the founding director of Bodywise, the first BED-specific treatment program in the United States, and president of the Board of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the founder of Pershing Consulting, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma worldwide. Amy is also the co-founder of “Attune”, an online coaching program for attuned eating and recovery support.
Amy is an internationally known leader in the development of treatment paradigms for BED, and one of the first clinicians to specialize in BED treatment. Based on 35 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered an approach to BED recovery that is strengths-based, and trauma informed, incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body-based techniques to heal the deeper issues that drive binge behaviors. Her approach integrates a non-diet body autonomy philosophy, helping clients create lasting change with food and body image. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond and Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook, with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison. She also offers a variety of trainings on BED treatment through PESI. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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