The Role of Family Therapy and Education in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

The Role of Family Therapy and Education in the Treatment of Eating Disorders’ will highlight the novel treatments and educational formats for families that have produced some of the most interesting advances over the last decade in the field of eating disorders. This workshop will have three sections: history and recent research findings regarding various types of family therapy; description of the recently developed Family Institute at Eating Recovery Center, a resource dedicated to developing teaching modules for family education; and finally, examples of teaching modules currently in use for educating families. This session will provide tools and insight for parents, siblings, partners/spouses and other members of the family support system.

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