Overview:
This continuing education workshop will focus on the Binge Eating Disorder definition, assessment, treatment, coexisting disorders, the impact of it being an addition to the DSM-5, and any therapy-related issues that may arise that can be challenging for both patients as well as clinician/treatment team to face and overcome. Placing Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in the latest edition of the DSM has generated a significant shift in the mental health world, specifically those that specialize in eating disorders and other addiction-focused treatment settings.Â
This workshop will allow us to explore BED in more detail and provide insight on how to shift our treatment focus and our attitudes beyond thinking of eating issues as a simplistic lack of willpower and shift awareness towards it is the most common eating disorder, yet the most treatable eating disorder as well. Persons deemed appropriate to attend this workshop might include addictions counselors, pastoral counselors, wellness and/or life coaches, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, family physicians, pediatricians, teachers, athletic trainers and/or coaches, and any related treatment professional that might be specializing in the general clinical, child-adult, school, as well as sport/performance settings.
Objectives:
- Identify the features of BED and explore more about the importance of recognizing it as a mental health diagnosis when prior to 2013 the DSM criteria placed it in the EDNOS category.
- Recognize the common co-existing disorders that tend to present before, during, and after diagnosis of BED and BED treatment.
- Show the most common situations and conversations related to BED throughout the treatment process.
- Explain how BED is rooted in shame and guilt and explore how BED differs from other addictions.
- Recognize treatment options, barriers to treatment, relapse prevention, etc.
- Explore the impact of society, social media, self-esteem, and past traumatic experiences that play a role in BED development.
Course materials are only available to enrolled students.
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Jennifer Burgin, LCSW, LCAS
Jennifer Burgin, LCSW, LCAS, CEDS, CIEC, is a highly trained and specialized clinician with a passion for helping individuals struggling with eating disorders and addiction. She holds multiple certifications and licensures in her field, including being a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Jennifer's commitment to the field of social work began at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she completed honors work in eating disorder research as part of her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work. She then earned her Master's in Social Work degree and a graduate certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. With over a decade of experience in the field, Jennifer has worked in various treatment centers and developed her own specialized private practice in 2017. She also provides telehealth services and holds licenses in 10 states to ensure that individuals in rural areas have access to care.
National Approvals
eCare BHI, as the accredited and approved sponsor, maintains responsibility for all the programs and must abide by each board’s continuing education guidelines.

Professional Counselors — The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6703. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Addiction Professionals — NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute is officially on file with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an Approved Education Provider. They are formally known as NAADAC Provider #139138. Please note that E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Social Workers — Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute, #1706, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. E Care Behavioral Health Institute maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 06-03-2020 – 06-03-2026.Â

CE Broker
CE Broker is a continuing education tracking system in which licensees track their compliance and report their completed CE hours credit (CE Broker Tracking #50-33336)
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