Food as a Gateway to Transformation: Using Mindfulness to Help Clients Transform Their Relationship with Food | NASW-NYS Continuing Education
Presenter(s): Deborah Apter, LCSW
NASW-NYS Members: $30
NASW Other Chapter Members: $60
Non-Members: $75
This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hour(s) for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed psychologists.
Workshop Description
Food as a Gateway to Transformation is a 3-hour live webinar for therapists who wish to specialize or enhance their skills in working with people to transform their relationship with food. Many of us and many of our clients have food issues and we have trouble helping them. This course will help you increase your knowledge around food as a substance used to medicate and or manage many everyday situations. In this training, participants will learn about mindful eating techniques to assist clients on their journey with food. The course will be a combination of experiential and didactic learning around our meaning of food and how it affects our lives and our client’s lives. Theories around habit change, neuroscience theory, and the role of food will be addressed. Mindfulness techniques will be offered as well as an increased understanding of the issues behind the use/misuse of food. Different theoretical perspectives in the field will discussed.
Learning Objectives
After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Increase understanding of the meaning of food and why people use food to self-soothe.
- Utilize tools and methods to help your clients address underlying causes of their food issues.
- Develop competence to help clients use their food struggles as a gateway to life changes.
- Increase skill set to improve clients’ abilities to manage feelings and situations without food.
- Identify the skills and techniques of mindful eating.
- Describe the different approaches and philosophies in the field of mindful eating and discuss how they impact clinical interventions.
This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hour(s).
NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).
Deborah Apter, LCSW, has been practicing clinical social work for over 40 years, serving people affected by trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship challenges and substance issues. The last several years she has been specializing in the field of mindful eating with individuals, groups and workshop settings. Debbie received her MSW from Syracuse University in 1978 trained as a family therapist. She began her career as a family social worker at Hillside Children’s Center in Rochester. She was a Professor at Monroe Community College for 17 years in the Human Services Department. Debbie maintains a private practice in psychotherapy for almost 40 years and has been running workshops, consulting and facilitating groups in many areas including Mindful Eating. Currently she is teaching webinars as well.