“Body as Billboard” to “Body as Home”: Making Body Image Changes Stick – Amy Pershing

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Many clinicians working with body shame know how tough it is for clients to change the narrative about their bodies. Weight stigma, diet culture, family mythology and trauma may all play a part in making lasting change a tough road. In this presentation, we will explore interventions that build a resilient foundation for body acceptance and challenging diet culture and weight stigma. We will discuss the use of trauma-informed care to keep the healing moving forward, and end with how to best help clients find their own body stories and keep their voice, even in a cultural milieu that reinforces body shame and distrust. 

Speaker

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.  

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Amy Pershing is the founding director of Bodywise and the Vice President of The Center for Eating Disorders. She receives royalties as a published author. Amy Pershing receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amy Pershing is a member of the National Register of Eating Disorders Professionals and the Academy of Certified Social Workers. She is a founding board member of the Eating Disorders Action Network and The Body Freedom Project. She is the membership chair for the Eating Disorders Professional League of Michigan.

Objectives

1. Assess body image distress to inform choice of interventions.
2. Utilize at least two strategies to increase body-related self-compassion.
3. Design an action plan to help clients protect a healthy body image.

Outline

Identify the Damage: Diet Culture and Body Shame 

• Teach clients to be critical consumers of health information 
• Weight Stigma Trauma: Help clients tell their stories 
• Body Trauma: identify how the past impacts current body narratives 
   

Build a Resilient Body Image 

• Help clients create a unique “manual” for recognizing somatic cues 
• Help clients separate from old body shame narratives  

Making Changes Stick While Diet Culture Persists 

• Identify the barriers to change 
• Apply strategies to help clients challenge internalized weight stigma and external messaging 
• Build a healing community     
• Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Target Audience

• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family
• Therapists
• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Social Workers

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