| Presented in collaboration with the National Eating Disorders Association. Join us on Thursday, February 26 for a discussion by NEDA board member and eating disorders specialist Paula Edwards-Gayfield, MA, LPCS, LPC, NCC, CEDS, on trauma-informed care for diverse clients with eating disorders. This session will explore how trauma, anxiety, and depression intersect and often show up as emotional avoidance and disordered eating across different cultural and intergenerational contexts. Emphasis will be placed on distinguishing culturally normative practices from disordered behaviors while centering clients' lived experiences and challenging systemic bias in care. Participants will learn how to: - Describe how trauma, anxiety, and depression contribute to emotional avoidance in eating disorders.
- Recognize culturally influenced expressions of disordered eating and family narratives around food, emotion, and mental health.
- Differentiate disordered eating from cultural practices using culturally humble assessment strategies.
- Apply trauma-informed, identity-affirming interventions that target emotional avoidance and increase emotion tolerance, and support recovery from anxiety and depression.
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