After a somewhat hair-raising trip to North Carolina in March 2020 (due to COVID!), and copious amounts of hand sanitizer later, I am thrilled to announce that I am now level 1 qualified in the Embodied Eating Disorder Recovery Model. Embodied Recovery was developed by somatic-based psychotherapist, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, and Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner Paula Scatoloni, and somatically integrative psychotherapist and Certified Advanced Practitioner Sensorimotor Psychotherapist, Rachel Lewis-Marlow.
This training included an opportunity for me to expand on my own level of embodiment, gain skills in co-regulation, and expand my knowledge of somatic interventions that work directly with the attachment and regulatory systems driving disordered eating behaviors.
The Embodied Eating Disorder Recovery training included the following:
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Scientific and theoretical rationale to support a somato-psycho-social model.
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Skills to support the body as a “resource” in recovery rather than an “obstacle” to recovery.
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Expanded awareness about the role of our physiology in attachment, defense, emotional regulation, memory consolidation, and eating disorder symptoms.
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Tools to understand the language of the body and shift the focus away from “what clients say about the body” to “what the body is saying”.
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A new definition of “eating disorder recovery” as an experience of embodiment rather than the absence or reduction of eating disorder symptoms.
As always, I look forward to incorporating this training into my own life, and in my work with women in Australia.
x Jodie
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