(Click here for some comments from previous course participants
and click here for course dates and venue for 2009)
A brief outline of the certificate course

• What is Eating Distress?
• Where/when/how does eating distress begin?
• Early development: neuroscience and attachment styles.
• Attachment and eating distress.
• Why would someone develop an eating disorder?
• Eating disorders – vulnerability and triggers.
• Effects ofstarvation.
• Use of food diaries.
• ‘What is normal eating’ and ‘what is healthy eating’? Relationship with food.
• Nutrition/biochemistry/eating distress.
• Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, EDNOS.
• Eating disorder cycle.
• Food as a metaphor.
• Creative exercise using art materials.
• Breaking the cycle.
• Master Class group supervision.
• If time .......  eating distress/ Person-Centred theory/other approaches, treatments.  

For more information: e-mail: maureen@aboutbeingme.co.uk or phone 01494 872891