Body Image Training 2.0: The Missing Piece of Whole Body Healing

Body Image Training 2.0 awards 30 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.

By the end of Module 1, Setting a Strong Foundation, you will be able to:

1. Describe what defines an individual’s scope of practice for doing body image work.
2. Name 3 topics that intersect food/eating/nutrition and body image work.
3. Identify why our body stories are so important to our present-day body image experiences.
4. Describe how to set up safety in the relationship and environment so that body image work is most effective.
5. Describe why and how we can monitor the pacing of body image work to best meet the capacity clients.

By the end of Module 2, Research Introduction, you will be able to:

1. Describe at least two deficits with the foundational body image research frameworks utilized in the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
2. Identify the progression of body image from ages 3-10.
3. Name at least three out of ten principles identified in the positive body image research.
4. Describe in basic terms, the various ways body image is processed in the brain.
5. List at least three strategies dietitians can employ to strengthen positive embodiment in clients.

By the end of Module 3, Clinical Assessment, you will be able to:

1. Describe one way to broach the topic of body image with clients
2. Identify why developing a shared understanding of body image is important.
3. Name 2 formal assessment tools that we may utilize to measure or track body image.
4. Define weight bias and weight stigma.
5. Identify ways in which healthism and shame can interrupt body image.
6. Describe how negative body image interrupts food and movement behaviors.

By the end of Module 4, Language, you will be able to:

1. Describe why language can be so impactful in the ways we experience our bodies.
2. Reflect on our own experiences of words and language.
3. Name words that can be pathologizing, why this is, and what words we might use instead.
4. Identify ways of understanding body image healing as a spectrum.
5. Name the principles of trauma-sensitive language in body image work.

By the end of Module 5, Bolstering Your Body Image Work, you will be able to:

1. Describe the difference between trauma-informed and trauma-focussed work.
2. Identify ways in which trauma experiences can shape body image.
3. Describe the difference between trauma and stress.
4. Name ways we can provide more safety for our clients when doing body image work.
5. Describe in broad terms, body liberation.

By the end of Module 6, Expanding Your Toolkit, you will be able to:

1. Name the stages of change.
2. Describe one topic where psychoeducation might be useful in body image work.
3. Name the 4 key elements of body image.
4. Identify one key reason why mindfulness supports body image work.
5. Describe one self-compassion practice.

By the end of Module 7, Counseling Skills and Self-Care, you will be able to:

1. Name 2 cognitive distortions which show up in body image work.
2. Identify an example and a reframe for the “all/nothing thinking” cognitive distortion.
3. Describe an example of an “ABC” sequence of negative body image experiences.
4. Identify common stuck points in doing body image work amongst health professionals.
5. Name 3 ways we can care for ourselves when doing body image work.

By the end of Module 8, Body Image Advocacy and Education, you will be able to:

1. Name 3 groups of people who you may be invited to engage with on the topic of body image.
2. Identify reasons why it’s important to gather information about your audience.
3. Identify key questions that may be helpful to ask when engaging with groups or organizations.
4. Name 3 key teaching/discussion points you could include in a body image presentation.
5. Describe how to respond to frequently asked questions.

Fiona Sutherland (she/her), The Mindful Dietitian™, supports people to cultivate positive and healing connections with food, eating, and their body. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD), Accredited Sports Dietitian and Yoga Teacher who lives and works on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people (Melbourne, Australia).

Fiona is Director of The Mindful Dietitian, which aims to build a strong community of like-minded Dietitians from all over the world, and a Podcast of the same name featuring Dietitians and Health Professionals as guests. Fiona has 20 years’ experience as a Trauma-informed Eating Disorder and Body Image specialist working with a wide variety of people including high performance athletes.

Most of her current work is Supervision of Dietitians alongside teaching and co-facilitating courses and training for Dietitians and Health Professionals. Over the last 5 years, she has developed and co-developed training courses for Dietitians in Eating Disorders, Trauma-informed Care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Binge Eating Disorder and this Body Image course with Marci!

Fiona teaches into three different Masters Level Dietetic programs and works as a consultant with schools and large organisations to support the designing of curriculum and environments where people in all bodies are feeling welcome.

She can be found playing around on Social Media via Instagram @themindfuldietitian and in The Mindful Dietitian Facebook Group.

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