FEAST of Knowledge

About this event

Join FEAST for a virtual conference designed to educate, inform, and empower parents and other caregivers through presentations from leading clinicians, experts by experience, and researchers in the eating disorders field.

The conference will offer knowledge on a range of topics related to the research and treatment of eating disorders, with the aim of enabling parents and caregivers to better support, care for, and assist in the recovery of their loved one.

There are 13 sessions, including:

Opening Keynote Address - Moving the Needle: How Can We Do Better? Christine Peat, Director, NCEED; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UNC, National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders and the University of North Carolina

Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy –What is it and How Does it Work? Agnes Ayton, Consultant Psychiatrist, Chair of the Faculty of Eating Disorders, Oxford Health FT, University of Oxford, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Counterintuitive Parenting: Avoiding Collusion with the Eating Disorder, Angela Guarda, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program

Longstanding Eating Disorders - and why we must not give up hope, Anthea Fursland, PhD FAED, CEDC

Click here to see the full schedule.

Note: 2023 Feast of Knowledge begins at 10am on Sunday, 26 February US time, which is 2am on Monday, 27 February in eastern Australia (AEDT). Please check times carefully. Sessions are recorded and available to registrants.