This workshop will explore the integration of systemic family therapy concepts and skills into family work with adults living with an eating disorder.  

It will include:

• an exploration of the diverse forms that families and support networks may take, and how this can be established in your work setting,
• an overview of existing evidence and practice applications in family work when adult eating disorders are involved,
• an introductory exploration of how systemic family therapy assumptions, concepts and skills can strengthen family work with adults living with an eating disorder,
• the Bouverie Centre’s systemic family therapy expertise, and its application to adult eating disorders. This will include family inclusive practice, single session family consultation and trauma informed/transformation practice.
• practical skill exercises that will assist with integration and application into your work practice.  
  a forum to ask questions and troubleshoot constraints and difficulties. 

The workshop will incorporate a range of styles - dialectic presentation, dialogical conversation, small group discussions and practice skills orientated experiential exercises.

• Identify ways to include families and support networks in your work with adults living with an eating disorder. 
• Enhanced understanding of systemic family work skills and practice. 
• Enhanced understanding of family work skills application appropriate to your role and work setting with adults living with an eating disorder. 
• An initial practice change plan for your work context.

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