MANTRA Training

CEWBI

About this event

Dr Emma Dove & Dr Tiffany Calvert present 12 hours of LIVE in-person online training in Maudsley’s Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults | Zoom (August 2025

TIME: 9:00am - 4:00pm (AEST)

TRAINING SUMMARY:

A practical introduction to treating adult clients with Anorexia Nervosa using MANTRA. In this 12 hour training workshop you will be taught the key elements and skills of MANTRA, a treatment developed at The Maudsley Clinic in London. In 2017, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended MANTRA as a first-line treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa, and it is one of the accepted treatments in Australia for clients being seen under Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plans (EDTPs).

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Key strategies for increasing client engagement and motivation
• MANTRA case formulation
• Working with clients to improve emotional tolerance and cognitive flexibility
• Increasing the support of close others in treatment and recovery

NEDC APPROVED TRAINING

This training is approved as an evidence-based treatment model training for the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Emma is a clinical psychologist and co-director of The Swan Centre - a multidisciplinary service in Western Australia for children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Emma has over 10 years of experience in the treatment of severe and complex EDs. She is a member of the WA Eating Disorders Subnetwork group and organising committee for the 2021 ANZAED conference. Emma completed her PhD and Masters in Clinical Psychology at UWA and has worked in academic research in the UK. Clinically, Emma has worked in the specialist eating disorder programmes at the Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) and Hollywood Hospital, as well as the internationally-recognised SWAN research trial of treatments, including MANTRA, for adults with anorexia. Emma continues to use MANTRA in her clinical work at The Swan Centre.

Tiffany is the Lead Clinical Psychologist at Headway Psychology and Wellbeing, a private practice in Perth. Tiffany specialises in the treatment of EDs and has a special interest in the intersectionality of trauma, disordered eating and body image issues. Tiffany graduated with a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from The UWA in 2013. During her training she completed an internship at the Section of Eating Disorders at The Maudsley Hospital in London where she was supervised by Dr Ulrike Schmidt, who co-developed MANTRA. Tiffany continues to utilise MANTRA in her private practice and supervision.