Therapeutic Meal Support for Young People with Anorexia

About this event

This workshop will deliver intensive practical training in the provision of therapeutic meals in the context of family-based approaches in inpatient, outpatient and day patient contexts. This includes utilising a meal session as an assessment, but also as both a parent-led clinician-supported and clinician-led interventions. Participants will learn how to set up meals, ways to consider how to adjust the ‘tone’ of a mealtime to positively impact the ‘task’ (eating), how to work with a co-therapist and/or in a team at mealtimes, and what to do when it’s not working!

Content

• Theoretical background and framework
• Discussion of clinical processes to enable success
• How clinicians can work directly with young people or alongside parents to model effective meal coaching
• Guided role plays to help develop participants micro skill development
• How to work with a curious and relational frame and have attuned and tailored responses