I offer lectures, workshops, and in-depth clinical training for treatment programs, graduate institutions, CEU platforms, and professional organizations across the U.S. and internationally.

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As a psychoanalyst and board-certified, licensed psychologist, author of several books and numerous peer-reviewed publications on eating disorders, and with over a decade of clinical work with and supervision of complex cases, I specialize in bridging relationship-based psychotherapy with contemporary eating disorder treatment, trauma-informed care, and clinician development.

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Staff Trainings for Eating Disorder Programs

 

I provide customized trainings for clinical teams at all levels of care – IOP, PHP, residential, and outpatient. These trainings support staff in:

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• Deepening understanding of case formulation in ED presentations

• Working with transference/countertransference and enactment

• Enhancing parental engagement and reflective functioning through a relational frame

• Dynamic underpinnings of eating disorders and body image concerns

• Men and boys with EDs, including anorexia nervosa, muscle dysmorphia, and others

 

Additional topics are available on request.

 

Format Options

• One-time lectures or keynotes (in-person or virtual)

• 90-minute or half-day staff training intensives

• Ongoing consulting or faculty roles

• CEU-eligible workshops and recorded webinars

 

Selected Training & Lecture Venues

• Austen Riggs

• PESI Digital Seminar

• Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders

• San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP)

• Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC)

• William Alanson White Institute – EDCAS Program

• Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP)

• The Clinic Without Walls

• University of California, San Francisco Medical School

• Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis – Los Angeles (ICPLA)

• Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

• Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc.

 

Selected Media Features & Interviews

• New Book Network - Eating Disorders

• Radio New Zealand – Why Do Men Fret About Going Bald?

• GQ Magazine (Italy) – Why Hair Loss Is a Male Obsession

• Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast – Eating Disorders, Empathy, and Reflective Function

• Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch – The Dynamic Underpinnings of Eating Disorders

• Therapist.com – Eating Disorders in Men and Boys

• Rachelle Heinemann Podcast – Lying and Deception in Eating Disorders

• Dr. Suzanne Phillips (Psych Up Live) – Psychoanalytic Treatment of Eating Disorders & Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males

• ED Matters with Kathy Cortese – When Words Fail and Bodies Speak

• Newsweek – Where’s Ken? The Abandonment of Men in Body Positivity

• WebMD, Yahoo Health, Slate, Glammonitor, National Post, and others on male eating disorders, the psychodynamics of body image, and other topics.