IAEDP St. Louis Chapter - November CE Event

1050 Des Peres Road,Des Peres MO 63131

04 November, 2022

Description

Abstract: Embodied therapy provides an opportunity for individuals to safely connect to their emotions that arise from their body’s sensations, and it teaches individuals how to listen to their body’s needs. Body awareness and connection to sensory self are critical components to the recovery process. When everyday movements are transformed into expressive movements, individuals release and externalize their feelings. Through this process, it becomes possible to identify connections between self-expressive movement and familiar movement patterns in one’s daily life that may underlie the eating disorder. Recovery becomes increasingly feasible when individuals with eating disorders are challenged to live fully in their bodies. Through this presentation, participants will learn about the benefits of embodied therapy for people in eating disorder recovery, common movement and somatic patterns associated with eating disorder behaviors, and embodied interventions that may support their clients struggling with eating disorders.