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1. Overheard at the
National Eating Disorders Conference
JUNE 15 – 17, 2016 | LAS VEGAS, NV

2. “Avoid energy vampires—the whiners, grouches,
and complainers who make you feel tired and
drained while you are with them and often
afterwards.”
--Ann Kearney-Cooke, PhD, Advances in the Treatment of Binge Eating

3. “Individuals with a mother or sister who had
suffered from Anorexia Nervosa are 12 times
more likely to develop Anorexia Nervosa.”
--Ann Kearney-Cooke, PhD, Advances in the Treatment of Binge Eating

4. “Yoga therapy teaches us to be curious with the
personal experience, to look inward, to let go of
old attachments and to feel strong and in control
of our bodies.”
--Amy Klimek Stansbury, MA, LCPC, Embodied Healing for Eating Disorders

5. “The goal of ACT (Acceptance & Commitment
Therapy) is psychological flexibility—training
individuals to actively & openly contact their ongoing
experiences in the present moment as fully
conscious human beings.”
--Valerie Martin, LMSW, and Robert Chapman, MSSW, LMSW, LADAC, Putting
ED in Its Place: Using ACT & Experiential Therapy to Help Clients Defuse from
Disease and Reconnect with Authenticity

6. “Helping clients move from talking from ED to
telling on ED results in shame reduction, more
dynamic & therapeutic introspective processes &
taking responsibility for ED.”
--Valerie Martin, LMSW, and Robert Chapman, MSSW, LMSW, LADAC, The Hydra:
Weaving Together Greek Mythology, ACT, and Experiential Therapy

7. “Genetics may load the gun, but epigenetics
pulls the trigger.”
--Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, Wearing the Right Genes: The New
Science of Body-Shaping Epigenetics

8. “DNA is not destiny. Every thought, mouthful,
and movement changes gene expression, alters
your destiny, and transforms your mind-body.”
--Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, Wearing the Right Genes: The New
Science of Body-Shaping Epigenetics

9. “Guilt should be confronted directly, as many parents
feel guilty if their child becomes ill for any reason, but
particularly with psychological illnesses, and even
more particularly, eating disorders.”
--James Lock, MD, PhD, Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia
Nervosa: Evidence and Treatment Model

10. “The single best predictor of risk for developing
an eating disorder is being
born female.”
--Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, Invisible Women: Perfectionism, Eating
Disorders, and Body Image at Midlife and Beyond

11. “If you eat with 1 person you’ll eat 35% more, if
you eat with 7 (or more) you’ll eat nearly twice
as much.”
--Edward Abramson, PhD, Breaking Free From Emotional Eating: Separating
Feelings From Feeding

12. “There is no FDA-approved medication for
Anorexia Nervosa, yet the majority of patients
treated are with psychotropics…polypharmacy is
the norm.”
--Gregory L. Jantz, PhD, CEDS, Whole Person Strategies for Eating Disorders

13. “If trends continue 51% of adults will be
obese by 2030; 100% of African American
women by 2034.”
--Edward Abramson, Ph.D., Is Your Client a Food Addict? Controversies, Cases,
Assessment, and Treatment

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