Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing for emotional eating
Using EMDR for emotional eating
The presentation covers:
- The role that the brain plays in emotional eating, and why willpower doesn't work as a strategy in the longer term
- Why dieting is not an effective strategy to gain control
- Learn what EMDR is, and how EMDR can work in the area of emotional eating
- Experience EMDR for yourself
- When to refer onto an EMDR therapist and what they can help with
- Case studies
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Watching this presentation and completing the assessment can contribute towards assessable Continuing Professional Development hours
About the Presenter
Georgie Beames is a registered Psychologist who has a long-standing interest in working with clients who have eating, weight and body image concerns.
Georgie uses evidence based psychological techniques that shift client’s negative attitudes and beliefs that keep them locked in the battle with their body.
She adopts a client-centred approach to her work that is respectful of the client, tailored to their needs, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Georgie helps clients to identify the changes that they wish to make, and works with her clients to understand and make sense of their concerns. She has private practice experience and an online program, where she solely works with clients around their eating, weight and body image concerns.
Georgie has been working in a weight loss surgery clinic since 2016, consulting with both our surgical and non-surgical weight loss clients. She has recently established a podcast for weight loss surgery patients called Reverse the Relapse.
Registration includes
- Access to a recording of the presentation
- Presentation notes
- Assessment quiz and certificate
- Suggested further reading
Registration types
- On demand recording: from $38 receive a recording and associated documents
- Subscription: $33 monthly to access all Education in Nutrition recordings
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