May 30, 2012: 3:00 pm MST. If you are the sibling of someone affected by an eating disorder, we invite you to join treatment specialist Libby Neal, MA, LPC, of The Rosewood Institute, and Anna Thurmaier, RN, sister of someone in recovery, for this free online webinar. They will share the unique role and effects of being the sibling of someone with an eating disorder, and how to manage the relationship in a way that is supportive of yourself and your sibling. This webinar will go beyond the basics of eating disorder signs and symptoms and will give you relevant, applicable tools for addressing and coping with the challenges of supporting a loved one with an eating disorder.
May 22, 2012: 11 am MST In the event you planned to attend the May 22, Webinar; Medical Issues: The Addicted Eating Disordered Client with Dr. Steven Dulla. We want to let you know that unfortunately, Dr. Dulla will not be able to present this webinar. In lieu of his presentation we have asked Megan Kniskern, MS, RD, Executive Clinical Nutrition Director to host the webinar. Megan will be speaking on the following subject: “Eating Disorders, Gastric Bypass and Binge Eating Disorder: A Dietitian’s Perspective.”
Megan Kniskern, MS, RD has many years experience working with eating disorders but recently she has treated an increased number of binge eating disorder and gastric bypass clients. This rapid surge in post weight loss surgery and binge eating disorder clients has Megan examining certain aspects of her work in order to best serve these clients. Specifically, Megan will distinguish variations on traditional dietary eating disorder interventions related to assessment, exercise, food intake issues, meal planning, weight loss, expected length of care and long term follow up treatment. This conversational interview will use clinical case vignettes to demonstrate the convergence of eating disorders, gastric bypass and binge eating disorder issues. Please look for the recording of her presentation in on-demand format on The Rosewood Institute’s website after May 22nd.
May 10, 2012: The Rosewood Institute welcomes Bobbe McGinley, MA, MBA, CADAC, MCGC-II, LISAC, to speak at Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders in-patient facility, May 10th. Ms. McGinley founded Pitch4Kidz, a program designed to give strength and hope to families facing the disease of addiction, with it’s primary goal of helping children understand addiction and realize it is not their fault. She will be teaching clinical staff skills geared towards resilience, healthy communication, and social competence. Please look for the recording of her presentation in on-demand format on The Rosewood Institute’s website after May 15th.
May 8-9, 2011: The Rosewood Institute is delighted that Caryn Honig, MS, RD will be visiting our campuses and presenting to our staff on May 8th and 9th. Caryn’s captivating personality in combination with her pioneering nutritional interventions for people with eating disorders will surely create a dynamic series of talks. Please watch her on demand presentation posted on The Rosewood Institutes website after May 15th.
April 27, 2012: 11 am MST Amie Celender, MS, LMFT, presented Hopeful, Angry, Worn Out: Family Systems with Eating Disorders. The presentation identified characteristics associated with dysfunctional forms of communication when one family member has an eating disorder. Case vignettes demonstrated the power of a family system for both informing as well as recovering from the eating disorder. This presentation is available on demand. Click here to view.
March 27, 2012: Lee Neagle, MA presented Help Me But Go Away: Treating the Difficult Adolescent. This presentation is available on demand. Click here to view.
February 29, 2012: Kitty Westin, prominent speaker and one of the first advocates for Eating Disorders will share her story and how she recovered from the death of her daughter by becoming an activist and advocate for people struggling with eating disorders in a talk titled A Mothers Journey from Despair to Hope. Kitty will be speaking to the Rosewood staff and current clients on her advocacy work and recovery for Eating Disorders. To view Kitty Westin’s presentation, please click here.
February 28, 2012: Shaul Austin, M. Ed, LPC presented the One Stop Shop: Applying the 12 step Model to Eating Disorders. This is also avilable to view on demand if you missed the live presentation. Click here to view.
February 28, 2012: Brad Lamm, BR-I, CAI author, teacher and interventionist best known for helping people make life-enhancing change on The Dr. OZ Show and The Today Show will present on the popular topic The Ecosystem of the Family and the Effects of Eating Disorders and Addictions. This event will be presented to the Rosewood staff and clients.
February 27, 2012: Brad Lamm, BR-I, CAI author, teacher and interventionist best known for helping people make life-enhancing change on The Dr. OZ Show and The Today Show will present on Intervening on the Food Addicted Client. This motivational event will be presented to the A New Journey Eating Disorder Center staff and clients.
February 23, 2012: Justine J. Reel, PhD, LPC, CC-AASP specializing in sport medicine/eating disorders and consultant to the Olympic Training Centers will be presenting Promoting “Intuitive Exercise”: Exercise Education and Eating Disorder Treatment at Rosewood’s Inpatient Campus. To view Justine J. Reel’s presentation, please click here.
Everybody Knows Somebody. Rosewood Gets Involved in 2012 Eating Disorder Awareness Week
WICKENBURG, Ariz. – Everybody Knows Somebody. In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDA) February 26 – March 3, 2012, Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders invites you to join us in our efforts to educate the community about eating disorders, provide resources for early detection and intervention and spread a message of hope.
“Rosewood actively participates and contributes to the education and prevention of eating disorders on both a national and international level,” says Michelle Klinedinst, MS, CEDS, Executive Vice President of Rosewood, “National Eating Disorder Awareness week allow us to extend our reach even further to individuals, professionals and organizations through these informative and motivational events and activities.”
This year, NEDA challenged the community to do just one thing to help raise awareness and provide accurate information about eating disorders. Rosewood responded by participating in and planning five great events throughout the week.
February 26, 2012: Eating Disorder Awareness Week kicks-off with Phoenix’s first Eating Disorder Awareness Walk from 6-9am. Rosewood and others from the area will help to raise awareness and funds for NEDA by participating in a mile-long walk around the zoo. Lace up your shoes and come stroll with us at the NEDA Walk.
In addition to Rosewood events, volunteers across the country and internationally will host creative events, distribute educational materials, post facts and referrals to help on social media sites, and more. To learn more please contact Libby.Neal@rosewoodranch.com or visit www.rosewoodranch.com.
Rosewood Institute Faculty Member Brad Lamm Shares Personal Journey to Teach Others
Recently, Brad Lamm, BR-I, CAI, a Rosewood Institute© faculty member and a nationally-renowned author, teacher and interventionist, presented his insights and experience to a group of American Airlines Employee Assistance Program professionals in Miami as part of his partnership with Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders and the Palm Beach Institute.
His moving talk described the loneliness, despair and fear associated with seeing a loved one struggle with a self-harming behavior, as well as steps that professionals, family and friends can take to over come the obstacles associated with addition. Brad presented cutting-edge strategies that move past the helplessness and pain to enable recovery for not only the person struggling with illness or addiction, but also for the network of family and friends surrounding that person.
How do you facilitate an intervention on someone that doesn’t want help? How do you get that person to engage in a discussion, a process, a decision that moves them from addiction and into the first steps of recovery?
Speaking from his own recovery from bulimia nervosa, crystal meth, tobacco and alcoholism, Brad is empathic to the struggle while exercising well-honed skills in dealing with the distorted thinking and denial that keeps the client in the chaos.
Brad believes the family and friends (the “voices that matter”) are uniquely poised to interrupt illness and enable healing through their own spoken “eyewitness accounts” to offer a “change plan” for their loved one. His mind-body-spirit approach helps family and friends walk from a past of pain, addiction and brokenness, into a new way of living and loving.
Members of the audience were inspired by his presentation and it served as a catalyst for even more involvement by the American Airlines Employee Assistance Program professionals.
“Brad offered real-life tips and strategies that can help all of us that assist our fellow employees,” said David Hackney, EAP coordinator for American Airlines’ Transport Workers Union Local 561. “His personal story of recovery serves as an inspiration to all of us to work harder to help our members and their families. No one is beyond help.”
Brad Lamm is the author of five books, including How to Help the One You Love: A New Way to intervene, Just 10 LBS: Easy Steps to Weighing What You Want (FINALLY!) and Just 10 Minutes: Your Blueprint to Quit Smoking. He is a Creator & Producer of the eight-part docu-series “Addicted to Food” on OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network) and serves on the Board of Dr. Oz’s HealthCorps. Brad speaks worldwide in association with The Rosewood Institute©, highlighting intervention approaches to helping those suffering from eating disorders. He is a regular contributor to both the Dr. Oz and Today shows.
National Eating Disorder Experts Provide Cutting Edge Training to Rosewood Clinicians
In late November 2011, nationally-renowned eating disorder experts, Dr. Timothy Brewerton, MD, DFAPA, FAED, DFAACAP and Dr. Therese Kileen, PhD APRN BC provided four days intensive training at both the inpatient facility and outpatient settings to Rosewood staff on the latest advances in ED treatment.
Dr. Brewerton, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and a member of The Rosewood Institute Faculty. He is the author of more than 120 articles on ED and is leading researcher in the field of trauma, bulimia and food addictions. Dr. Kileen is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina and has a long history serving as Principal and Co-investigator on numerous pharmacotherapy and behavioral studies for substance use and comorbid disorders.
The four-day intensive training sessions examined topics such as Evidence-based Treatment and Its Application to Eating Disorders, Motivational Approaches to Treating Comorbid ED and Chemical Dependency, as well as interactive exercises on trauma, food addictions and the effects of highly palatable foods. Drs. Brewerton and Kileen participated as part of Rosewood treatment and clinical team meetings, providing invaluable expertise and knowledge to Rosewood staff.
“Rosewood is honored to have such high-caliber experts presenting to staff,” said Libby Neal, MA LPC, Rosewood’s Executive Clinical Director of Training and Education. “Having experts like Drs. Brewerton and Kileen present to our staff gives Rosewood’s clinical team a toolbox of cutting–edge techniques to treat our clients. This is what sets our treatment apart from others in the eating disorder field.
As members of The Rosewood Institute Faculty, Drs. Brewerton and Kileen will share their expertise, knowledge and cutting edge-techniques at several events including the West Coast Symposium in May, the Cape Cod Symposium in September and internationally at the London Symposium on Addictive Disorders in May.
To read articles and research by Drs. Brewerton and Kileen, click here.
