Free Educational Webinar: Beyond Avoidance: Eating Disorder Professionals and The Role of Acceptance in Burnout

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Noon Mountain Time
Beyond Avoidance: Eating Disorder Professionals and The Role of Acceptance in Burnout
Allison (Alyee) Willets, LCPC, CMHC
Therapist at Center for Change Boise

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PowerPoint Handout

CE Information:

Center for Change has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6766. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Change is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

CDR Activity #181078, CPE Level 1,2,3, Performance Indicators 9.1.3, 9.6.9, 9.6.2

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval #886558729-8979) for 1 continuing education contact hours.

AADE recognizes NASW, APA, and CDR as continuing education providers on the NCBDE list of recognized approved providers. The continuing education must be applicable to diabetes. Participants are responsible for contacting their respective state and discipline licensing boards to confirm acceptance of CE hours.

Center for Change is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Center for Change maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

About the Presenter:

Allison Willets is a licensed clincial professional counselor (LCPC) in the state of Idaho and a clinical mental health counselor (CMHC) in the state of Utah. She has experience working with chemical addictions and eating disorders. At Center for Change she combines her degrees in psychology, art, and counseling to foster creative and unique perspectives to research and treatment of clients with eating disorders. Allison enjoys working with adolescents, athletes, and individuals that struggle in their relationship with exercise. Her therapeutic approach is a combination of Adlerian, CBT, DBT, and ACT. Allison also loves to include art in her sessions to help clients express their feelings in creative ways. In her free time she enjoys painting, running, traveling, and spending time with her two cats.

Description of Presentation:

Eating disorder professionals face high levels of burnout due the nature of eating disorder care. Therapists are often taught ways to avoid burnout, however, it is becoming more and more difficult to avoid what often feels inevitable. In this presentation, we will examine the role of acceptance, rather than avoidance, of burnout related symptoms and identify ways to respond on an individual and macro level scale through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles.