Kim Dennis, MD & Rhona Epstein, Psy.D.
Eating Disorders in the Age of Semaglutide: The Complexity of Helping Clients Find Their Path
Friday, November 8, 2024,
12:00-2:30 PM ET (With CE’s)

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Eating Disorders in the Age of Semaglutide: The Complexity of Helping Clients Find Their Path

Friday, November 8, 2024  

12:00 – 2:30 PM ET  

 

Webinar Presenters

Kim Dennis, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, eating disorders specialist and board certified in addiction medicine. She specializes in treating eating disorders, addiction, trauma, and complex co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Dr. Dennis also brings lived experience to her work as a physician with long-term recovery from ED, addiction and developmental trauma.  

 

She is the co-founder, Chief Medical Officer, and CEO of SunCloud Health. Dr. Dennis is also on faculty at University of Illinois Chicago as a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, and completed her psychiatry residency training at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Dennis is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago in the Department of Psychiatry. She believes in and maintains a holistic perspective in psychiatry, incorporating biological, psycho-social, and spiritual approaches into individually tailored, weight neutral treatments for each patient.  She serves as a board member for the Eating Disorders Coalition and Galen Mental Health, a member of NEDA’s Clinical Advisory Council, a member of the American Association of Pediatrics Eating Disorders and “Obesity” Workgroup, and past co-chair of AED’s Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders SIG. 

 

Rhona Epstein, Psy.D., began her recovery journey at seventeen years old after battling binge eating and bulimia from childhood. Affected so deeply by the recovery process, she determined to devote the rest of her life to helping others out of the same insanity with food abuse and weight obsession. Since 1994, Rhona has provided individual, couples, family, group therapy and coaching online & in her private practice in Chester County Pennsylvania. While she’s expanded her practice to reach people with a wide range of issues, she specializes in treating addictions and eating disorders. Depending on the client, Rhona integrates either twelve-step recovery principles or biblically based spirituality in therapy. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Chestnut Hill College in 2009. Dr Rhona’s latest books include Satisfied, The Satisfied Workbook, and Hope & Healing for Food Addiction. 

 

Summary

According to a 2023 poll by the American Psychological Association, nearly nine in ten U.S. adults felt overwhelmed by the holidays (89%), citing stressors such as “not having enough money, missing loved ones and anticipating family conflict.”[i] And, National Alliance on Mental Health research has shown almost two-thirds of those already struggling “feel their mental health is negatively impacted by the holidays.”[ii] A CDC study likewise found an increase in depressive symptoms among 64% of those with a pre-existing mental health condition.[iii]
Whatever happened to the world where Andy Williams could sing with a straight face, It’s the most wonderful time of the year? We now live in a time when the holidays have become synonymous with anxiety and stress, with 43% of survey respondents admitting the stress of the holidays “interferes with their ability to enjoy them.”[iv]
This webinar will explore the current state of our stressed-out holidays, who is most vulnerable to the anxiety and depression distressingly prevalent during this time of the year, what are the most common trigger points, and, most importantly, what can be done to help lower the boiling point (not just for the mulled cider) for the holiday season itself.

Summary 

Learning Objectives  

Participants will: 

  1. Participants will develop an understanding of the impact of the new GLP-1 receptor agonist weight loss medications on mental health and eating disorders. 
  1. Participants will be able to describe the potential benefits and unique complications of GLP-1 medications for patients with eating disorders.  
  1. Participants will be able to develop individualized risk/benefit analyses to collaboratively create bio-psycho-social-spiritual to optimize care for patients with eating disorders currently on or considering GLP-1 medications.   

 

Continuing Education  

Approved for 2 CEs for Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Chemical Dependency Counselors  

 

Approved for 2 IBCC CEs for Pastoral Counselors, Pastors, Teachers, and Coaches 

  

The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) offers some psychologists, therapists, counselors, social workers, and play therapists Continuing Education (CE) credit due to good standing with certain states and a limited number of professional organizations. It remains the responsibility of each participant to be aware of state licensure and CE requirements. Participants should check their state and/or local regulations regarding required Continuing Education hours. For more information on Light University Continuing Education programs, please visit https://www.lightuniversity.com/continuing-education-statements/.   

 

*Webinars MUST be watched LIVE to receive CE Credit.  

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