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Ask the Experts: Navigating Resistance in Eating Disorder Treatment
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Ask the Experts: Navigating Resistance in Eating Disorder Treatment
1.5 CE Hours
Intermediate
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Description
Join us for Ask the Experts — a dynamic and interactive quarterly event series led by Monte Nido’s nationally recognized thought leaders in the eating disorder field. This series invites attendees to learn directly from the experts shaping best practices in eating disorder treatment and recovery.
This quarter submit your questions on client and/or caregiver resistance - from protective behaviors to family hesitation - and gain practical strategies for turning resistance into progress in eating disorder treatment.
What to Expect:
🧠 Education & Insights: This series is ideal for providers, students, professionals, and individuals looking to deepen their understanding of eating disorder care through expert-led dialogue.
❓ Submit Your Questions: Have a question? Ask away! Attendees are invited to submit questions in advance during the registration process. Our Monte Nido experts will review and thoughtfully address selected questions during the session.
💻 Real-Time Q&A: Didn’t submit your question ahead of time? No worries! Engage live during the event! Submit your questions through the Q&A feature — our team will review them in real-time and answer as many as time allows.
Event Description:
Eating disorders are complex mental illness that often make treatment and recovery multifaceted and non-linear. One significant dynamic within the treatment process is resistance - a common, yet often misunderstood element of care. While resistance can feel uncomfortable for the client, caregiver and clinician, it can also function as a protective mechanism. Recognizing that resistance is not simply denial or defiance, but a potential signal of underlying fear, ambivalence, and/or unmet needs is crucial. While both motivation and resistance naturally ebb and flow throughout treatment, it is in these moments that opportunities for insight, empathy and therapeutic alliance can emerge. This topic explores how clinicians, caregivers and individuals living with eating disorders perceive and respond to resistance. By understanding the function of resistance and addressing it with curiosity rather than confrontation, care teams can foster a more compassionate and effective treatment environment.
Disclosure Statement: This material is for general information purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice or any other advice on any specific circumstances. No one should act or refrain from acting based upon any information herein without seeking medical advice. Monte Nido makes no warranties, representations, or claims of any kind concerning the content herein. Monte Nido and the contributing presenters or authors expressly disclaim all liability to any person in respect of the consequences of anything done or not done in reliance upon the use of contents included herein.
This quarter submit your questions on client and/or caregiver resistance - from protective behaviors to family hesitation - and gain practical strategies for turning resistance into progress in eating disorder treatment.
What to Expect:
🧠 Education & Insights: This series is ideal for providers, students, professionals, and individuals looking to deepen their understanding of eating disorder care through expert-led dialogue.
❓ Submit Your Questions: Have a question? Ask away! Attendees are invited to submit questions in advance during the registration process. Our Monte Nido experts will review and thoughtfully address selected questions during the session.
💻 Real-Time Q&A: Didn’t submit your question ahead of time? No worries! Engage live during the event! Submit your questions through the Q&A feature — our team will review them in real-time and answer as many as time allows.
Event Description:
Eating disorders are complex mental illness that often make treatment and recovery multifaceted and non-linear. One significant dynamic within the treatment process is resistance - a common, yet often misunderstood element of care. While resistance can feel uncomfortable for the client, caregiver and clinician, it can also function as a protective mechanism. Recognizing that resistance is not simply denial or defiance, but a potential signal of underlying fear, ambivalence, and/or unmet needs is crucial. While both motivation and resistance naturally ebb and flow throughout treatment, it is in these moments that opportunities for insight, empathy and therapeutic alliance can emerge. This topic explores how clinicians, caregivers and individuals living with eating disorders perceive and respond to resistance. By understanding the function of resistance and addressing it with curiosity rather than confrontation, care teams can foster a more compassionate and effective treatment environment.
Disclosure Statement: This material is for general information purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice or any other advice on any specific circumstances. No one should act or refrain from acting based upon any information herein without seeking medical advice. Monte Nido makes no warranties, representations, or claims of any kind concerning the content herein. Monte Nido and the contributing presenters or authors expressly disclaim all liability to any person in respect of the consequences of anything done or not done in reliance upon the use of contents included herein.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify and discuss tools to properly assess a client's level of resistance.
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Describe strategies/tools/interventions to manage caregivers' responses to client resistance.
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Identify and describe tools that can be used to assess a client's level of resistance.
Target Audience
- Addiction Professional
- Counselor
- Dietitian
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
Presenters
Sarah Lewandowski, MA, LPC, CEDS-C
Sarah is a licensed professional counselor and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Consultant. Sarah received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Drexel University and her Master's degree in Professional Clinical Counseling from La Salle University. Her experience in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs has shaped her understanding of the severity and complexity of this journey for all clients.
Sarah joined Monte Nido in 2016 and has enjoyed many roles within the company, most recently, clinical director of Monte Nido Philadelphia. She is passionate about supporting clients on their journeys to full recovery and living as their authentic selves. While supporting clients on their recovery journeys, she is also passionate about supporting young clinicians in finding their passion for therapeutic work. She supervises many young clinicians on the road to becoming eating disorder specialists and uses compassion, warmth and a good laugh when teaching.
She currently oversees the operations of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, supporting facilities at managing the clinical care while maintaining operational integrity. When not working, she is a native Pennsylvanian who enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 large dogs, finding new restaurants in downtown Philadelphia to enjoy with friends and cheering on all things Philadelphia sports. Go Phillies!
Danielle Small, LMFT, CEDS-C
Danielle Small is a certified eating disorder specialist and consultant with over a decade of experience in Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization and Residential Eating Disorder Treatment. For the past eleven years Danielle has been in multiple roles at Monte Nido and Affiliates, treating eating disorders and co-occurring conditions. She was previously Clinical Director at Monte Nido’s Eating Disorder Center of Boston until taking on the role of Clinical Director at Monte Nido’s Clementine Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment Center, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She then became Regional Director of Clinical Operations for the Northeast, overseeing all clinical programming and operations for the Residential and Day Treatment programs in the region. Currently, Danielle is Vice-President of Clinical Services working with all of Monte Nido’s teams nationwide.
Danielle’s therapeutic aim is simple; she wants her clients to connect with their potential for growth despite life’s inherent struggles. Her passion is helping clients reach a place of self-acceptance, re-connecting them to their intellectual curiosity, and allowing them to tap into the potential for personal peace. She endeavors to do this with humor, warmth and candor.
Financially Sponsored By
- Monte Nido