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Beyond the Binary: Clinical Approaches to Eating Disorders in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Patients

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Description

This presentation outlines basic terminology related to persons who are gender non-conforming. Then goes on to highlight some basic principles of gender affirming care. Finally, we will explore the intersection of gender affirming care and the treatment of eating disorders, looking at specific considerations for treatment within this high-risk population.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to train clinicians and mental health professionals on the impact of gender diversity and eating disorders in order to better be able to assess, treat, and support these patients in achieving sustained recovery.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define terms relative to gender diverse populations

  • Identify key ways eating disorder symptoms may present differently in transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals

  • Apply gender affirming care principles with evidenced based treatment for eating disorders

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Ms. Connor serves as an outpatient therapist at the Lindner Center of Hope. She provides individual, group, and family-based therapy in the Outpatient Practice. She specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and is a member of the Harold C. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program. As a part of the program, she provides services in the outpatient, adult partial hospitalization, adult intensive outpatient, adolescent partial hospitalization, and residential programs. She is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP). Prior to joining the Lindner Center of Hope, Heather served as an outpatient therapist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center serving adolescents and families providing individual, family-based, and group therapy in the outpatient setting. Ms. Connor also has past experience working in community mental health and has provided care in the inpatient, residential, and school based settings. She also previously served as Manager of Social Work, Recreation Therapy, and Spiritual Care at the Lindner Center of Hope. In addition to her interest in eating disorders, Ms. Connor also has interest in working with anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, body image, and is LGBTQ+ affirming. She is trained in Family Based Therapy (FBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), has experience with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and has done additional specialized trainings on trauma through the International Association of Trauma Professionals.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Lindner Center of Hope