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Living in the Body: A Whole-Person Approach to Eating Disorders & Trauma

Jenni Schaefer
Tiffany M. Ingersoll, MA, LPC-S, LPCC-S
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Description

Through eating disorder recovery, patients learn how to nourish their bodies, appreciate their bodies, and maybe even love their bodies, but many never learn how to live in their bodies. When trauma and eating disorders collide, a whole-person approach is essential to help patients reconnect with self-love, self-care, self-assessment, and the ability to live safely in their bodies. Blending both clinical expertise and lived experience, this presentation addresses the importance of expanding eating disorder treatment to include the simultaneous treatment of trauma and core issues. Tiffany Ingersoll, MA, LPC-S, LPCC-S (seasoned clinician, national speaker, and Clinical Director), provides a clinical perspective on why integrating trauma treatment is necessary for full healing. Jenni Schaefer, recovery advocate and author, will share her personal experience of struggling with an eating disorder and trauma, and why healing required addressing the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to identify the complex intersection between trauma and eating disorders and to analyze the importance of treating them concurrently within a whole-person framework. Participants will outline how trauma impacts the brain and nervous system and apply practical strategies to assist clients in reconnecting with their bodies and moving toward integrated healing in mind, body, and spirit.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of concurrently treating eating disorders, trauma, and core issues to support sustained recovery.

  • Explain how trauma impacts the brain and identify strategies to help patients reconnect with their bodies in the present moment.

  • Apply somatic techniques to assist patients in moving from survival states (fight, flight, freeze) to a more integrated way of living in mind, body, and spirit.

Target Audience

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

Presenters

Jenni Schaefer
Jenni Schaefer is a bestselling author and internationally recognized speaker whose work has transformed the conversation around eating disorder recovery. Her groundbreaking book, Life Without Ed, introduced “Ed” (short for Eating Disorder), a concept that has helped countless individuals name their illness, separate from it, and begin to heal. She later wrote Goodbye Ed, Hello Me and co-authored Almost Anorexic, a collaboration with Harvard Medical School designed to help the millions of people who struggle with eating disorders that do not meet official diagnostic criteria. A Senior Fellow with Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, Jenni has appeared in national outlets such as Today, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune. Recovered from her own eating disorder and trauma, Jenni brings her message of self-acceptance and triumph over adversity to audiences worldwide.
Tiffany M. Ingersoll, MA, LPC-S, LPCC-S
Tiffany M. Ingersoll, MA, LPC-S (AZ), LPCC-S (OH), earned her Master’s in Clinical Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary and is licensed in Arizona and Ohio. In 2022, she joined Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, launched The Meadows Extended Care Program–Wickenburg, and now serves as Clinical Director for Willow Healing Center. With over fifteen years of clinical experience, Tiffany specializes in eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, and trauma. She has developed and led residential, outpatient, extended care, day treatment, and trauma-informed equine-assisted programs, is extensively trained in EMDR, DBT, and equine-assisted therapies, and is an author and speaker.

Financially Sponsored By

  • The Meadows