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Non-Ordinary States, Trauma, and Eating Disorders: What Every Clinician Should Understand: NJCA Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Coley C. Woodward II, LMHC
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Eating disorders are often approached through behavioral or cognitive frameworks, yet for many clients, ED symptoms are rooted in trauma, dissociation, and disrupted embodiment. These behaviors may function as adaptive strategies to manage overwhelming internal states and restore a sense of safety or control. This 60-minute webinar explores how non-ordinary states of consciousness—including dissociation and trauma-related shifts in awareness—intersect with eating disorder presentations. Grounded in trauma-informed, ethical practice, participants will gain practical strategies for stabilization and nervous-system regulation that can be applied across treatment settings.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Recognize how trauma, dissociation, and non-ordinary states of consciousness can shape eating disorder symptoms

  • Describe eating disorder behaviors as adaptive nervous-system regulation strategies

  • Apply trauma-informed stabilization and grounding interventions in eating disorder treatment

  • Identify ethical and scope-of-practice considerations when working with altered states

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop explores how non-ordinary states of consciousness—including dissociation and trauma-related shifts in awareness—intersect with eating disorder presentations. Grounded in trauma-informed, ethical practice, participants will gain practical strategies for stabilization and nervous-system regulation that can be applied across treatment settings.

Target Audience

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

Presenters

Coley C. Woodward II, LMHC
Coley C. Woodward II, LMHC, is the founder of Psyberspace Center for Psychedelic Therapy in New York, NY, a BIPOC- and LGBTQ+-affirming psychotherapy practice dedicated to expanding equitable access to trauma-informed and psychedelic-assisted care. Coley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned two master’s degrees in counseling from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York, New Jersey, California, and Georgia, and is EMDR certified. His clinical work focuses on trauma, eating disorders, culturally affirming care, and the ethical clinical use of psychedelic-assisted therapies to support deep and lasting healing. He also provides Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for anorexia. A national health-equity leader in MDMA-assisted therapy, Coley is committed to advancing safe, ethical, and accessible psychedelic care. His professional background spans correctional facilities, courts, and community mental health programs, serving individuals impacted by incarceration, homelessness, and severe mental illness. He is a practicum supervisor for Columbia University School of Social Work and a forensic social worker with the San Mateo County Bar Association. Coley is the author of the Psychedelic Integration Guide and the creator of two innovative trauma-healing models: TRIP, an 8-week individual psychedelic-assisted EMDR program, and GRIP, a group-based psychedelic-assisted EMDR program designed to support trauma recovery without personal disclosure. He also volunteers with Project HEAL to expand access to eating disorder treatment and partners with Thank You Life to increase equitable access to psychedelic-assisted care. Coley’s mission is to redefine trauma recovery and help ensure that profound healing becomes a right—not a privilege.

Financially Sponsored By

  • New Jersey Counseling Association (NJCA)