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Treating Eating Disorders Without Weight Bias: Introducing CBT-WI

Rebecka Peebles, MD, FAAP, CEDS, DABOM
Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, FAED, CEDS-C, CBTP®
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Analyze the modified CBT-WI cognitive model, including the impact of dietary restriction and weight suppression.

  • Describe the importance of regular eating and how to use self-monitoring to support it.

  • Design weight-inclusive, justice-based body image exposure exercises tailored to patients of diverse sizes and genders.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this training is to equip clinicians with the theoretical foundation and practical frameworks of Weight-Inclusive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-WI). By the end of this course, participants will be able to effectively conceptualize eating disorders through a modified cognitive model that accounts for dietary restriction and weight suppression, implement flexible behavioral interventions to support regular eating, and utilize justice-based, weight-inclusive exposure strategies to address body image concerns across diverse populations.

Description

This training will provide an overview of Weight-Inclusive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-WI). CBT is the leading treatment for adults with eating disorders. The CBT-WI modified treatment approach increases acceptability for people of all sizes and genders with eating disorders. We will discuss the history of CBT for eating disorders, its efficacy, the rationale for modifications, and who CBT-WI is for. We will explain a revised version of the cognitive model with a focus on the primary drivers of dietary restriction and weight suppression and how to assess for each concern. We will emphasize the importance of regular eating and how to use self-monitoring in a flexible way. We will suggest body image interventions that are weight-inclusive and challenge weight stigma.

Target Audience

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

Presenters

Rebecka Peebles, MD, FAAP, CEDS, DABOM
Dr. Rebecka Peebles is the Vice President of Adolescent Medicine at Monte Nido and Affiliates. She joined there after 13 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, specializing in adolescent and young adult medicine. Dr. Peebles is board certified in pediatrics and further specialty certified in adolescent and young adult medicine, and served as the Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at CHOP, which she co-founded in 2011. Her research has been funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association, and has focused on medical evaluation, bone health, and biobehavioral links in youth with eating disorders. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with her MD in 1996, completed her pediatrics residency at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Ohio in 1999, and her adolescent medicine fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2003.
Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, FAED, CEDS-C, CBTP®
Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, FAED, CEDS-C, CBTP® (she/her) is a psychologist, fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), and certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS) and approved consultant for the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). She owns Eating Disorder Therapy LA, a group practice in Los Angeles. She is certified in FBT for adolescent eating disorders and is the author of When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder (New Harbinger, 2019). Muhlheim is a co-author of The Weight-Inclusive CBT Workbook for Eating Disorders: Tools to Reject Diet Culture, Heal Body Shame, and Promote Recovery (New Harbinger, 2026). Dr. Muhlheim has held leadership roles in several professional organizations including the AED, IAEDP, and the Los Angeles County Psychological Association. She has previously been an IAEDP core course instructor. She is co-author with Katie Grubiak, RDN of the EDRD Pro course, FBT-Informed Eating Disorder Treatment: A Course for Dietitians. She provides training on eating disorders to mental health providers and parents internationally. She has a website and a blog and has built a solid professional platform around weight-inclusive modified evidence-based treatments for eating disorders, specifically, CBT and FBT.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Monte Nido