Anorexia, Bulimia, Obesity:
Going behind the label of eating disorders and getting to the roots of the problem
12 October 2024. 9:30am - 4:30pm AEST
This workshop will cover the issues of Eating Disorder and Obesity from a multigenerational perspective.
The goal is to demonstrate the usefulness of going beyond the medical modality of labelling and focusing on food and medication to treat the disorder. If we move out of the medical description, we might observe the deeper underlying issues of many adolescents who signal through their bodies and actions their discomfort and exasperated search for care and love.
Participants can discover innovative ways of working with anorexic, bulimic and obese clients by giving competence back to the young persons in the context of their extended families.
Participants will learn how to use themselves freely in psychotherapy and counselling adopting a humanistic and creative approach.
A power Point will be presented to illustrate the main themes of the course and video segments of Andolfi’s family work with ED and Obese clients will be shown and discussed.
Presenter:
Maurizio Andolfi, Child Psychiatrist, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, University La Sapienza in Rome is the Director of the International Family Therapy Academy (Italy). He is an internationally renowned Master Family Therapist. He was awarded for his special contribution to family therapy by AAMFT in 1999 and from the Australian Association of family Therapy in 2021. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from AFTA In 2016. Andolfi relocated to Australia in where he was conferred with the title of Distinguished Talent from the Australian Government and continues to teach around the world. He is also an Honorary Member of the Asian Family Therapy Association and of the World Social Psychiatry Association. He is the author of several bestselling books including, “Teen Voices”, “Multigenerational Family Therapy”, “The Intergenerational Couple Therapy” and “The Gift of Truth”.
This course counts towards 7 hours of category A CPD.
For more information and to make payment to attend the workshop, please email Prof. Andolfi at [email protected]