The Trauma Informed Lens in Eating Disorder Treatment

Presenter Bio:

Dawn Delgado, MS, LMFT, CEDS-S, EMDR

NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT, Center for Discovery

Dawn Delgado, LMFT, CEDS-S, is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor, an EMDR-trained trauma Clinician, and is recently training in the Neurofeedback modality. Dawn has been in the mental health field for 20 years, working with eating disorders and trauma in inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient treatment centers for 17 years. Dawn developed and lead the company’s 20+ outpatient eating disorder programs as National Director of Operations and is currently the Director of Clinical Development with the company. Dawn supported the launch of Discovery’s Binge Eating Disorder Path To Peace Program in 2018 and went on to develop and launch the company's first NeuroCenter sites, which provide EMDR treatment and Neurofeedback to eating disorder clients.

Dawn is the Founder of Inspire Evolve (2007) in Los Angeles where she treats clients with EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. She is a blog writer for Psychology Today on the topics of eating disorders, trauma, and mental health. Dawn is a former membership chair for the of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, Los Angeles chapter. Dawn presents nationally on the topics of eating disorders and trauma and has conducted trainings and retreats overseas in Dubai and Bali. Dawn has a 20+ year passion and practice for yoga and travel and has worked and volunteered in Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Java, South America, and Dubai.

Trauma informed care is a vital foundation of any therapeutic approach, especially in sensitive temperament client populations like the eating disorder population. Traumatic experiences lie on a spectrum and involve a number of factors that influence the impact on the individual. This presentation will introduce a tangible working equation to support clients and clinicians in partnering to better understand the brain-body impact of trauma, as well as suggesting keys for recovery and integration. Dawn’s trauma impact equation, TIE, will explore complexity and severity, developmental stage, nervous system impact, subjective experience, and both the resilience factor. The TIE provides a roadmap for the clinician and the client to partner in exploration of traumatic impact with a spotlight on resilience and potential for post traumatic growth. Utilizing this trauma impact equation, TIE, with evidence-based modalities like EMDR and Neurofeedback will help professionals to more effectively treat the underlying root causes of eating disorders.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify 5 key components of traumatic impact on an individual.

2. Participants will be able to specify the known rates of sexual abuse in eating disorder clients by diagnosis.

3. Participants will explain the impact of adverse childhood experiences, ACEs on disease, disability, substance use, and social issues.

4. Participants will be able to specify parts of the brain involved in 1) talk therapy, 2) memory consolidation, and 3) alerting to safety threats.

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AGENDA

9-930am - Networking and Breakfast

930-1130am - Presentation

1130am-12pm - Q&A