Moving beyond facing fears: Optimizing exposure therapy for eating disorders
Exposure therapy is a common element among evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and has gained increasing interest as a primary or standalone intervention to address the fears theorized to maintain eating disorder symptoms. This webinar will focus on how to design exposures that do not perpetuate stigma or marginalize individuals based on body size, race, ethnicity, gender, or other aspects of diversity, including those of the patients we serve, the staff we work with, and the broader population. By integrating inhibitory learning principles with justice-based practice, this presenta...Read moretion will equip clinicians with practical strategies to enhance the efficacy, safety, and inclusivity of exposure therapy for individuals with eating disorders. The program will conclude with a moderated Q&A to address audience questions. Less...
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Learning Objectives
- Identify at least one way that evidence-based exposure therapy interventions target core maintaining mechanisms of eating disorders.
- Design individualized, evidence-based exposure interventions to target core maintaining mechanisms of eating disorders based on an inhibitory learning approach.
- Apply justice-based principles to exposure therapy to ensure interventions are ethically sound, culturally responsive, and do not perpetuate stigma or bias.
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.
Learning Levels
- Intermediate
Tuesday, June 02, 2026
Live Interactive Webinar
01:00 PM EDT - 02:30 PM EDT
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About the speakers
Nicole Stettler, PhD
Executive Clinical Director of Eating Disorder Services
Dr. Stettler is a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as executive clinical director of Eating Disorder Services for Rogers Behavioral Health. She also serves as clinical supervisor for the Eating Disorder Recovery adolescent residential program. Dr. Stettler obtained her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Washington. She went on to complete her doctoral APA-accredited internship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital/Children’s Health Council. She then completed a postdoctoral psychology fellowship at Stanford Children’s Health. Prior to joining Rogers, Dr. Stettler worked at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where she was a clinical psychologist and supervisor of mental health clinicians. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED); the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT); and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Samuel Cares, PhD, LP
Psychologist
Dr. Cares is a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as clinical supervisor for the Eating Disorder Recovery Adult Residential Center and virtual intensive outpatient programs. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr Cares is involved with research as a principal investigator and co-investigator. After completing his undergraduate degree at Ripon College with a double major in psychology and religion, he earned his Master of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Cares received his graduate and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Northern Illinois University, followed by his doctoral internship at Rogers. He is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.
Agenda
1 pm ET Welcome and speaker introduction1:05 pm Foundations of exposure therapy for eating disorders
- Conceptualization of eating disorders and underlying mechanisms
- Empirical support for exposure therapy in treating eating disorders
- Application of exposure therapy in eating disorder treatment
1:25 pm The case for the inhibitory learning approach
- Differentiation of habituation and inhibitory learning approaches to exposure therapy
- Presentation of data from a pilot study comparing habituation to inhibitory learning in exposure therapy for eating disorders in a residential treatment setting
- Application of an inhibitory learning approach to specific eating disorder presentations with case examples
1:50 pm Justice-based approach to exposure therapy for eating disorders
- Origins of the justice-based approach to exposure therapy in OCD
- Application of a justice-based approach to weight stigma and anti-fat bias within eating disorder treatment
- Designing appropriate justice-based exposures for eating disorder treatment
2:15 pm Moderated Q&A
2:28 pm Closure
CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
Rogers Behavioral Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Rogers Behavioral Health designates this live program for 1.5 continuing education credits; no partial credits will be awarded.
Association of Social Work Boards
Rogers Behavioral Health, provider number 1101, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory board have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this course. Approval period: October 18, 2023 – October 18, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Rogers Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6192. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Rogers Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 1.5 instructional clock hours will be awarded.
Other Professionals
Rogers Behavioral Health will issue a certificate of attendance for your participation in this activity.
CE Process Info
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