What does a Self-led relationship to food look like?

How do we work with the parts of us that have been affected by diet culture?

In this 90-minute workshop, Dr. Sand Chang will provide information on how to apply Internal Family Systems (IFS) to working with eating disorders and supporting collective body liberation. A Body Trust lens will be utilized in discussing the concept of Self-led relationships to food, movement, and exercise. The training will contain both didactic and experiential portions and will be divided into four main segments: 1) Diet culture in context, 2) Grounding in IFS and Body Trust frameworks, 3) IFS applications for eating disorders, 4) Case examples.

For a brief overview of IFS, please watch this video.

This workshop will be led by Sand Chang, PhD (they/them), IFS Institute Assistant Trainer Mentee (ATM), Approved Consultant, and Level 3 Certified IFS therapist. Learn more about Sand here.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Name three systems of oppression that reinforce and are reinforced by diet culture.

2. Name two common parts that show up in eating disorders polarizations.

3. Describe how the concept of Self may be used in practicing intuitive eating.

The recording will be available (shared within a week) for all registrants who cannot attend live. Closed captioning available.

For people attending live, a total of 1.5 hours of continuing education (CE) units are available through The Affirmative Couch for an additional $15. This CE certificate fee is waived for The Affirmative Couch annual and lifetime members. The Affirmative Couch, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Affirmative Couch, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. We recommend that you check with your state board as to whether APA sponsored CEs will count for your license.