Eating Disorders in Clinical Practice: A Foundational Overview

Friday, November 7, 2025, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM ET

Online via Zoom

Continuing Education Offered

• 3 hours regular live interactive online

Description

Eating disorders are increasingly prevalent among mental health clients and frequently co-occur with mood and trauma-related disorders. Despite their widespread impact, many clinicians report feeling inadequately prepared to address them. This course is designed to bridge that gap. Participants will learn to effectively recognize both clinical and subclinical eating disorders, with a critical focus on cultural considerations in presentation and identification. The curriculum will also provide a brief introduction to evidence-based treatment recommendations. The course will conclude with vignette discussions, offering a practical opportunity to apply critical thinking and diagnostic skills.

Objectives

1. Identify the scope and impact of both disordered eating and clinical eating disorders.
2. Identify symptoms of clinical eating disorders as defined in the DSM and how these may present in clinical practice.
3. Identify two cultural considerations when diagnosing and treating eating disorders.

Agenda

Friday, November 7, 2025

• 9:00am–9:30am Introduction: Incidence, prevalence, and disordered eating vs. DSM diagnostic categories
• 9:30am–10:00am Anorexia nervosa: Diagnostic criteria and treatment recommendations
• 10:00am–10:30am Bulimia nervosa: Diagnostic criteria and treatment recommendations
• 10:30am–11:00am Binge eating disorder: Diagnostic criteria and treatment recommendations
• 11:00am–11:30am Other eating/feeding disorders and cultural considerations
• 11:30am–12:00pm Vignettes

Instructor

Vanessa Marry, LMSW specializes in the treatment of eating disorders in clinical practice. Her primary interests include the treatment of co-occurring eating disorders and trauma, treating eating disorders from an attachment perspective, and the development of a chronic care model for eating disorders. She is passionate about promoting equitable access to eating disorder treatment through increased community provider training and health insurance advocacy. She runs a private practice in Ann Arbor and provides clinical supervision to interns at The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan.

CE Approval Statement

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, provider #1212, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The University of Michigan School of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/15/2023-5/15/2026.

Social workers participating in this course will receive 3 general continuing education contact hours.