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Leigh Ann Greenfield, LMFT
Leigh Ann Greenfield specializes in the treatment of co-occurring complex trauma and eating disorders. She is the primary eating disorder treatment provider at Trauma and Beyond Psychological Center in Sherman Oaks, CA, and has a private practice for individuals. She is a member of the ISSTD Special Interest Group on Eating Disorders, and the Association for Eating Disorders Special Interest Group on Trauma. Her background includes work as a program manager and residential therapist for Reasons Eating Disorder Treatment Center, and providing therapy for survivors of sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in a variety of settings. She is trained in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), and uses an Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, social justice approach to eating disorders and body image issues.
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A growing body of research connects disordered eating and posttraumatic stress. This talk explores the mechanisms and mediators of the connection, empowering clinicians to understand how trauma and eating disorders mutually reinforce.
The current research indicates that co-occurring disordered eating and PTSD/C-PTSD is best addressed through integrated treatment. This talk outlines best practices for integrated interventions, and presents a review of various modalities that are being effectively utilized with this population.
There will be a special focus on how therapists who work primarily with trauma can expand their scope of practice to the co-occurring trauma and eating disorder population through strong collaboration with a best-practice multidisciplinary team.
Accurately conceptualizing the shared drivers of traumatic stress and disordered eating symptoms and knowing how to provide integrated treatment as a part of a team are the foundations of effective care for this population, which is currently underserved.
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