A Place at the Table: The Dietitian’s Role in Family Based Treatment

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This webinar was presented live on March 29, 2023.

The webinar will open with an overview of manualized family-based treatment for eating disorders (FBT), the five core principles of FBT, and the three phases of FBT. The presentation will then compare and contrast manualized FBT to what is done in practice. The role of the dietitian will be described across all three phases, including what recovery markers to assess prior to progressing across different phases. The presentation will use a case study throughout to facilitate learning and application.

CPE Level: 1
CPEU: 1
Performance Indicators: 10.2, 10.3, 9.6

Learning Objectives

• Identify the three phases of family-based treatment for eating disorders
• Describe the role of a dietitian across the three phases of family-based treatment for eating disorders

Speaker

Carly Onopa, MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS

Carly Onopa is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. After starting her career in sports nutrition, she was introduced to the field of eating disorders and never looked back. She started her career at a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient facility where she learned evidence-based approaches to treating eating disorders and the value of an interdisciplinary team. Carly now owns her own private practice, Devoted Recovery, where she provides weight inclusive nutrition counseling through a faith-based lens for adults and adolescents recovering from an eating disorder to encourage physical and spiritual healing. Carly is also looking forward to applying to become a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist - Supervisor in 2023 to provide supervision for young eating disorder dietitians. When she isn’t meeting with clients, you can find Carly playing with her dog, playing volleyball, singing in her church choir, volunteering in youth ministry, or enjoying quality time with her friends and family.