OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
ACE Foundation Programs
Anyone who is an emotional eater is no stranger to shame— shame about how insatiable they can feel at their core, shame about what lengths they have gone to get food, and shame for the secret gorging rampages that override reason. An emotional eater’s most intense fear is that what they do in secret with food will be found out, and they will be exposed to ridicule because everyone will then know the truth of how greedy they really are.
This deep inner sense of shame can drive individuals to the temporary comfort of a relationship with food. In the case of emotional eating, though, the painful paradox is that overeating, starving or purging, which they originally turned to for relief of shameful feelings, turns on them in time and becomes a source of shame in its own right. The very method they used to help themselves with pain begins to generate its own pain and shame. What began as a solution becomes the problem. A cycle emerges: Shame → Secrecy → Symptom → More Shame.
The secrecy of eating disorder patients leads to resistances in the treatment as patients waver between wanting help but also shame about disclosing their eating behavior. Treatment methods that therapists can employ to reduce shame will be discussed. Transference and countertransference reactions will be explored as we help patients become more curious about themselves and less judgmental.
We will delve into the 13 shame triggers for emotional eaters with extensive case examples and explore the strategies for treatment.
*NYSSCSW Discount applies to NYSSCSW current members only.
**Student Discount only applies to full time students currently enrolled in social work and MHP master level programs.
If this is your first time taking an ACE Foundation program not not shared with the NYSSCSW, you will be prompted to make your complimentary account on the ACE Foundation Learning Center platform, where you will be able to access all current and future programs and course materials from your dashboard. You will be asked to set a password for your new ACE Foundation Learning Center account.
Please register by Thursday, June 11 at 5pm.
Live Online via Zoom
The Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) Foundation of the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0028; licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0045; licensed psychoanalysts #P-0017; licensed psychologists #PSY-0121; licensed social workers #SW-0056; and licensed creative art therapists #CAT-0120.
Out-of-state providers are welcome to request a certificate upon completion of the presentation evaluation but must check with their own state licensing boards to inquire about whether or not the certificate is recognized as transferrable for CEs in their state’s jurisdiction.
After attending this lecture, participants will able to:
1. Participant will demonstrate learning to identify and articulate the role of shame in the development and maintenance of eating disorders.
2. Participant will demonstrate analyzing the shame–secrecy–symptom cycle in emotional eating.
3. Participant will recognize manifestations of secrecy in patients with eating disorders, including behavioral, emotional, relational and transference patterns.
4. Participant will demonstrate learning at least four treatment methods to help patients with shame during eating recovery.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners and family and marriage/couple therapists, mental health counselors and licensed creative art therapists.
This seminar is appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.
Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW, is Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders and a psychotherapist for 50+ years. She is the author of four books in her “emotional eating” series; the most recent is “Ozempic for Smarties: A Psychotherapist Tells the Straight Skinny.” Mary Anne serves as the professional book reviewer for The Journal of EDReferral.com (Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center) and, to date, has written 127 eating disorder book reviews that go out to a readership of over 144,000 subscribers. She has appeared on national television, hosted her own radio show on eating disorders on AM and FM radios. She maintains a virtual private practice, lectures frequently to professional and community groups, and supervises professionals in the field. Her website: http://www.EmotionalEating.Org.
Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Instructions for evaluating the presentation will be emailed within 5 days of the course date. Once evaluation is complete, CE certificate will be emailed to you.
ACE welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact Kristin or Debbie at info.acefoundation@gmail.com, at time of registration, to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA), Section 505 of the Rehabilitation ACT.
Cancellations made at least five days before the event will be refunded less a 10% cancellation fee. For cancellation please call 1-800-288-4279, or email us at info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
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