Therapeutic Meal Support for Young People with Anorexia Nervosa

Date: Friday 12 September 2025 9:00 AM - Saturday 13 September 2025 1:00 PM (UTC+10)
Location: Stanton Library North Sydney,200 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060
Cost: $660 (inc. GST) Register https://www.trybooking.com/1430336

About
Supporting young people with anorexia nervosa to eat is an essential part of treatment. It is an aspect of treatment that can feel hard for clinicians to implement confidently. This workshop for clinicians will explore the provision of therapeutic meals in the context of family-based approaches in outpatient and higher levels of care. This includes utilising a meal session as an assessment but also as both a parent-led clinician-supported and clinician-led interventions. The aim of this workshop is to provide intensive practical training.

Workshop Content
• Theoretical background, framework for meal sessions
• Discussion of clinical issues and processes to enable success
• How clinicians can work directly with young people or alongside parents to model effective
meal coaching
• Guided role plays to help develop participants micro skill development
• How to work with a curious and relational frame and have attuned and tailored responses

Pre-requisites
• Professional training and skills in child and adolescent mental health care
• Knowledge and experience with adolescent eating disorders
• Previous experience working with families in a family-based framework

Presenters
Andrew (Clinical Social Worker) and Lisa (Clinical Psychologist) have many years of experience providing tertiary level therapeutic interventions for young people and their families with eating disorders – including inpatient, outpatient and day patient care. Andrew and Lisa regularly provide training and supervision across Australasia to teams and individuals. Their special interest is in translating family-based therapy therapeutic interventions into an attachment rich experience where there is partnership between the clinician, parents and the young person.

Registrations close September 11, 2025
• Morning tea will be provided but lunch will be self-catering with a number of cafes available in
close proximity.
• Please note that numbers are limited to 20 participants so this workshop can be ‘hands on