Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders

Andrew Seubert, NCC, LMHC, is the cofounder of ClearPath Healing Arts Center in Corning and Burdett, New York. A licensed psychotherapist for 40 years, he has an extensive background in existential-Gestalt Therapy and in music therapy, and provides eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) consultation and training for clinicians. Andrew specializes in working with trauma, posttraumatic stress, eating disorders, and the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy. Pam Virdi, MEd, RMN, CPN, is an accredited EMDR consultant, integrative psychotherapist, lecturer, and supervisor who now works full-time in private practice with adults, couples, and young people in Birmingham, UK. She specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is an accredited member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and EMDR Europe. Originally trained as a psychiatric nurse, Pam has devoted the last 24 years to the National Health Service (UK) as a specialist psychotherapist and trainer in an eating disorder service in Birmingham.

Contributors


Foreword by Michael P. Levine, PhD, FAED


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introducing Our Terms


SECTION I. OVERVIEW AND RECOGNIZING THE TERRITORY


Chapter 1. The Many Faces of Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED), Bulimarexia, and Orthorexia


Maria Zaccagnino, Martina Cussino, Chiara Callerame, and Cristina Civilotti


Chapter 2. Trauma and Eating Disorders: The State of the Art


Johan Vanderlinden and Giovanni Luca Palmisano


SECTION II. TRAUMA TREATMENT IN EATING DISORDERS: A COMPLEX AFFAIR


Chapter 3. Recognizing the Territory: The Interaction of Trauma, Attachment Injury, and Dissociation in Treating Eating Disorders


Holly A. Finlay


Chapter 4. The Centrality of Presence and the Therapeutic Relationship in Eating Disorders


Carolyn Costin


SECTION III. BRAIN, BODY, AND EATING DISORDERS


Chapter 5. The Neurobiology of Trauma and Eating Disorders


Rayane Chami and Janet Treasure


Chapter 6. What Doctors, Dietitians, and Nutritionists Need to Know


Edward P. Tyson and Carolyn Hodges Chaffee


SECTION IV. THE PHASE MODEL: PHASES I AND II


Chapter 7. Assessing “Trauma-Driven Eating Disorders”: A Road Map Through the Maze


Pam Virdi and Jackie Nicholls


Chapter 8. The Preparation Phase


Andrew Seubert


Chapter 9. Discovering the Power of Movement: Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Trauma


Susan Kleinman


Chapter 10. The Courage To Feel: Eating Disorders and the Case for Emotions


Andrew Seubert


Chapter 11. Neurofeedback and the Eating Disordered Brain


Amelia McGinnis


SECTION V. APPROACHES TO TRAUMA PROCESSING AND EATING DISORDERS: PHASE III


Chapter 12. Interpersonal/ Relational Psychodynamic Treatment of Eating Disorders


Jean Petrucelli


Chapter 13. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)


DaLene Forester


Chapter 14. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eating Disorders


Irene Rovira


Chapter 15. EMDR-ED Protocol: A Transdiagnostic Protocol for Treating Eating Disorders in Adolescents or Adults With EMDR Therapy


Renée Beer


Chapter 16. Ego State/Parts Work in the Treatment of Eating Disorders


Andrew Seubert and Robin Shapiro


Chapter 17. IFS (Internal Family Systems) and Eating Disorders: The Healing Power of Self-Energy


Jeanne Catanzaro, Elizabeth Doyne, and Katie Thompson


Chapter 18. Structural Dissociation in the Treatment of Trauma and Eating Disorders


Kathleen M. Martin


Chapter 19. Second Helpings: AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) in the Treatment of Trauma and Eating Disorders


Natasha C. N. Prenn and Jessica K. Slatus


Chapter 20. Eating Disorders and Hypnosis


G. Trevor Hadfield


Chapter 21. Energy Psychology in the Treatment of Eating Disorders


Phil Mollon


Chapter 22. Somatic Experiencing: The Body as the Missing Link in Eating Disorder Treatment


Paula Scatoloni


Chapter 23. Boats and Sharks: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Trauma


Rachel Lewis-Marlow


Chapter 24. Art Therapy: Images of Recovery


Deborah A. Good and Cynthia “Cyd” Davis-Hubler


SECTION VI. PHASE IV: RELAPSE PREVENTION, REEVALUATION, AND INTEGRATION


Chapter 25. Recovery and Beyond: Dealing With Triggers and Setbacks


Marnie Davis and Joslyn P. Smith


Chapter 26. Trauma-Informed Approaches to Body Image Disturbance: A Historical Review for a Holistic Future


Madeline Altabe


Chapter 27. Finding Self Again: The Dismantling of Eating Disorder and Trauma Identity


Michael E. Berrett, Sabree A. Crowton, and P. Scott Richards


SECTION VII. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS


Chapter 28. Impact of COVID-19 on Eating Disorders: Assessment and Treatment Approaches


Colleen Swinden


Chapter 29. Impact of Racism and Prejudice on Eating Disorders


Rosa Lim and Norman Kim


Chapter 30. Impact of LGBTQIA+ Discrimination on Eating Disorders


Scout Silverstein, Emil K. Smith, and Marcella Raimondo


Chapter 31. Presence and Treatment of Eating Disorders in Clients with ASD


Susan M. Darker-Smith and Anna Clarke


Chapter 32. Eating Disorder Presence and Treatment in Teens and Children


Amanda B. Bruening, Laura Machlin, and Abigail Matthews


Afterword


Index