Complex Connections: Understanding the Relationship Between Trauma and Eating Disorders

Trauma and eating disorders often co-occur and can create complex clinical presentations that impact assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning. This session will explore the relationship between traumatic experiences and eating disorder behaviors, review current research on prevalence and risk factors across different populations, and discuss how these symptoms can reinforce one another. Participants will also review evidence-based, trauma-informed, and integrated treatment approaches that support whole-person recovery. While this session is designed primarily for healthcare a...Read morend behavioral health professionals, it will also offer helpful insight for individuals and families who want to better understand this intersection. Less...

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Learning Objectives

  • Describe the relationship between trauma exposure and eating disorders, including shared symptoms and risk factors identified in current research.
  • Explain how trauma responses and eating disorder behaviors may functionally reinforce one another in clinical presentations.
  • Identify evidence-based and trauma-informed treatment approaches that support integrated care for individuals experiencing both trauma-related symptoms and eating disorders.

Target Audience

Professional counselors, mental health professionals, dietitians, social workers, healthcare providers, and individuals seeking to expand their knowledge in these areas.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Live Interactive Webinar

11:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT

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EARN 1 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Jenny Beck, LPPC-S

Jenny Beck, LPPC-S

Site Director, The Emily Program Columbus Residential
Jenny Beck, LPPC-S is currently the Executive Director at The Emily Program’s Columbus Adolescent Residential site, for which she personally oversaw and directed the site launch in January 2022. Jenny has been a therapist since 2006, and in that time, she has worked at the outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential levels of care. She has treated clients of all genders and ranging in age from six to their late 60. Jenny has provided treatment for a variety of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, OCD, trauma, personality disorders, mood disorders, and eating disorders. Her area of specialty is eating disorders, a field in which she has 13 years of clinical training and direct care experience. Jenny has worked in schools, universities, hospital systems, non-profit organizations, and national healthcare systems. She has received intensive training in several modalities, including Family Based Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure.
M Mullan, LPCC-S

M Mullan, LPCC-S

Columbus Adolescent Residential Clinical Manager
M Mullan is passionate about reducing barriers to eating disorder treatment and recovery. Trauma experiences are frequently such a barrier. Consequently, M has been trained in multiple evidenced-based trauma treatment modalities, including the fundamentals of Prolonged Exposure (PE). M has also received advanced trainings and expert supervision in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and is as an approved CPT provider. For eating disorders, M has over a decade of experience and worked at all levels of care. She currently serves as The Emily Program Columbus Clinical Director over Residential, PHP, IOP, and Outpatient levels of care.

CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association
The Emily Program is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Emily Program maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
National Board for Certified Counselors
The Emily Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP no. 7166. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. The Emily Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE credits. No partial credits. 

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  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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Disclosure

This educational program is made available to the public free of charge through the financial support of The Emily Program Foundation.