About this course

Learning Objectives

• Identify at least three common emotional and environmental triggers that individuals with eating disorders may face during the holiday season.
• Describe at least 4 practical strategies for managing stress and/or creating a supportive environment from Halloween through the New Year.
• Teach at least 2 coping strategies and/or communication skills to effectively support oneself and/or others in eating disorder recovery during holiday-related situations.

Learning Levels

• Intermediate

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Stacy Schilter Pisano LMFT, CEDS-S

  Site Director-The Emily Program South Sound

  Stacy Schilter Pisano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist with nearly two decades of experience supporting individuals and families affected by body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. A passionate advocate for weight-inclusive care, Stacy is committed to educating others, reducing size discrimination, and supporting individuals in divesting from diet culture. Since 2014, she has served as the director of The Emily Program's South Sound location in Olympia, Washington, overseeing a multidisciplinary team offering PHP, IOP, OP, and FBT services. Stacy also co-developed and supervises Accanto's CARE IOP, a virtual program for Binge Eating Disorder in Minnesota, Washington, and Ohio. Stacy is an accomplished public speaker and educator who has provided multiple enriching presentations while employed by Accanto, including within company, in the community and at conferences across the nation.

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  Kristen Myers, PsyD, DrPH, LP

  Site Director & Therapist, The Emily Program – Seattle Outpatient Site

  Dr. Myers is a Site Director and outpatient Therapist for The Emily Program, a comprehensive eating disorder treatment program with multiple locations across the country. She has worked extensively with individual adult and adolescent clients, families and groups in PHP, IOP and outpatient levels of care over the course of over 14 years at The Emily Program. In addition to her current role as Site Director, Kristen deeply values continued direct work with clients and significant others impacted. Further she enjoys mentoring and teaching practitioners at all levels about working with individuals struggling with all eating disorder diagnoses.

  Dr. Myers completed her doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology (with a specialization in Health Psychology) and Public Health (with a specialization in Preventive Care) at Loma Linda University. Kristen gained experience in early training in a variety of settings including community mental health, Veteran’s Administration Medical Centers, primary care medical, and hospital palliative care unit settings. She completed her clinical internship at Bay Pines Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida. She has an expansive range of clinical, supervision, consultation, multi-disciplinary team collaboration, teaching, and program leadership experience in the area of eating disorders. Additionally, Kristen has studied and practiced Gestalt Therapy since 2005, is a Trainer and co-director of an ongoing Gestalt Therapy Training program (GATLA) and is certified in Gestalt Therapy. She approaches her professional life and personal life with values for inherent growth and wholeness-orientation of all living beings. Also core for her are the importance of non-pathologizing, anti-oppression lenses and the importance of the impact of one’s developmental and current environment on well-being and health.

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  Dee Myers, MS, LMHC

  Site Director, Spokane WA

  Dee Myers is the Site Director of The Emily Program in Spokane. She is a multi-decade leader in the Eastern Washington eating disorders community, with over 25 years of experience, and is proud to be at the helm of the Spokane Emily Program treatment team. She graduated with her Master's in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Washington University. Increasing access to care and creating a collaborative provider network has always been a passion for Dee. With extremely limited eating disorder resources in Spokane, Dee spent the early part of her career running eating disorder support groups and working to meet other professionals in the area. She specialized in treating clients in private practice for over 15 years and ran an eating disorder professional coalition to unite the community and help provide resources and education to our area. Dee has proudly worked at The Emily Program for 9 years and was a part of a small group of providers who encouraged the company to open a location in Spokane to help the growing need throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has had a lifelong passion for this work and has treated clients individually, in groups, and at all outpatient levels of care. Outside of work, Dee enjoys many outdoor activities around the beautiful city of Spokane and loves spending time with her husband and two young adult daughters.  

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