Specialist supportive clinical management for eating disorders
Tracks
Track 3
| Saturday, May 16, 2020 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Presenter(s)
Prof Tracey Wade
MClinPsych PhD
Flinders University
Specialist supportive clinical management for eating disorders
10:30 AM - 5:00 PMAssumed knowledge of attendee
Beginner (casual familiarity with topic area e.g., treated one case)
Level of learning
Advanced
Outline
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) is one the three recommended outpatient therapies for adult anorexia nervosa recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2017. The therapy, developed in New Zealand, and evaluated in Australia, allows an informed but flexible approach to the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Professor Tracey Wade will explain the two components of the therapy: specialist management and a supportive client-centred focus. She will provide evidence of its effectiveness. Resources for use with clients and for upskilling clinicians will be provided so both client and clinician can understand how the physical sequalae of eating disorders need to be managed in therapy in order to see progress in psychological health. Different themes in client centred focus will also be explored, along with resources to do this in way that best supports recovery in an eating disorder. Finally, therapists will self-assess their readiness and ability to do this type of work in their clinical setting.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Understand the different facets that need to be managed in anorexia nervosa.
• Understand how SSCM is best offered.
• Decide if they are in a position to offer SSCM in their clinical setting.
• Understand the different facets that need to be managed in anorexia nervosa.
• Understand how SSCM is best offered.
• Decide if they are in a position to offer SSCM in their clinical setting.
Biography
Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Tracey Wade completed a MClinPsych at the Australian National University in 1992, and a PhD at Flinders University in 1998. Since 2000 she has worked in the School of Psychology at Flinders University. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Psychologist (2010 to 2014) and is currently an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders. In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in 2016 she was made an Inaugural Honorary Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, and in 2019 she was the recipient of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders Distinguished Achievement Award. She continues to conduct research in a range of clinic settings as well as schools, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications. She has co-authored three books describing evidence-based therapy approaches for perfectionism and eating disorders.
