About this course

Learning Objectives

• List three results from data collected that supports the use of this experiential tool in therapy.
• Recognize when the patient is ready to identify and label emotions.
• Guide patients to express emotional states rather than use Eating Disorder behaviors to suppress them.
• Identify ways in which experiential tools can augment evidence based treatments for Eating Disorders.

Learning Levels

• Beginner
• Intermediate

Course Instructor(s)

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  Brogan Rossi, MS, RYT

  Brogan Rossi has been working in the field of mental health for the last 10 years. She grew up with a mother that has been fully devoted to her career in the field of eating disorders. It was only a matter of time before her passion would be ignited. She can vividly remember being twelve years old and part of her their youth advisory committee where they were piloting educational workshops created to promote eating disorder prevention and body image awareness. Brogan spent nearly three years as part of Dr. Guido Frank’s brain research team at the Children’s Hospital studying the neurological underpinnings of eating disorders and spoke at the Academy for Eating Disorders in Prague as well as the Renfrew Conference. She has her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Leadership and Administration from the University of Denver and is passionate about advocacy, education, and raising awareness for mental health. She has her 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher license and teaches yoga in a variety of different settings with a body positive approach. Brogan is a co-owner and Chief Collaboration Officer at The Recovery Box: a business developed to create tangible tools for both mental health and eating disorder recovery. It is her passion to bridge the gap between treatment and life making mental health a day to day priority to live the most empowered life possible.

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  Rae Thomas, MA, LPC

  Rae began her journey in the Eating Disorder world when she joined an Eating Disorder awareness group at her alma mater, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She continued to be heavily involved in eating disorder awareness and prevention while she completed her undergraduate degree in psychology. Rae went on to study counseling psychology and earned her Masters in 2018. During her time in graduate school, Rae served as the Graduate Assistant for PREVENT, a sexual assault and relationship violence prevention program on campus. Through this role and her involvement in the students’ Women’s Center, Rae’s passion for providing tools and resources to help others heal continued to grow. Shortly after returning to Colorado, Rae joined forces with Erin Benner and Brogan Rossi to build The Recovery Box. The Recovery Box bridges a gap in the mental health field by designing innovative tools that support recovery by adding tangibility to abstract clinical ideas. Rae serves as Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, where she takes her love of academic research and clinical expertise to inform the creation of each tool. Rae also acts as the Social Media Coordinator in which she facilitates authentic and recovery-focused content creation for The Recovery Box online community. Outside of The Recovery Box, Rae is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado specializing in Eating Disorders, Weight Stigma, and Sexual Trauma. She utilizes Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Feminist Theory, and experiential techniques to help her clients heal their relationships with food, body, and themselves. Rae’s unique use of sarcasm, honesty and bold creativity provides an individualized experience that encourages personal growth. Rae has an intense passion for learning and innovation. She is grateful she gets to do both each day in her work.

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  Erin Benner

  Erin studied Psychology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During her undergraduate years, she became heavily involved with eating disorder outreach and found a passion for connecting people to resources and one another. Putting her entrepreneurship studies to work, she helped build a company called The Recovery Box. Founded in 2017, The Recovery Box bridges a gap in the mental health field by designing innovative tools that support recovery by adding tangibility to abstract clinical ideas. Erin holds the role of Chief Architecture and Design Officer, where she is able to leverage her creative eye to support product design by bringing ideas into the physical space, as well as supporting The Recovery Box from a business lens by ensuring the start-up has a strong foundation from which to grow. Outside of The Recovery Box, Erin’s professional experience began in

Disclosure

References

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