Teaching Self-Love and Learning Body-Love Through Jewish Teachings

This workshop discusses the nuts and bolts of eating disorders...what they are about, and what they mean for our children... along with providing practical tools and strategies to recognize these problems in Jewish students and intervene effectively as mentors in promoting prevention and healing. Abbie offers curriculum ideas for Jewish educators and youth group leaders, promoting the power of positive relationships and human connection through uniquely Jewish solutions. As a follow-up to this seminar, Abbie offers her expertise as a group psychotherapist and educator to run educative-support groups for teachers and youth group leaders, for kids and their parents.
 

Psychotherapist Abigail H. Natenshon has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders with individuals, families, and groups for the past 35 years. She is the author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder, A Step-by-Step Workbook For Parents And Other Caregivers, and is currently writing Doing What Works: A Professional Guide to the Treatment of Eating Disorders.  Her work can be reviewed further at www.empoweredparents.com, www.empoweredkidZ.com, and www.treatingeatingdisorders.com.