Explore the emotional and psychological roots of disordered eating and gain essential therapeutic skills to help clients develop a healthier relationship with food, with Prof. Julia Buckroyd.
Friday 2nd October 2026.
ONLINE CPD Training for Therapists via Zoom. Can’t make the date? Watch the recording on CATCH-UP for 28 days.
Event Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm GMT (London)/ 11.00am – 5.00pm CET (Paris)/ 5.00am – 11.00am EST (New York).
Tickets: £119 or £99 (full ticketing information at the end of this listing).
*Working Therapeutically with Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders*
Event Description:
This workshop offers a general introduction to working with clients who are experiencing disordered eating or an eating disorder. It aims to offer a conceptual framework for understanding the misuse of food, using attachment theory, and then to offer a wide range of strategies for working with clients.
Central areas for consideration include, emotional language, attachment history, self-esteem, body esteem and identity, relationships and self-soothing. The workshop is active and interactive; participants should be willing to reflect on their own eating behaviour and attachment history as well as that of their clients.
Consideration will also be given to the weight-loss medication and injectables that have become widely available over the past couple of years.
The aims of this workshop are:
- To argue the central importance of attachment to working with EDs
- To enable counsellors to assess potential clients and identify a narrative that gives meaning to the client’s behaviour
- To give counsellors a range of strategies to enable the client’s growth towards better emotional regulation
- To encourage counsellors to adopt an active style of working with this client group
Trainer:
Julia Buckroyd is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire and a therapist in private practice, specialising in working with people with all sorts of problems with food, weight, shape and size. She is particularly interested in the meaning and function of the manipulation of food and looks for triggers to episodes of food misuse. She has written widely in this area.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
Online CPD Workshop for Counsellors & Psychotherapists: This workshop will be delivered via Zoom. Bookings close 24 hours before the start of the workshop, and joining details will be sent to all delegates on the Thursday before the workshop (between 2pm and 6pm, after bookings have closed). Please note that by booking a ticket for this workshop, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions for Zoom events, so please read through them carefully before making your purchase.
Catch-up: This workshop will be recorded. All delegates will receive instructions about accessing the recording on the Thursday AFTER the event. The recording is available to view in your own time for 28 days. Full details are included in emails sent to delegates. After this time the recording will no longer be available, so if you are planning to use the catch-up function, please ensure that you have adequate time to view the recording within this time frame.
Discounted Ticket Price – £99
Available until Sunday 6th September 2026, subject to limited availability. Pick this ticket if you are on a reduced income or a student counsellor/psychotherapist.
Standard Ticket Price – £119
Available until 11am on Thursday 1st October 2026 when bookings close. Pick this ticket if you can afford to pay this, or if all the discounted tickets have been sold.
*Please be aware there are a limited number of tickets at each price point, including where a Super Early Bird ticket price is offered*
Please note that the use of the new subscriber code is limited for each workshop and when the maximum number is reached the code will no longer work.
Ticket Payment:
Bookings must be paid for either via Paypal, Credit/debit card (via Paypal, no Paypal account required), or bank transfer. All payments via bank transfer must be made by 11am on Thursday 1st October to secure your place!
CPD Certificates:
All delegates will be supplied with a CPD Certificate. This will be available after completing a short feedback survey, the link for which will be sent out on the Thursday AFTER the workshop takes place.