This exciting and innovative conference on eating disorders will include dynamic keynote speakers, innovative workshops and compelling service user presentations. It will be highly relevant for all clinical staff, students and trainees with an interest in eating disorders across the lifespan.

Keynote 1: Prof. Ivan Eisler - Joint Head of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service, South London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust: ‘Mechanisms of change in family therapy for eating disorders’

Keynote 2: Dr. Kate Tchanturia - Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Eating Disorder Service, South London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust: 'How can the latest findings in neuropsychology influence our clinical practice’

Guest Speaker: James Downs - Campaigner for eating disorder policy change and blogger for Huffington Post: 'Men and Eating Disorders: Changing Attitudes in a Digital Age'

Workshops to include:

'Attachment as a Resource: the role of attachment in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa' Tom Jewell, SLAM
‘Physical Aspects of Eating Disorders: when to worry’ Lee Hudson, Great Ormond St Hospital
‘Embodied Experience: gender identity difficulties and eating disorders in adolescence’ Anna Churcher Clarke & Anastassis Spiliadis, Tavistock/Royal Free
‘Emotions - what do we do with them?: Using Emotion Focused Family Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment’ Jennifer Danby, NELFT
‘Minoritised Women’s Narratives of Recovering From an Eating Disorder’ Kamala Persaud, Sussex
‘Understanding and Treating Body Image Disturbance in the Eating Disorders’ Victoria Mountford, SLAM
‘Enough! The perils of excessive therapeutic zeal’ Tony Jaffa, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Payment details:

General admission - £120; Early Bird tickets available till 30th November 2017 - £100; Group Bookings of 4+ attendees receive a discounted rate of £100 per attendee; reduced rate for full-time students, NELFT and UCL staff and conference alumni (i.e. previous presenters) - £60. Only one discount applicable per ticket.