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Research Study – Call for Participants

Eating Disorder Psychotherapists Who Have a Personal History of an Eating Disorder: Exploring the Experience of Professional Ethics

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There has been little literature published on the involvement of practitioners with a personal history of an eating disorder (ED) in EDs treatment.

Study’s Purpose: One way to further increase our understanding is to develop knowledge about what therapists/counsellors with a personal history of an ED experience in their day-to-day work with ED clients in terms of professional ethics (e.g., ethical issues encountered, use of self-disclosure, etc.).  This study has been approved by the University of British Columbia’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board (study identification # H09-02828).

To participate in this study, you must:

1.      Have provided counselling or therapy to ED clients for at least 2 years, and must be providing these services currently

2.      Currently carry a proportion of at least 1/4 (approximately) ED clients in your caseload

3.      Possess at least a Master’s degree and be a member of a professional organization with a code of ethics

4.      Self-identify as having experienced an ED of diagnosable severity (i.e., either Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)

5.      Be 22 year of age or older

6.      Speak English

Specifically, I am seeking practitioners who work in the states of Washington and Oregon.

For more information, please contact Meris Williams (doctoral candidate in Counselling Psychology at UBC) at 604-321-1904, meris.williams@gmail.com, or ed.therapist.study@gmail.com, or access the following website:

http://sites.google.com/site/edpsychotherapiststudy/