CBT-AR-in-person

                                                                                                       

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (CBT-AR)

Description

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was recently added to the Feeding and Eating Disorders section of DSM-5 to describe children, adolescents, and adults who cannot meet their nutritional needs, typically due sensory sensitivity, fear of aversive consequences, and/or apparent lack of interest in eating or food. Research on the efficacy of novel treatments is ongoing. One such novel treatment—cognitive-behavioral therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR)—has shown evidence of preliminary efficacy in three open trials and is currently being investigated in a randomized controlled trial funded by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health.

 This training (over two sessions of four hours each) will cover the assessment of ARFID and determining patient appropriateness of CBT-AR, as well as the implementation of all four stages of this flexible, modular treatment, for individuals with ARFID ages 10 and up. Material will be drawn from our book Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Children, Adolescents, and Adults (Cambridge University Press, 2019), cases we have seen in our clinical practice, and our ongoing research studies on the neurobiology, treatment, and longitudinal course of ARFID. Our interactive presentation will include a brief description of the rationale for and goals of CBT-AR; detailed case examples drawn from a heterogeneous group of patients who have benefitted from CBT-R; critical choice points for tailoring CBT-AR to the presenting patient; and multiple role-play demonstrations. We welcome audience members to come with questions about specific cases from their own clinical practice, and we will leave ample time for discussion at the workshop’s conclusion. 

Date/Time
The course is an 8-hour didactic training taking place over two days, in person at The World Forum, The Hague, The Netherlands. 
June 2, 12pm - 4pm CET & June 3, 7:30 - 11:30am CET. 

*This didactic training is geared towards live participation and will not be recorded, nor will there be a virtual option.

An important note about registration: This training is being offered as an optional pre-conference session at AED's annual conference, ICED 2026.
If you are attending the conference, you may purchase a ticket to this session with your conference registration.
If you are not attending the conference, please click the "Register Now" button on the page linked below. On the next page, you will enter your name & email address, and then select the "Training & Certificate ONLY" option from the drop-down menu. This will allow you to register for the training without registering for the conference.  

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About OUR COURSE PRESENTERS

Dr. Kendra R. Becker is the Director of Translational Research at the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program (EDCRP) at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the Director of Psychology for the Women's Sports Medicine Program at Mass General Brigham (MGB). She received a BA from Purdue University in Behavioral Neuroscience and her MS and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at MGH/HMS. She provides empirically-supported clinical care for children, adolescents, and adults with all presentations of disordered eating at the EDCRP and in her private practice. She is a co-author of more than 80 scientific publications as well as a self-help book for adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Her primary research interests include exploring emotional and personality influences on eating behaviors as well as investigating neurological, hormonal, and behavioral differences among restrictive eating disorders. She has received funding from the U.S. National Institute of Mental health and private foundations to explore neurobiological underpinnings of reward in low-weight avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) compared to anorexia nervosa, emotional functioning in those with ARFID, and hormonal and brain changes following cognitive-behavioral therapy for ARFID.  

Course Pricing

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Member $399 $219 $75
Non-Member $499 $279 $90
Student/ Post-Bac Member $199 $99 $40
Student/Post-Bac Non-Member $299 $149 $60

ADD-ON OPTION: Participate in the Learning Collaborative (Registration Limited) 

Following the didactic course, our course presenter will host a 12-session CBT Learning Collaborative (meeting every other week for 6 months). Learning Collaborative participants will have the opportunity to receive consultation on ongoing clinical cases and to ask questions of the presenters and other attendees. To deepen their learning, Learning Collaborative participants will submit brief consultation reports to the Learning Collaborative team, including an update on therapy adherence, patient progress, and future treatment plan. The Learning Collaborative is a special opportunity for licensed professionals from any country who have a clear plan for putting CBT into immediate practice. Certificates of completion will be issued at the conclusion of the Learning Collaborative for those who attend >80% of the sessions and participate actively with case presentations. 

Audience
Licensed professionals from any country who have a clear plan for putting CBT into immediate practice.

Prerequisites
To ensure all learners start on the same page, attending the didactic workshop is a pre-requisite for participation. AED learning collaboratives are considered educational consultation and explicitly not supervision.  Our consultants provide educational opinions on cases. Clinician’s institutions do the billing and use their own (or their institution’s) malpractice insurance.  Thus, all participants in the learning collaborative must be licensed clinicians with active malpractice insurance. Unlicensed trainee therapists will be considered on a case-by-case basis if the trainee is working under the license and malpractice insurance of an outside supervisor who accepts liability for the trainee’s cases.

Date/Time
12 sessions, approximately bi-weekly at 12:00 PM US Eastern beginning July 06, 2026.*

*The full schedule of sessions is as follows (all times are in US Eastern, all sessions are held at 12:00 PM US Eastern unless otherwise noted):

  • July 06
  • July 23 @ 10:00 AM
  • August 03
  • August 24
  • September 07
  • September 21
  • October 05
  • October 19
  • November 02
  • November 16
  • November 30
  • December 07
  • December 21

Application Process
To preserve the individual attention provided in the Learning Collaborative, attendance will be limited to 12 participants each. Applications will be reviewed and those eligible to participate in the course will be sent information to register on a first-come, first-served basis.


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Learning Collaborative Add-On Pricing

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Member $399 $219 $75
Non-Member $499 $279 $90
Student/ Post-Bac Member $199 $99 $40
Student/Post-Bac Non-Member $299 $149 $60