Description:
Patients with severe eating disorders frequently present to private practice clinicians. Without a built-in team and with limited resources, private practice clinicians often grapple with these clients who may be unwilling or unable to access a higher level of care. This outpatient panel, including a medical doctor, dietitian, therapist, and parent with lived experience, will discuss the ethical, legal, and clinical implications of caring for these patients in private practice. How do we balance meeting clients where they are, providing competent care, protecting ourselves, and supporting recovery? Panel members will discuss considerations for creating a multidisciplinary team, appropriate documentation, limit setting, harm reduction strategies, communication, continued hope for recovery, and termination issues.