Trauma Training

Trauma-Informed Eating Disorder Treatment Training

Control, Shame & Survival: A Trauma-Informed Lens to Eating Disorder Treatment

Trainer: Llyndsey Gregory, LCSW 
On-Demand: Available with lifetime access for asynchronous learning. | This course was recorded on September 25th, 2025. 

Eating disorders are rarely just about food. They are deeply rooted in trauma, attachment wounds, and chronic stress, and they often show up in caseloads that were never labeled as eating disorder work.

This trauma-informed eating disorder training for therapists helps mental health professionals recognize how unresolved trauma drives disordered eating patterns. Learn how to spot hidden signs, break through shame, and create safer, more effective treatment plans. You will gain practical, neuro-informed strategies for outpatient therapy and feel confident supporting clients on their journey to heal both eating disorders and underlying trauma for lasting recovery.

This advanced trauma training CE course is designed for therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals who want to work with greater confidence at the intersection of trauma and disordered eating.

Llyndsey Gregory Trainer Trauma Therapist Institute

Come for the Training. Stay for the Community.

Shame-Free Space for Learning™

Because the best learning happens when you feel safe. Ask freely, show up fully, and learn in a relational, non-judgmental environment built for practitioners like you.

Expert Clinical Training

Expect real case examples, practical guidance, and a teaching style that makes even the hardest topics feel approachable.

Where Learning Meets Community

Join a community of learners with EMDRIA-approved training, CE hours, structured pathways, and lifetime access to support you every step of the way.

Practical Interventions You Will Learn

This course goes beyond theory. You will leave with evidence-based, trauma-informed tools you can bring directly into your clinical work, including assessment instruments, modality-specific interventions, and collaborative care strategies.

In this trauma-informed eating disorder training, you'll learn how to:

  • Use the SCOFF, EAT-26, and EDE-Q assessments to screen for eating disorders, assess symptom severity, and determine the appropriate level of care
  • Apply CBT cognitive restructuring to challenge distorted beliefs driving disordered eating, such as worth being tied to body size or food restriction
  • Implement Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to help clients consume feared foods without engaging in compensatory behaviors
  • Use DBT emotion regulation techniques to address the impulsivity and emotional intensity that fuel eating disorder behaviors
  • Apply ACT interventions to reduce shame and avoidance of body-based distress, and help clients separate from intrusive ED thoughts in service of meaningful goals
  • Integrate Family-Based Therapy (FBT) strategies, including parent-led refeeding and weight restoration approaches for clients with anorexia
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What You'll Learn In This Advanced Training

Eating disorders are some of the most misunderstood and overlooked presentations in mental health, often hidden behind perfectionism, diet culture, or outdated clinical stereotypes. This training gives you a comprehensive, trauma-focused framework for recognizing, assessing, and treating eating disorders across diverse client presentations.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Evaluate common misconceptions about eating disorders, including who they affect, how they present, and how trauma histories shape their development across the lifespan
  • Analyze the intersectionality of trauma and disordered eating, including how early adversity, attachment wounds, dissociation, and chronic stress drive disordered eating patterns
  • Describe current DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, and OSFED, along with differential diagnoses and co-occurring trauma presentations
  • Apply evidence-based screening tools to assess trauma-related risk factors, eating disorder severity, and appropriate level of care
  • Identify when and how to collaborate with dietitians, physicians, and treatment teams when higher levels of care, medical stabilization, or coordinated support are needed
  • Describe at least three evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions for eating disorder treatment and recovery, drawn from CBT, DBT, ACT, and FBT frameworks

What's Waiting for You Inside This Eating Disorder Training

On-demand training, neuro-informed teaching, and a supportive clinician community.

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Trauma-first framework

Approach eating disorders through a trauma lens rather than an ED-specialty-first model.

Recognition and assessment skills

Use the SCOFF, EAT-26, and EDE-Q to screen, assess severity, and determine level of care.

Multi-modality intervention toolkit

Apply CBT, DBT, ACT, and FBT strategies tailored for trauma-informed outpatient work.

Q&A and chat

Submit questions and connect with peers through the on-demand course community.

Collaborative care confidence

Know when and how to consult with dietitians, physicians, and treatment teams.

Flexible access options

Watch live or access the replay for seven days. Learn on your schedule.

Expert clinical insight

Case-grounded teaching from a Clinical Director with 16+ years across all levels of ED care.

Free community membership

Join TTI's free membership for conversations and resources. No cost, no catch.

Who Is This Training For?

This course was designed for trauma therapists who are encountering eating disorder presentations in their caseloads and want a clinically grounded, trauma-informed framework to respond with confidence. No prerequisites are required, and the training is open to a range of helping professionals.

Trauma-Informed Eating Disorder Treatment Training is a strong fit if you are:

  • A trauma therapist who has noticed possible ED presentations in clients but hasn't felt equipped to address them directly or communicate about them across treatment teams
  • Wanting a training that approaches eating disorders through a trauma lens rather than an ED-specialty-first model, reflecting how most trauma caseloads actually encounter these presentations
  • Working with clients whose disordered eating appears linked to shame, body-based distress, or trauma history, and looking for specific, evidence-based interventions you can apply in outpatient work
  • Seeking practical training in CBT, DBT, ACT, and FBT as applied to eating disorders, with direct clinical application to individual therapy sessions
  • Wanting to know when and how to make referrals, consult with dietitians and physicians, or recommend higher levels of care without losing the therapeutic relationship
  • Seeking NBCC or ASWB/ACE continuing education at the intersection of trauma and eating disorders in a flexible on-demand format with 4 CEs
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Llyndsey Gregory Trainer Trauma Therapist Institute

About Your Trainer, Llyndsey Gregory, LCSW

 Llyndsey Gregory is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Denver Colorado. Having received her Master of Social Work degree from Colorado State University in 2009, she has over 16 years of experience as a provider and administrator. Currently, Llyndsey is the Clinical Director of a national Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program for Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight serving adults and children nationwide. Previously, she spent 7 years as a Clinical Director overseeing inpatient eating disorder care at Eating Recovery Center in Denver. Llyndsey has extensive experience treating adults, children and adolescents, and families affected by eating disorders in individual and group settings accross all levels of care. She is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Family Based Therapy (FBT), and Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). 

Additional Information

Agenda

  • Welcome, objectives, and presenter introduction
  • Overview of eating disorders and DSM-5 diagnoses
  • Screening for eating disorders and risk factors
  • Determining the need for higher levels of care
  • Outpatient therapeutic approaches and treatment planning
  • Case study and group discussion
  • Wrap-up, key takeaways, and Q&A

Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate common misconceptions about eating disorders - what they are and what they aren't.
  • Analyze the intersectionality of trauma and disordered eating.
  • Describe the current DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses, along with corresponding symptoms and differential diagnoses.
  • Analyze evidence-based screening tools for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Describe at least three evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions for treatment and recovery

Prerequisites

This is not an EMDR training.

  • None! While this course was designed with therapists in mind, many professionals can benefit including but not limited to:
    • Mental Health Professionals
    • Teachers and Educators
    • Healers
    • Yoga Teachers
    • Healthcare Professionals
    • First Responders
    • Lawyers and Law Professionals

Continuing Education

 4 CEs are available upon completion of all course material. 

Trauma Therapist Institute is an approved continuing education provider. ACE and NBCC CEs are available for this course. This course is not approved for APA or EMDRIA CEs.

Participants must complete the full training to receive credit.

ACE Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute, #1869, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/16/25 - 1/16/28. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.

NBCC Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7033. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Kase & CO is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Course Completion

To receive a CE certificate, participants must complete the entire course, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or above, and complete the course evaluation. You may retake the post-test as needed. Once completed, a CE certificate will auto-populate to your online account.

Cancellation Policy

Please reference our cancellation policy here (bottom section of this page).

Price: $77

  • Lifetime access to the course - Refresh your skills anytime at your own pace. Get on-demand access after the live date.
  • Immediate clinical application - Walk away with tools you can use in your next session.
  • CEs - Earn ASWB and NBCC CEs.
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