About this course

Learning Objectives

• State at least 2 reasons for including families of adolescents in eating disorders treatment.
• List the 4 recommended focus areas of family sessions in HLOC.
• State the primary treatment objective for each of the three phases of FBT.

Learning Levels

• All Levels

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

• Liz McCabe

  Sr. Director Outpatient Clinical Services

  Liz McCabe (she/her) joined The Emily Program (TEP) in 2015 as the Pittsburgh Site Director to expand access to eating disorders specialty care in the southwestern Pennsylvania region and has more recently served as TEP’s chief clinical officer and currently is the senior director of outpatient clinical services. She brings over 35 years of clinical experience and program leadership to her work with clients and their supports. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in inpatient and outpatient settings and across the domains of clinical practice, supervision, program development, administration, teaching, and research.

References

• Lock, J. & Le Grange, D. (2013). Treatment manual for anorexia nervosa, 2nd edition. Guilford Press.
• Lock, J. & Le Grange, D. (2015). Help your teenager beat an eating disorder, 2nd edition. Guilford Press.
• Rienecke, R.D., Le Grange, D. The five tenests of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders. J Eat Disord 10,60 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00585-y