2026, 27 February, Nashville: Binging to Cope: How Anxious Attachment Fuels Binge Eating—And What Clinicians Can Do
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This workshop synthesizes cutting-edge findings from three recent studies to illuminate how anxious attachment drives binge eating behaviors. This presentation demonstrates that binge eating is not merely a behavioral symptom, but a maladaptive emotional regulation strategy rooted in unmet attachment needs. Clinicians will learn how to assess for anxious attachment, recognize its behavioral signatures in binge episodes, and integrate traum...Read morea-informed, attachment-aware interventions that target the root—not just the symptom—of binge eating. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify the robust empirical link between anxious attachment and binge eating symptomatology, as demonstrated across diverse populations and methodologies.
- Utilize emotion regulation and alexithymia as key clinical lenses to assess why binge episodes occur in anxiously attached clients.
- Explain how alexithymia mediates the relationship between insecure attachment and binge eating and apply this knowledge to enhance treatment planning.
Learning Levels
- All Levels
Friday, February 27, 2026
Live Interactive Webinar
08:00 AM EST - 10:00 AM EST
EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Patricia McMillan
Research Assistant
Patricia McMillan is a clinical psychologist from Brazil, currently pursuing a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Belmont University and working as a Research Assistant at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. Her work focuses on eating disorders—particularly the relationship between binge eating and anxious attachment in adult women. Grounded in scientific inquiry, she brings an integrative perspective to understanding how individuals use binge eating to cope with emotional distress and relational wounds—and how clinicians may support meaningful, sustainable healing.
Agenda
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Arrival, networking8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Presentation, "Binging to Cope: How Anxious Attachment Fuels Binge Eating—And What Clinicians Can Do"
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Q&A, networking
CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
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