About this course

Learning Objectives

• List three indicators a client should also be screened for structural dissociation, and will be able to identify the differentiating factors between structural dissociation and other trauma related disorders.
• Identify five unique challenges that clients with separate personality states may experience in the treatment of disordered eating, and discuss how these challenges can be addressed through clinical goal setting.
• List at least three innovative interventions for this population, and describe how existing dietetic and psychotherapeutic interventions can be modified to address this clinical intersection.

Learning Levels

• All levels
• Intermediate

Course Instructor(s)

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  Hayley Miller, LPCC, CEDS-C, RD, CDN

  Hayley Miller, LPCC, RD, CEDS-C is a licensed therapist and registered dietitian in private practice in Los Angeles. Hayley is passionate about helping people with eating disorders, trauma, and dissociative disorders and raising awareness of how these issues co-occur. Hayley provides psychotherapy and nutritional counseling services in her practice. She is careful to work with a team and not create a dual relationship with clients to find the focus for the work. Having a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Marywood University and a Master's Degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Chestnut Hill College, Hayley uses both of her degrees to treat clients holistically.

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  Christina Weiss, LMFT, MPHC

  Christina Weiss, LMFT, MPH-C is a licensed therapist and public health communicator with over 20 years of experience in trauma healing and eating disorder recovery. She integrates trauma-informed care across addiction and eating disorder treatment, drawing from her work with leading experts in the field and her clinical experience across all levels of care.

  She holds dual master’s degrees in Public Health Communications from USC and Clinical Psychology from Antioch, with additional training in attachment and psychodynamic theory at the Tavistock Institute in London. Christina is certified in Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, and Somatic Parts Work, and has completed advanced training in Internal Family Systems, including a 2024 retreat with Dr. Richard Schwartz and is Level II Certified in the Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation through the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). Her practice is also deeply informed by Janina Fisher’s Trauma-Informed Stabilization Model.

  Christina serves as Clinical Director of a structured outpatient program for eating disorder recovery in Palos Verdes Estates, bridging the gap between higher levels of care and traditional therapy. She leads with a commitment to integrative care, client autonomy and choice, relational healing, and collaborative practices. She also serves on the Eating Disorder Special Interest Group Board for the ISSTD and remains actively engaged in ongoing training and consultation.

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  Sarah Chipps, PsyD

  Cofounder, Well Behavioral Health

  Sarah Chipps, PsyD is a licensed psychologist (NY 20206, CA 33600, CO 4865) and the cofounder of Well Behavioral Health. She is trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Cognitive Processing Therapy, EMDR, Comprehensive Resource Model, and hypnosis. All of these modalities inform her work. Dr. Chipps specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma.

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  Annie Goldsmith, RD, LDN

  Dietitian

  Annie Goldsmith, RD, LDN holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and attended Winthrop University for her graduate coursework in human nutrition. Annie centers weight inclusive, social justice oriented, and trauma informed frameworks in her approach to eating disorder care and recovery. Annie became interested in somatically oriented and trauma-informed approaches to nutrition therapy in 2018, when she began training with the Embodied Recovery Institute (ERI). She is currently a faculty member with ERI and works to train fellow clinicians in the Embodied Recovery paradigm. Annie has presented on trauma and dissociation informed eating disorder care at multiple professional conferences. For the last 5 years the clinical focus of Annie's work has been supporting those who struggle with co-occurring eating disorders and Dissociative Identity Disorder, as well as supervising dietitians who treat this population. Annie is passionate about advocating for her clients and raising awareness about dissociation-informed eating disorder treatment, and is excited to bring this topic to IAEDP 2027 Symposium.

References

• Brewerton, T. D., Perlman, M. M., Gavidia, I., & Suro, G. (2024). The treatment of dissociative identity disorder in an eating disorder residential treatment setting. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 57(2), 450-457. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24106
• Longo, P., Panero, M., Amodeo, L., Demarchi, M., Abbate‐Daga, G., & Marzola, E. (2021). Psychoform and somatoform dissociation in anorexia nervosa: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(2), 295-312. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2517
• Longo, P., Marzola, E., Martini, M., Amodeo, L., & Abbate-Daga, G. (2023). Anorexia nervosa and somatoform dissociation: a neglected body-centered perspective. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 24(1), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2022.2119631