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2026, 10 April, Richmond: Recognizing Adoption-Related Trauma in Eating Disorder Treatment

CE Hours 1

About this live event

Please email richmondiaedp@gmail.com to register! Adopted individuals experience elevated rates of trauma exposure, attachment disruption, ambiguous loss, and identity-related distress—factors that may significantly influence eating disorder presentation and recovery. Despite this, many eating disorder professionals receive little formal training in adoption competence. As a result, adoption-related trauma dynamics may go unrecognized in assessment, family involvement, and treatment planning. This intermediate-level session provides a trauma-informed framework to help clinicians recognize and respond to adoption-related factors that may complicate eating disorder care. Participants will examine key mechanisms linking family separation trauma and eating disorder symptoms, identify clinical red flags, and explore interdisciplinary treatment considerations to improve adoption- informed practice.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain three mechanisms by which family separation trauma may influence eating disorder presentation.
  • Select at least four assessment questions that identify adoption-related attachment disruption in clients receiving eating disorder treatment.
  • Critique one common clinical assumption about adoption that may interfere with effective interdisciplinary eating disorder care.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Agenda

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM - Session 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM - Q+A

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Kathryn Perkins, LCSW-S

    Kathryn (Katy) Perkins, LCSW-S, is the founder, CEO, and Clinical Director of FindSelf Counseling, a trauma-informed psychotherapy and training practice. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor and an EMDR and Brainspotting-trained clinician with a deep commitment to ethical practice, equity, and healing. Katy provides therapy, professional training, clinical supervision, case consultation, and policy analysis—specializing in family separation trauma, eating disorders, sexual and domestic violence, identity disruption, and systemic oppression. Katy’s approach is informed by nearly 20 years of experience as a Social Worker, therapist, advocate, and educator. She offers professional and community trainings on topics such as adoption ethics, trauma-informed care, DNA discoveries, supervision, and intersectional identity. A passionate advocate, she has contributed to legislative advocacy efforts and education at the community, state, and national level, and served as a founding board member of Support Texas Adoptee Rights (STAR). She is committed to providing inclusive, justice-oriented mental health services that honor the complexity of people’s stories and identities. Katy practices in Fayetteville, NC, and is licensed in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Vermont.

Disclosure

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  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

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  • Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

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    Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (1 IPCE credits = 1 CPEU). If the activity is dietetics related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (1 hour/60 minutes = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Logs. Performance Indicator selection is at the learner’s discretion.

  • Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Statement (ACCME)

    CE Learning Systems designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation Statement (ANCC)

    Successful completion of this program qualifies for 1 contact hours for nurses.

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  • National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)

    iaedp™ is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), provider number 5912.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #0060.

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    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board of Creative Arts Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #CAT-0008

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts (NYSEDLP)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychoanalysts as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #P-0031.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #PSY-0016.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MFT-0045.

2026, 10 April, Richmond: Recognizing Adoption-Related Trauma in Eating Disorder Treatment
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    Fri Apr 10th, 2026
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