Eating Disorder Professionals and The Role of Acceptance in Burnout

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Beyond Avoidance:

Eating Disorder Professionals and The Role of Acceptance in Burnout

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

12:00pm Mountain Time 

Presented by Allison (Alyee) Willets, LCPC, CMHC

Therapist at Center for Change Boise

Description:

Eating disorder professionals face high levels of burnout due the nature of eating disorder care. Therapists are often taught ways to avoid burnout, however, it is becoming more and more difficult to avoid what often feels inevitable. In this presentation, we will examine the role of acceptance, rather than avoidance, of burnout related symptoms and identify ways to respond on an individual and macro level scale through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles.

Objectives:

Based on the content of the workshop participants will be able to:

1. Describe the signs and risk of burnout for providers working with clients with eating disorders.
2. Describe the role of acceptance in burnout through an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach.
3. List ways to self-assess for their own burnout and be equipped with practical tools to help them respond.

About the Presenter:

Allison Willets is a licensed clincial professional counselor (LCPC) in the state of Idaho and a clinical mental health counselor (CMHC) in the state of Utah. She has experience working with chemical addictions and eating disorders. At Center for Change she combines her degrees in psychology, art, and counseling to foster creative and unique perspectives to research and treatment of clients with eating disorders. Allison enjoys working with adolescents, athletes, and individuals that struggle in their relationship with exercise. Her therapeutic approach is a combination of Adlerian, CBT, DBT, and ACT. Allison also loves to include art in her sessions to help clients express their feelings in creative ways. In her free time she enjoys painting, running, traveling, and spending time with her two cats.