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Description:
Join Quinn Nystrom, MS, as she combines professional expertise with lived experience to shed light on the realities of eating disorders beyond diagnostic labels. This engaging session will explore the impact of trauma, break down myths and stigma, and highlight person-centered, trauma-informed strategies that foster resilience, recovery, and hope.
Objectives:
Based on the content of the workshop participants will be able to:
1. Describe the lived experience of eating disorders beyond diagnostic criteria.
2. Identify key factors that support resilience and recovery in individuals with eating disorders.
3. Apply trauma-informed, person-centered approaches in clinical practice.
4. Recognize the clinician’s role in fostering hope and long-term recovery.
About the Presenter:
For the past 24 years, Quinn Nystrom has been sharing her and her brother’s stories of living with type 1 diabetes to over 300,000 people across North America.
She is a published author of the book, “If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes?”. As a professional speaker she travels to diabetes camps, convention halls, corporate offices, United States Congress and the White House. Her company, Qspeak, allows her to speak, write, consult and raise funds for diabetes.
Nystrom has been featured nationally on XM Radio, Newsweek, Washington Post, CBS Morning Show & Evening News, PBS Newshour, Glamour Magazine, NowThis, MSN, Diabetes Forecast, Reader’s Digest and The Learning Channel (TLC). In 2017, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed her to serve on the board for the Minnesota Council on Disabilities. In her free time, she leads efforts in her home state of Minnesota to fight the high costs of insulin. She received her Master of Science Degree in Communication Management from Syracuse University.
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