A one-day workshop for clinicians wanting to move beyond simply changing body image thoughts and explore what lies beneath body image.

Many of us have learned a range of useful cognitive and behavioural strategies for working with body image. These can be incredibly helpful, but sometimes we can help someone change what they think about their body without reaching the deeper emotional shift we’re hoping for.

Rather than only asking, “How do we help this person think differently about their body?”, what if we also asked:

“What has their body come to represent?”

In this workshop, you will explore how to:

• Understand what body dissatisfaction is communicating
• Work with the emotional learnings and parts beneath body image
• Integrate these ideas into everyday clinical practice for deeper, more lasting change

You won’t be learning an entirely new treatment model. Instead, you will learn ways to bring these ideas into the approaches and skills you already use.

2026 Workshop Dates
16 March 2026 – Brisbane (Mantra South Bank Brisbane)
15 October 2026 – Melbourne (Vibe Hotel Melbourne)

Pricing
$330 early bird pricing
$390 subsequently

Early Bird closing dates
Brisbane – 19 January 2026
Melbourne – 1 September 2026

Part 1: Reimagining what body image is

• Develop a new understanding and conceptualisation of body image
• Explore how body image can function as a way of managing underlying experiences and needs
• Consider why changing body image thoughts alone may not create lasting change
• Rethink body image goals in treatment

Part 2: Working with the parts connected to body image

• Develop an understanding of parts work and how it can be applied to body image interventions
• Explore the different parts that can become activated around body image and learn ways to engage parts that may be reluctant to change
• Learn how to have dialogues with different parts, including chair work
• Apply parts work to existing body image strategies to enhance benefits

Part 3: Healing what lies beneath body image

• Identify experiences and emotional learnings that have shaped body image and shame
• Explore how these experiences continue to influence body image in the present
• Use experiential strategies to revisit these experiences, update emotional learnings and meet underlying emotional needs
• Briefly introduce somatic strategies to support body image work

Part 4: Putting it all together in practice

• Bring the different elements of the approach together in clinical practice
• Work through practical case examples
• Consider how to integrate these ideas with approaches you already use

The learning does not stop when the workshop ends.

You will also have access to two live one-hour group follow-up sessions, where we can:

• Troubleshoot how you’re applying the ideas in practice
• Explore stuck points and questions
• Build confidence integrating the approach into your existing work

This workshop is particularly suited to clinicians who:

• Already have a basic understanding of eating disorders and body image
• Have some experience using established body image interventions
• Want to deepen how they conceptualise body image
• Are interested in experiential, somatic and parts-based approaches
• Want practical ways to integrate these ideas into their existing practice

After running 3 successful workshops in 2025, Body Image Reimagined continues in 2026. I will be running this workshop in Brisbane in March 2026, and again in Melbourne in October 2026. Click below for tickets and more information.

Also, I’m proud to announce my second workshop will be launching in 2026 – Returning to the Body: Somatic Approaches for Eating Disorder and Body Image Healing. Click here for more information.

I look forward to seeing you at one of my workshops soon!