Returning to the Body: Somatic Approaches for Embodied Recovery in Eating Disorder Treatment
You know the experience well…
In eating disorder treatment, clients often do everything “right”. They follow the plan, apply the strategies, show insight yet something still does not integrate.
You see effort and cognitive insight, but not the embodied connection where lasting change takes hold.
This often shows up as familiar patterns in eating disorder work:
- Body image work that keeps circling
- Behavioural change that looks compliant rather than lived
- Clients who understand what they are doing, but remain disconnected from their bodies
As a clinician you know the body matters in eating disorder treatment to achieve safety and integration, and for lasting change.
You are already interested in somatic work.
The question is how to weave it into eating disorder sessions in a way that feels ethical, grounded, and clinically coherent, alongside the models you already use.
This workshop is designed to support that exact translation, from knowing the body matters, to knowing how to work with it, moment by moment, in eating disorder treatment.
What You Can Expect
This two-day workshop supports you as a clinician to integrate somatic work for embodied recovery into eating disorder treatment in a clinically grounded, ethical, and immediately usable way.
This is not about learning a new model or replacing evidence-based care.
It is about changing how you listen, pace, and respond in sessions, so the body becomes part of treatment, not something clients are asked to override.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
- Use body-based information to guide clinical decisions, pacing, and intervention choice in ED sessions
- Work with shutdown, disconnection, and resistance as protective responses rather than obstacles to eating disorder treatment
- Build sensory literacy so bodily signals can be noticed, interpreted, and responded to safely
- Apply somatic awareness to core eating disorder focus areas, including hunger and fullness, ambivalence, body image, exercise, and weight restoration
- Integrate somatic work alongside CBT-E, FBT, DBT, schema, and integrative approaches without losing coherence or direction
- Strengthen your own embodied presence so attunement, curiosity, and safety actively shape the therapy process
The emphasis throughout is on practical application.
Learning is supported through case examples, experiential exercises, and clear clinical language you can take directly into sessions.
Workshop Content and Outline
Who is this for?
This workshop is designed for:
- Psychologists, counsellors, dietitians, occupational therapists, social workers, and other health professionals working with eating disorders
- Clinicians who already value somatic approaches and want support integrating them confidently and coherently into eating disorder treatment
- Clinicians interested in deepening embodiment, attunement, and clinical flexibility
Important note
This workshop assumes prior knowledge of eating disorders and standard eating disorder treatments.
It is not an introduction to eating disorders.
No previous somatic training is required.
Registrations are now open. Secure your place
This workshop supports you to move beyond compliance-based change and toward embodied recovery for your clients and for your work.
Spaces are limited.
Register now to integrate somatic awareness into your ED practice with clarity and confidence.
About Natasha
I am a clinical psychologist dedicated to supporting people with eating disorders and body image issues. I am also an Advanced Schema Therapist and Supervisor, Certified EMDR clinician and credential eating disorder clinician.
In the over 20 years I have worked in the eating disorders space; I have supervised many health professionals who tell me how stuck they feel with the traditional treatment interventions for eating disorders. In the past, I too have felt this stagnation in my work and lacked the confidence to try new approaches.
I now regularly use a variety of trauma informed and emotion focused approaches in my work with clients and have seen transformative changes. The approaches have helped to make my work more fulfilling, creative and authentic.
As a supervisor and trainer, I feel privileged to support health professionals to find creative and innovative ways to work with complexity that are intuitive, fun and tailored to a person’s needs. My trainings are energizing and supportive. Consider them a launching pad to build your confidence weaving trauma informed ideas into your established practice.