CE Workshop with Paula D. Atkinson, LICSW
Online via Zoom Video

This workshop explores the psychosocial aspects of weight and body shape, worth and body liberation, social justice and health. The course explores specific cases and questions about our work within rampant diet culture and fat phobia. We will also explore the topics of fat acceptance, size-ism, thin idealism, and weight stigma and how these intersect with other forms of oppression as well as how they influence all aspects of health. Also discussed is eating disorders and the many manifestations of disordered eating that can occur. In addition, participants will also be asked to explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas about their own bodies and how to manifest optimal health, sanity, and peace in their relationships with food and body size, as a means to grow as social workers and effective clinicians.