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

Facilitated by Paula Atkinson, Lisa Kays PLLC invites you to attend this course that explores the psychosocial aspects of weight and body shape, the broad range of social sciences including anthropology and sociology that create the way we think about weight and health, and the implicit biases therein. Participants will gain knowledge about body shape, “health” and weight issues in our current society, the definitions for one’s weight status, and the relationships between body size, weight and actual health. 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.

There will be discussions about the relationship between weight ideals, perceptions, concerns, body image, self-esteem, and identity. We will examine these factors across history and various cultures, and how these ideas influence health and identity. We will also explore the topics of fat phobia, 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.