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Building Emotional Tolerance: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Eating Disorders
Building Emotional Tolerance: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Eating Disorders
Friday, September 18, 2026
Cost Free | In-Person Interactive Training
Offering 2 CE Credits
Note: Space is limited.
Presented by: Gayle E Brooks, PhD, CEDS-C - Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, The Renfrew Center & Amy Smith, MS, LMHC - Professional Relations Representative - South Florida
The Renfrew Center of Coconut Creek, FL • 7700 Renfrew Lane • Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Seminar Details
Location: The Renfrew Center of Coconut Creek, FL • 7700 Renfrew Lane • Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Timeline: Registration & Breakfast: 9:30am – 10:00am ET • Seminar: 10:00am – 12:00pm ET • Site Tour: 12:00pm – 12:30pm ET
About the Training
Growing evidence suggests that emotional avoidance maintains eating disorders and co-occurring conditions such as anxiety, depression, substance use, and trauma. A transdiagnostic treatment approach targeting emotional avoidance while fostering emotional awareness, tolerance, and acceptance provides an integrated approach to complex symptom presentations.
The workshop outlines the conceptual framework of The Renfrew Unified Treatment Model for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity (UTM), adapted from David Barlow’s Unified Protocol (UP), and presents an overview of food, body image, and social exposures with opportunities to apply concepts to complex eating disorder cases.
Accreditation
- The Renfrew Center Foundation has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5852. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Renfrew Center Foundation is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
- The Renfrew Center Foundation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Renfrew Center Foundation maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
- This program is pending CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
- This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886357583-9934) for 2 continuing education contact hours.
CE credit/contact hour certificates will be sent via email within two weeks after the online seminar evaluation has been completed.
For questions, please contact [email protected].
About the Presenters
Gayle Brooks, PhD, CEDS-C, is Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for The Renfrew Center. Dr. Brooks is member of the Renfrew Executive Team, and she oversees the Renfrew Clinical Training and Research Departments. For the past 30 years, she has treated patients from diverse backgrounds who suffer from eating disorders. Dr. Brooks served as the eating disorders specialist in the HBO film Thin, has appeared on Good Morning America. She has been featured in the following publications: The New York Times, People Magazine, Essence Magazine and Perspectives, and The Renfrew Center Foundation’s journal for professionals. Dr Brooks is co-author of The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity: An Adaptation of the Unified Protocol. A frequent presenter at conferences and workshops, Dr. Brooks speaks on topics such as the treatment of the complex patient, eating disorders and cultural diversity, the interplay between eating disorders and trauma, and eating disorders in mid-life women.
Amy Smith, MS, LMHC is the Professional Relations Representative for the South Florida Territory for The Renfrew Center. She began her career with Renfrew as a Primary Therapist, providing individual, family, and group therapy. Specializing in eating disorders, dual diagnosis, CBT, and DBT, she is dedicated to compassionate, trauma-informed care.
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