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The Cigna — Investor Presentation (August 2012)
14 slides from The Cigna's investor presentation, August 2012
Slide 1: How Family and Friends Can Best Help a Loved One With An Eating Disorder
How Family and Friends Can Best Help a Loved One With An Eating Disorder MICHAEL E. BERRETT, PHD CIGNA WEBINAR FOR FAMILIES, AUGUST 2012
Slide 2: Michael E. Berrett, PhD
Michael E. Berrett, PhD Psychologist, CEO, Co-Founder Center for Change, Orem, Utah Co-Author of APA Book “Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders”
Slide 3: Key Truths, Risk Factors, Client Experience, How to Help
1. Key Truths about Eating Disorders (EDs) 2.Why Do Some People Have Eating Disorders? 3.What is the Eating Disordered Client Experiencing? 4.What Families and Loved Ones Can Do to Help
Slide 4: Key Truths About Eating Disorders
Key Truths About Eating Disorders y We need to be true learners y What eating disorders are not y What eating disorders are y Most often there is co-occurring illness y We/they need a new model of self worth
Slide 5: Why Do Some People Have Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
Why Do Some People have Eating Disorders y It is complicated Risk Factors y Family History for eating disorders y Family History for depressive or anxiety disorders y Family History for drug or alcohol abuse y High Body Mass Index (BMI) in early physical/sexual developmental years y Early onset of m
Slide 6: Why Do Some People Have Eating Disorders-cont'd
Why Do Some People Have Eating Disorders-cont’d y Personality Temperament: -Impulsivity -Perfectionism -Ruminative Worrying y History of repetitive, excessive, extreme dieting y Exposure to fashion industry, media, thin ideal y Activities which pressure for specific body size y Certain combinations
Slide 7: What is the Eating Disordered Client Experiencing?
What is the Eating Disordered Client Experiencing? y Poor self esteem y Loss of sense of spiritual worth and identity (disconnection) y Progression: Self improvement attempt Coping Style Addiction Identity y Bio-chemical, neurotransmitter, hormonal imbalances y Self becomes externalized and performa
Slide 8: What is the Eating Disordered Client Experiencing? Cont'd
What is the Eating Disordered Client Experiencing? Cont’d y Internal dialogue which is self degrading, relentless and “hell” y Disconnection from “The Heart” y Becoming “the exception” to good things from life and good things about self. y Settling for the “consolation prize” (ED) y Difficulty embra
Slide 9: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help
What Families and Friends Can Do to Help y We cannot single handedly fix, cure, or save y We must create a support system for ourselves y MD, PhD, RD (Registered Dietician) who specialize in eating disorders makes an ideal team y Learn all you can about eating disorders y Support consistent and appr
Slide 10: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont'd
What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont’d y Provide structure with food as needed. How much structure depends on… y Create Structures for talking, connecting, activities and recovery efforts y “Structure” is anything which makes it more difficult to engage in eating disorder behavior, and easi
Slide 11: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont'd
What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont’d y Look at intergenerational patterns which impact family members in negative or positive ways, and toward or away from eating disorders. Make changes as needed y Look at family rules about food, body image, societal image, and other direct or indirect
Slide 12: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont'd
What Families and Friend Can Do to Help-Cont’d y Ask them of your role in their accountability y Assure they are accountable to someone y Let them know of your expectation for complete honesty y Teach them self correction versus perfectionism y Become and stay engaged in their life. Don’t make it ea
Slide 13: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont'd
What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont’d y Love them unconditionally. Express that love often and fully face to face and in writing (Dan Blackwells Book) y Hold up the mirror of their goodness, spirituality, strength, progress, and success for them to see y Avoid enabling the illness or becom
Slide 14: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont'd
What Families and Friends Can Do to Help-Cont’d y Create structures and take opportunities for deepening connections (daddy daughter dance, gratitude meeting etc) y Let them know they are “more than enough” y Help them verbalize their own positive thoughts and feelings about themselves, i.e. “How do
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