Eating Disorders in Pre-Teens & Adolescents

Applying FBT Principles to Empower Families & Restore Health

Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders (FBT) understands restoring nutrition is the foundation for recovery.

FBT provides a structured, evidence-based framework for helping families restore health and support recovery at home.

Participants will leave with a framework, manual, and practical starting point for implementing FBT with families under their care.
FBT for Eating Disorders

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Fri, July 24, 2026; 10 am - Noon ET

  • $68.00

    Professionals: INCLUDES MANUAL & 2 CE's - APA; NBCC; ANCC (NEW for Nurses); PA SW/LPC/MFT; ACT 48

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  • $25.00

    Caregivers/Students w/o Manual

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Course Objectives

Learn the fundamentals of Family-Based Treatment (FBT), the leading evidence-based treatment model for youth eating disorders. Leave with a practical framework, treatment manual, and foundational skills to help restore adolescents to health.

  • Understand the Core Principles of FBT for treating eating disorders among children & youth, including the five pillars and three phases.

  • Review the Scientific Literature that provides the evidence base for FBT as the gold-standard treatment approach.

  • Assess for Appropriateness of FBT based upon ethical, cultural, and contextual considerations that may influence FBT's implementation.

  • Develop Clinical Decision-Making Skills to modify FBT techniques (e.g., refeeding strategies, parental empowerment, transition of control) in response to treatment progress and challenges.

Instructor

Courtney E. Breiner, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Courtney E. Breiner has spent the past decade researching and treating pediatric eating disorders. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Eating Disorders Clinic and in the Research on Excessive, Persistent, and Emotion-Based Actions and Traits Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a Licensed Psychologist in New York State and the State of Georgia. She is currently a Pediatric Psychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She has received research funding from the National Eating Disorders Association to study accessible interventions for eating disorders.

This course is intended for psychologists, behavioral health clinicians, nurses, school & college-based supports, family caregivers, and graduate students who support children and adolescents.

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