Teleseminar
Educative/support
sessions for
parents of ED
Children
If you need
help:
-
Recognizing
an eating
disorder in
your child
-
Communicating
effectively
with your
child
-
Finding the
best
treatment
options
-
Understanding
your role in
treatment
-
Sustaining
self and
child
through a
challenging
recovery
process
……you are not
alone.
Psychotherapist,
author, and
world renown
eating disorder
expert, Abigail
Natenshon will
host a series of
educative
teleseminars for
parents of
children with
eating
disorders.
Within each
hour-long phone
consultation,
Abbie will
offer a 20
minute
mini-lecture,
then take
questions live
from group
participants.
Benefit from her
vast
professional
experience as
well as from the
experience of
other parents
like yourself.
Each series will
consist of 5
teleseminars.
Parents can sign
up for one or
all of the
sessions.
Topics include:
Teleseminar #1 :
A call to
action: stepping
up to the
plate
Teleseminar #2:
Understanding
your role in
your child’s
recovery
Teleseminar #3:
Finding and
mentoring
effective
treatment
Teleseminar #4:
Proactive
self-expression:
Communicating
with child and
professional
team
Teleseminar #5:
Understanding
and surviving
recovery
The cost per
session is $45
for each
participant; receive a $25
discount for
attending all
five sessions.
Audio recordings
of the live
sessions will be
made available
following the
sessions for
downloading at a
cost of $20 per
session.
If you are
interested in
taking part,
please sign up
in advance by
calling
847-432-1795.
Abigail
Natenshon, MA
LCSW, GCFP is a
psychotherapist
who has
specialized in
the treatment of
eating disorders
with individuals
and families for
the past 37
years. The
author of When
Your Child Has
An Eating
Disorder: A
Step-by-Step
Workbook for
Parents and
Other Caregivers,
Ms. Natenshon is
the founder and
director of
Eating Disorder
Specialists of
Illinois and a
Guild Certified
Feldenkrais
Practitioner.
Abigail has used
this hands-on
body-centered
technique in
conjunction with
traditional
psychotherapy to
augment and
promote body
image awareness,
acceptance and
healing. She
provides
consultation to
parents and
professionals
and speaks
nationally on
the topics of
eating
disorders… their
prevention and
treatment, body
image, and
healthy eating
and weight
management. An
advocate for
parents of
afflicted
children, she
has published
widely in books,
magazines,
journals and
newspapers, and
has appeared on
the Oprah
Winfrey Show,
the John Walsh
Show, and MSNBC
News. The
creator and host
of
www.empoweredparents.com,
www.empoweredkidZ.com,
and
www.treatingeatingdisorders.com,
she conducts a
private practice
in psychotherapy
in Highland Park
Illinois where
she resides with
her husband.
