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Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Describe and explain the high overlap of anxiety, OCD, PTSD and eating disorders.
• Describe appropriate assessment of eating disorders.
• Apply several different types of exposure interventions for eating disorders.
• Explain with how to help eating disorder clients’ face their fears using exposure based principals.

Dr. Cheri Levinson is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Louisville and Director of the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) lab. She is also the Founder of the Louisville Center for Eating Disorders, which is the only eating disorder specialty clinic in the state of KY, where she treats patients, and supervises and trains other clinicians and students in evidence-based treatments for eating disorders. Currently Dr. Levinson is Chair of the KY Eating Disorder Council, which is a state

sponsored council charged with improving eating disorder treatment and access to treatment in KY.

Dr. Levinson’s research focuses on building new treatments for eating disorders, primarily using new technologies. To do this work she uses advanced analytics and technologies, such as individual network analysis, ecological momentary assessment, and wearable sensor technologies. Dr. Levinson has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and chapters and four books, including two upcoming books on Evidence-Based Personalized Treatment. Dr. Levinson has been the primary investigator on several national grants and awards (7 currently funded grants from the National Institute of Mental Health), including four active clinical trials tested exposure therapy and personalized treatments for eating disorders. She has received several awards for her work including the 2023 Society for Science of Clinical Psychology Early Research 2023 SSCP Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Early Career Award, 2021 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award, 2020 American Psychological Association Theo Blau Award, and the Academy for Eating Disorders 2015 Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award.

Dr. Levinson’s clinical works focuses on the treatment of adults, adolescents, and children with eating disorders. She specializes in the treatment of comorbid disorders (eating disorders, OCD and anxiety disorders) using empirically supported cognitive-behavioral techniques. Dr. Levinson has worked in all levels of eating disorder care, including outpatient, partial-hospitalization, residential, and inpatient care. Before moving home to Louisville, Dr. Levinson trained at the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED). While at CEED, she trained in cognitive behavioral therapies, dialectical behavior therapy, family based therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa, acceptance and commitment therapy, and mindfulness therapies for eating disorders. Dr. Levinson was a post-doctoral fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, where she developed technology based treatments for eating disorders. She completed her clinical internship at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in the psychology department at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology and history at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Irina Vanzhula is an Assistant Research Professor in the EAT Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville and a licensed psychologist. She graduated with her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Louisville. She was the recipient of the Guy Stevenson Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies and the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P .E.O.) Scholar Award. Dr. Vanzhula completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Chicago School of Medicine and a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Eating Disorders Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Prior to returning to the EAT Lab, Dr. Vanzhula worked as an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE Lab) at the University of Kansas. Dr. Vanzhula has been appointed as a Presidential Research Scholar with the Louisville Center for Clinical and Translational Research Center.

Dr. Vanzhula’s research focuses on improving treatments for individuals with eating disorders by leveraging technology and cutting-edge methodology. Specifically, Dr. Vanzhula’s projects aim to 1) Develop adjunct interventions (such as meal support) that fill the gaps in existing treatment, 2) Adapt effective treatments for other comorbid conditions to the treatment of EDs (such as exposure and response prevention, mindfulness), and 3) Use novel statistical methodology (such as network analysis and machine learning) to identify personalized treatment targets.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Describe four ways trauma impacts children and adolescents
• Select gold standard measures to assess PTSD in children and adolescents
• Describe symptom criteria of PTSD and complex trauma in children and adolescents
• Identify trauma-related interventions that have solid research support

Dr. Heather Risk has devoted her 25-year career to providing empirically-supported treatments to trauma survivors of all ages, primarily children and adolescents. She has trained thousands of professionals in trauma-informed assessment and treatment interventions and is an Approved TF-CBT Trainer. Prior to opening her practice, Dr. Risk received a Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Kentucky University, a Doctorate of Psychology from Xavier University, completed her internship at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, CAARE Center, worked in a variety of programs, and was the Project Director of a NCTSN site at the University of Kentucky.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Describe the research base supporting measurement-based care
• Explain the 4 major practice components of measurement-based care (introduce, collect, share, act)
• Describe application of measurement-based care to clinical supervision and organizational quality improvement

Elizabeth Casline, PhD is a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine’s Impact Institute where her work focuses on improving health outcomes for sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth through the evaluation and implementation of digital health interventions. Her research interests focus on tailoring interventions using participatory methods that center the voices of SGM youth, and increasing the adoption of evidence-based practices, including measurement-based care, in community mental health settings. She is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Advisory Committee for MBC and the Mental and Behavioral Health Registry and a consultant on a NIMH-funded grant focused on identify key fidelity indicators of MBC. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Miami after completing her clinical internship at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Identify the effects of domestic violence on adult and child victims.
• Assess lethality and risk for those exposed to domestic violence.
• Utilize skills from evidence-based treatment approaches for those who've experienced domestic violence - speaker will discuss specific therapeutic interventions designed to target the aftereffects of intimate partner violence.
• Utilize and access community resources and victim services available.

Dr. Brooke Jacobs is a certified domestic violence advocate and the owner of Delve, an organizational wellness agency specializing in creating and maintaining psychologically safe environments. With over a decade of experience as a trauma treatment service provider, she facilitates trainings and creates programs focused on reducing secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and turnover. Dr. Jacobs combines her expertise in clinical psychology with her passion for fostering resilient organizations through assessing and improving workplace culture.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Discuss evidence-based practices for providing telehealth to child, adolescent, and adult clients.
• Explain ways that virtual reality can be integrated into assessment and counseling services.
• Describe how artificial intelligence can be incorporated into practice.
• Incorporate wearable devices into service provision and understand the information these devices provide.

Dr. Dan Florell is a Professor at Eastern Kentucky University and he runs a private practice. He trained school psychologists in a graduate program for 20 years. Dr. Florell has a Ph.D. in School Psychology from Illinois State University. He is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP), licensed psychologist, and APA Fellow of Division 16. His main research focus is on cyberbullying, technology, telehealth, professional issues, and the history of school psychology. 

Discuss the breadth of Western/European cultural experiences which may be projected onto non-white clients suffering from racial stress.

Discuss practical mindfulness and compassion-based techniques which reduce the likelihood of projecting harmful cultural values onto non-white clients.

Assess how clinical mirroring is driven by a framework rooted in neuroscience and the mental health of the clinician.

Discuss the framework of liberation psychology, and how personal mindfulness/compassion-based practices increase the utilization of this framework.

Practice liberatory therapeutic approaches while not sacrificing preferred theoretical orientation or methods.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to...

• Discuss evidence-based practices for providing telehealth to child, adolescent, and adult clients.
• Explain ways that virtual reality can be integrated into assessment and counseling services.
• Describe how artificial intelligence can be incorporated into practice.
• Incorporate wearable devices into service provision and understand the information these devices provide.

Broderick Sawyer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, clinical trainer, and consultant located in Louisville, Kentucky. With a diverse training background cutting across multiple theoretical orientations (e.g., CBT, psychodynamic, mindfulness, compassion, somatic approaches, etc.), he provides training, consultation, and mentorship to mental health professionals. He also provides immersive training in Applied Liberation Psychology for intersectional cultural competence to assist professionals working with diverse patients. For training and consulting inquiries he can be contacted through his website: Brodericksawyer.com Having received his doctorate in 2018 from the University of Louisville, Dr. Sawyer has quickly established himself as a prolific contributor, already amassing over 200 speaking and training engagements, and producing nearly 20 peer reviewed articles and book chapters thus far in his career. Additionally, Dr. Sawyer is routinely invited as a guest contributor for media outlets, most notably several guest interviews with CNN. Further, along with a visiting faculty appointment at the Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science, he has collaborated with PsychWire and the Psychotherapy Networker to disseminate Liberation Psychology-focused teachings towards culturally competent mental healthcare.