NOVEMBER 9-11 | 2018

17.5 CEs/CMEs

PHILADELPHIA, PA

FEATURED SPEAKER:

MONICA LEWINSKY

Renfrew Center Foundation Conference forfor Professionals

ANNUAL

THE

28th

Many eating disorder clients are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety in a polarized society where anger, prejudice, loss of civility, bullying, and threats to personal safety create an atmosphere of distrust and disconnection. Clinicians are tasked with helping clients navigate their way through emotionally-charged times.

Conference 2018 will focus on evidence-based strategies, clinically relevant research and development of skills for building resilience.

Space is limited • Pre-Register at www.renfrewcenter.com

Feminist Relational Perspectives and Beyond:

Cultivating

HOPEin an age of disconnection

A Conversation from a Feminist Perspective About Women in Politics, Media and Entertainment

Rebecca Traister is the author of Big Girls Don’t Cry about women and the 2008 presidential campaign and All The Single Ladies, a portrait of contemporary American life through the lens of the Single American Woman. She is a writer at large for New York Magazine and The Cut, and a Contributing Editor at Elle Magazine.

Hope for the Future: Reinventing the Way We Work with Millennials Ron Taffel, PhD, is the author of eight books and over one hundred professional and popular articles focusing on the social-political context and psychotherapy with adolescents, young adults and families – in particular, the treatment of 21st Century Dysregulation.

Psychotherapy Research for the People: Can Feminism and Science Co-exist?

Amy Banks, MD, is a member of The Renfrew Center's Advisory Board and has devoted her career to understanding the neurobiology of relationships. Director of Advanced Training and Senior Research Scientist at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, she is the first person to bring relational-cultural theory together with neuroscience and is the foremost expert in the field.

Heather Thompson-Brenner, PhD, is a consultant for The Renfrew Center and a former Associate Research Professor in Clinical Psychology at Boston University. She publishes widely in academic and clinical peer review journals. She is the author of Casebook of Evidence-Based Therapy for Eating Disorders, published by Guilford Press.

Stephen Wonderlich, PhD, is the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Associate Chairperson in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also Chair of Sanford Eating Disorders and Co-Director of the Eating Disorder and Weight Management Center at Sanford Health. He serves as President and Scientific Director of the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute.

RESEARCH PANEL

For more information, please contact Kavita Patel at kpatel@renfrewcenter.com.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Shame and Survival Monica Lewinsky is an advocate for a safer social media environment. Using her own experience of public shaming to become a social activist for the prevention of bullying and cyber-bullying, she is a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair.

Photo Credit: Damon Winter/ The New York Times/Redux

FEATURED SPEAKER