Last Friday evening May 11, 2012- Castlewood sponsored a free screening of the movie America the Beautiful Part II in Monterey California. About 125 people attended the screening at Monterey Peninsula College which was followed by a panel discussion. Following the screening, Darryl Roberts, writer, producer and director as well as eating disorder experts from Castlewood answered questions and facilitated a discussion about eating disorders, body image, and societies obsession with dieting.
Too see the full story visit the Monterey County Weekly news article.
As Castlewood expands into the Monterey/Pacific Grove area we plan to bring critical resources, education and eating disorder awareness into the community. This movie screening is just one facet of the resources Castlewood plans to bring to the area. Castlewood will also host a conference for professionals in June. For more information on events hosted by Castlewood please visit our upcoming conferences section of our website.
Upcoming Training in Internal Family Systems Theory:
Level 1 Training: Begins August 19th
Lead Trainers
Dr. Richard C. Schwartz, IFS Developer
Paul Ginter, EdD
Level 2 Training: Begins June 25th
Lead Trainers
Chris Burris, M.Ed., LPC, LMFT
Barbara Cargill, MA, ADTR
Internal Family Systems
IFS is at the forefront of a movement toward a more collaborative therapeutic approach that relies on clients’ intuitive wisdom. This model offers a non-pathologizing view of our cognitive and emotional life that is effective in bringing about true and lasting healing. Developed by Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, over the last 25 years, IFS is practiced by thousands of licensed therapists and other professionals in the United States and internationally. Mental health care practitioners easily integrate IFS into a wide variety of practices, using its unique methods to create safe environments for their clients to become Self-transforming.
IFS therapy is a simple yet sophisticated integration of psychology, spirituality, and intra-psychic and family systems theory that works well with individuals, couples, children, families and groups, and with some of the most common and intractable issues clients struggle with, such as:
- Depression
- Self-esteem
- Grief and Loss
- Self-criticism
- Anxiety
- Eating Disorders
- Couples and Relationships
- Trauma
IFS demystifies the psychotherapeutic process for both therapist and client by providing a clear path for working with the client’s inner system. This model helps people respectfully attend to the parts of themselves that interfere with their enjoyment of life – parts that are self-critical, workaholic, depressed, anxious or traumatized, for example – the very issues that bring people to therapy. IFS helps people appreciate the suffering of their wounded parts and the good intentions of those that protect. It offers a clear, systematic approach to transforming and healing all parts by reconnecting them to the powerful core Self that exists in each of us.
IFS also takes the work out of therapy for therapists, giving them the tools they need to harness their own Self-energy while working with clients. IFS therapists can find new enjoyment and feel less stress and burnout as they draw on each client’s potential to access his or her own inner world, wisdom, and capacity for Self-love, and help clients to become the driving force in their own healing.
Level 1 Training Program
Retreat-Style: Toronto & St. Louis
“I consider the Level 1 training to have been the finest,
most professional continuing education in my 41-year career.”
~ IFS Graduate
Level 2 Training Program
Retreat-Style: California & Arizona
“I learned more than I can express about myself, the human experience,
healing, and resilience of the soul.”
~ IFS Graduate
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new IOP office and support group center. As of July 2012, The Eating Disorder Center of Missouri will now be located at 1859 Intertech Drive in Fenton, Missouri. This new 6,000 square foot facility will feature four large group meeting rooms, a state-of –the art kitchen and dining room and multiple offices for therapists, dieticians and staff.
The expanding IOP program will include two separate options for clients; one track for Castlewood Treatment Center clients and the other for outpatient clients located in the St. Louis area. The IOP program is also extending its existing services and hours to include Wednesdays from 10am to 2:30pm. In addition to the existing dinner option for clients, a lunch option will be added on Wednesday. A free clinical assessment is available and conducted by a licensed therapist for either outpatient services or for participation in our Intensive Outpatient Program.
The Clinical Co-Directors are Heidi Strickler, PhD, LCSW, CEDS, CART, CTLS and Jennifer Edwards, LPC, R-DMT. The staff includes dietitian, Alyssa Salz, MS, RD, LD and 5 therapists. Optional Psychiatric services will be provided as well. The group topics will include eating disorder behaviors, femininity and healthy sexuality, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, emotional regulation skills, meditation, journaling, art therapy, meal exposure and response prevention, nutritional education, expressive therapies, relapse prevention, relationship skills, and social anxiety.
The new support group center will offer support groups for those who struggle with any type of eating disorder and a separate support group for those in recovery from an eating disorder. Support groups for family members and friends will be added based upon interest. All support groups are led by a licensed therapist and offered free of charge. Please check out the website www.edcmo.com or call 636-779-1430 for a schedule of days and times.
Erin McGinty, MS, LPC is a Primary Therapist, Program Director, and the Anxiety Services Coordinator for Castlewood Treatment Center. Erin has worked with Castlewood for the last two years and came to Castlewood with a wealth of experience in the treatment of eating and anxiety disorders. Erin says that she came to Castlewood because she was excited about the multi-dimensional approach that Castlewood uses to treat Eating Disorders. “Having come from a CBT only approach previously, I was excited and eager to branch out and find other equally as effective ways of treating Eating Disorder.”
At Castlewood, Erin co-facilitates eating disorder and community process groups, provides individual therapy to clients, and oversees the delivery of anxiety services. She specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and co-morbid anxiety disorders, and has training in cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and Internal Family Systems. “Erin is an exceptional therapist talented in her approach to both eating disorders and anxiety disorders. She also adds a strong administrative structure and support to Castlewood, ” says Nancy Albus, Executive Director. Erin shared that she “likes working with clients with eating disorders because it is exciting to watch people re-discover themselves in their recovery process. When someone decides they want to recover it is really gratifying to watch them go from a life of deprivation and un-deservedness to a life that is defined by self worth and self compassion. “
Erin has been at the center of the development of Castlewood’s Anxiety Services Track. She feels it is important to work with a client’s anxiety because most people have had anxiety for as long as they remember and it is manifesting in the food. “Anxiety disorders are a risk factor for eating disorders and can keep someone in their Eating Disorder if not addressed.” Upon admission all clients are assessed for Anxiety Disorders, and if an Anxiety Disorder diagnosis is received they have an anxiety consult and individual anxiety therapy. Erin feels that “given the connection between the Anxiety and Eating Disorder, I don’t see how you could not treat the anxiety when it triggers so much of the Eating Disorder.” Castlewood does just that- we treat the Eating Disorder and Anxiety Disorder simultaneously to help our clients address the full clinical picture and achieve a lasting recovery. “Erin has done an outstanding job helping to develop and oversee the anxiety services at Castlewood,” says Dr. Robert Bond, anxiety specialist at Castlewood.
