The theoretic structures and practice of the evidenced based practice of Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) can be an effective way to strategically apply nutrition interventions by helping to manage the patient’s sensitivity, reactive resistance, sustain the fragile therapeutic alliance and facilitate the progression towards treatment goals. The primary goal during exposure and response exposure sessions is for the individual to remain connected with the fear foods as they are in the process of healing their relationship with food. This presentation will address how Exposure Response prevention can be adapted for the treatment of individuals with eating disorders.

Julia Cassidy is the Director of Dietary for Center for Discovery where she has worked for over 13 years. Julia is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and a Licensed Body Positive facilitator. Julia is also the Co-Chair for the Nutrition SIG with AED (Academy for Eating Disorders), which allows for her to be the liaison to DEED (Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders) through the SCAN DPG (Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition – A Didactic practice group for The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics). Through her passion of nutrition, food, positive body image and eating disorder recovery, Julia has developed and updated the nutrition program used with all clients in the adolescent residential programs at Discovery