Friday-Sunday, January 24-26, 2025, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
This course will explore the use of somatic approaches—including yoga, somatic therapies, and mindfulness—in the treatment of eating disorders. Participants will explore improving body image, embodied experience, introspective awareness, and the ability to identify, feel, and regulate emotions - all critical components in the treatment of eating disorders and negative body image.
Together, we will also look at eating disordered behavior, and the relationship of those impacted through their bodies with an interpersonal neurobiology lens.
Sarah Alexander is the owner and founder of Brave Acorn. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1995 with a double major in Psychology and Women’s Studies. Sarah began practicing full-time as a therapist in 2001, received her Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University in 2005, and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Oregon since 2008. Sarah has worked in a community mental health setting for substance abuse, a day-treatment setting for eating disorders, a university counseling center, and an outpatient trauma treatment center. Sarah teaches graduate counseling students in the Eating Disorder Certificate track at Lewis & Clark Graduate School and was president of the board for the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network from 2017 to 2019.
