Inclusive & Evidenced-Based
Eating Disorder Education

for Therapists, Dietitians, & Coaches

100% online & at-your-own-pace

Eating Disorder Trainings

  • Get our curated list of books, professional articles, and resources we stand by to do some continuing education on your own. Free!

  • Earn the IEDS credential to demonstrate expertise in treating the full spectrum of EDs from an inclusive and trauma-informed perspective. Includes a Certificate of Specialty in Inclusive Eating Disorder Education.

    • Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS) credential and certificate following a multiple choice, open book assessment that includes a written case conceptualization.

    • Certified IEDS clinicians will be added to our online Directory, so colleagues & clients can easily find you.

    • Receive a Digital Badge to promote your services on your website and/or email signature.

    • Post certification support is provided via supervisor directory and free online peer consultation groups

    • No further commitment or cost to maintain the credential, though we strongly recommend continuing supervision

    • 100% online & self-paced

    • 10 modules, 45 hours of video content. Includes interactive activities, quizzes, and journaling prompts along the way.

    • Easy to navigate learning platform via Thinkific

    • Includes a printable PDF 871 page manual to follow along and take with you

    • Therapists receive 45 CE credits including ethics & cultural competency from ASWB

    • 49.5 CEUs for RDs from CDR

    • Become trauma-informed or improve your trauma-informed care

    • Robust, evidence-based education

    • Gain the knowledge and skills to more effectively treat EDs, even with no or very little experience

    • Created for therapists, dietitians, and coaches

  • This basic eating disorder training is a foundational primer in providing eating disorder treatment.

    • 6 modules, 29.5 hours of video content. Includes interactive activities, quizzes, and journaling prompts along the way.

    • Easy to navigate learning platform via Thinkific

    • Includes a printable PDF 551 page manual to follow along and take with you

    • All the basics of eating disorder treatment

    • 100% online & self-paced

    • Evidence-based education

    • Add-on package available to continue on to earn the IEDS Certification if desired, just inquire.

    • Created for therapists, dietitians, and coaches

Inclusive Eating Disorder Education

Eating Disorder Trainings for Therapists, Dietitians, & Coaches

IEDE provides professional certification, continuing education, clinical tools, and ongoing support to help clinicians and coaches effectively treat the full spectrum of eating disorders. All training programs are rooted in evidence-based, trauma-informed practices, and developed by a diverse team of experienced specialists with both clinical expertise and lived experience.

IEDE trainings go beyond traditional models of medical and mental health care to emphasize harm reduction, body liberation, intersectionality, antiracism, and social justice-informed frameworks.

The Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS) Certification training is a rigorous and comprehensive program designed to train professionals at any stage of their career who are committed to ethical, inclusive, and evidence-informed eating disorder treatment.

  • No membership fees & no hidden costs

  • Online and self-paced

  • One time payment or monthly payment plan options

  • Continued support post certification via vetted supervisor directory, and free online peer consultation groups

  • Learn the best therapy modalities for eating disorders, as well as in-depth nutrition therapy education

  • Free Resources for folks to do continuing education for free, including many of the books and articles woven into the trainings

  • Evidence-based and aligned with inclusive and antiracist frameworks

  • Harm reduction is integrated throughout trainings

  • Certification training: CEs provided for therapists and dietitians with some state exceptions for certain licenses

  • Robust medical education specific to eating disorder treatment and the high risk and complex nature of recovery

  • In-depth training regarding diagnostics, assessment, and treatment planning

Provide Better ED Care

the Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist trainings are proudly

Antiracist

Because EDs are entrenched in white supremacy culture, this training prioritizes antiracist education.

Inclusive

Traditional ED treatment often leaves behind many folks with Eating Disorders. The IEDS credential signifies your attentive care for those with marginalized identities.

HAES® Aligned

The Health at Every Size® philosophy is integral to ED recovery, and is woven into this entire training. Includes ASDAH’s HAES® updates from 3/27/24.

Comprehensive

10 modules packed with essential education to more effectively treat the full spectrum of EDs.

Evidence-Based

We provide evidenced-based education & several treatment modalities. We also include anecdotal evidence, and insights from our collective & seasoned professional experience.

Trauma Informed

This training aims to help you gain competency in every area of ED treatment from an inclusive, trauma-informed perspective.

Our Mission

to make evidence-based eating disorder training more equitable and accessible, and aligned with antiracist, HAES®, and social justice paradigms.

Our Goal

to educate & empower competent ED clinicians, who will help more people.

Our Why

As far as we know, an inclusive, HAES® aligned, antiracist, and comprehensive ED training does not exist. We developed this training to offer an alternative to the available “standard” trainings that leave so many people with eating disorders behind.

We are acutely aware that traditional educational programs for therapists and dietitians do not adequately teach students about eating disorders or how to effectively treat them. It also has to be said that traditional higher educational programs often and accidentally perpetuate harmful myths about eating disorders, exercise, body image and body size, and recovery. The treatment of eating disorders requires significant continuing education that is traditionally difficult to access. We strive to change that.

People fighting to recover deserve better care that takes into account and honors all of their identities, especially marginalized and oppressed identities. And that starts with better, more accessible education for the clinicians that do this important work.

Our Values

Evidence-based Education
Health at Every Size®
Trauma-informed
Antiracist
Inclusivity
Autonomy-centered
Accessibility
Continuing Education & Adaptation

Inclusive
Eating Disorder Specialist Certification

Earn the IEDS credential

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IEDE is a proud organizational member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.

We remain informed on best practices in developing and administering quality certification programs to ensure a valuable training program for our participants, and especially to uplift and safeguard the IEDS Credential.

The IEDS certification process

  • Evidence-based, robust professional education via self-paced online videos (45 hours total), interactive activities, quizzes, and an 800+ page PDF manual to take with you

  • 45 CEs for therapists via ASWB & 49.5 CEUs for dietitians via CDR

  • Multiple self-reflective activities and clinician assessments to reduce provider bias

  • Requires a passing score (80%) on a multiple choice, open book assessment that includes a written case study portion to demonstrate competency in all defined areas

  • Easily maintain your credential every 2 years with our quick and complimentary attestation process (on the honor system) to report your 24 CEs in eating disorder education

  • Supervision is strongly encouraged, and we provide a vetted supervisor directory for you to get connected

What folks are saying

Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD

“The detail and depth of this training is what we’ve been looking for in our space! It uniquely holds elements typically missing from traditional eating disorder/ intuitive eating conversations and education, in particular intersections on structural racism, ableism, and more.

It’s a privilege to get to collaborate with this group of brilliant clinician contributors in a way that radically challenges and encourages change in the way we practice. This training will leave folks feeling empowered with a combination of both skills and knowledge for more confidently improving our eating disorder treatments.”

Haley Daroowala, LMFT-Associate

“For a newer therapist, I believe this training can be a game changer for someone who wants to work with this population. We receive no real education in our grad programs regarding helping people with eating disorders. This training is an alternative to limited trainings out there and is SO MUCH BETTER than just learning on the job, like most clinicians have had to do for way too long.”

Mollyanne Vasquez, LCSW

This training is an absolute game changer. My early training in eating disorder treatment was on the job, which leaves lots of room for client harm along the way. I also found this education to be white washed and with little understanding on the intersectionality between gender identity and one's relationship with food and body. The Inclusive Eating Disorder Education model fills all of these gaps in ED treatment while remaining incredibly accessible to practitioners.”

Sawyer Greer, MS, RD, LD

“This training is incredible! It can be really hard to find eating disorder trainings that are inclusive and trauma informed. This training is all of the above! I absolutely recommend it to anyone who is working directly or indirectly with folks that have eating disorders or disordered eating.”

Riana Fletcher, LPC-Associate

“This training is unmatched in its thoroughness and inclusivity of all parts of eating disorders.  For those interested in and wanting to know more about how to treat eating disorders, this is the training for you! It touches on the history, the understanding, and all the moving parts that are included within an eating disorder. This training is useful for all types of professionals needing a better understanding of where eating disorders come from and what options are available for treatments.”

Holly Wise, RD, LD

“I had no real exposure to eating disorder treatment education in my dietetics program. I wish I would have had something like this training to help me prepare for my work with people with eating disorders. It would have helped me feel more prepared and confident from the start.”

Mia Vargas, MS, RD, LD

"The IEDS training was amazing! I gained valuable insights into providing inclusive, affirming care for those with eating disorders, disordered eating, and unhealthy relationships with food and body image. I’ve already applied these skills with my clients, feeling more confident and competent in my approach. I highly recommend this training for new clinicians or clinicians hoping to gain more knowledge in the field of eating disorders!"

Hannah Auldridge, RD, LD

“This training has been incredibly valuable in my work with eating disorders and has so much great information. My dietetics program provided minimal education on eating disorders so I had a lot to learn when I started in the eating disorder field. I have significantly improved my practice thanks to this training, and I continue to refer to it when needed!”

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