IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
Advanced consultation and competency development for clinicians who are ready to move beyond foundational eating disorder treatment training
18 month consultation program to earn the Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist (IEDAS) credential
Competency + Community
IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
Format: Virtual sessions organized by 3-month terms
Prerequisite: IEDS Certification (or meet rigorous equivalency standards)Cohort size: 15–20 cliniciansTerm length: 3 monthsRequired for IEDAS Certification: 6 terms (equivalent to ~18 months)Sessions per term: 3 group + 1 individualFee: $250 per termNext cohort start window: April 2026Rigorous equivalency option available for IEDAS Certification
Virtual IEDAS consultation cohorts are designed for focused, longitudinal skill development following the completion of the IEDS Certification training. Cohorts of 15–20 clinicians progress together through quarterly (3-month) terms, creating community, connection, continuity, accountability, and a consistent peer learning environment.
Each term includes three 90-minute group consultation sessions (one per month) plus one 50 minute individual consultation session, where learners receive 1-1 support, caring feedback on case formulation, scope/role, specific competency development, and exploring any barriers.
Across a minimum of six terms (~18 months)*, participants receive ongoing skills assessment and structured guidance to support progressive competency in inclusive, trauma-informed eating disorder care. The fee is $250 per term.
* An additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needs.
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Advanced consultation for clinicians deepening eating disorder practice through guided application and feedback
Builds progressive competency in inclusive, trauma-informed ED care over multiple 3-month terms
Translates ED treatment frameworks into real-world decisions (assessment, conceptualization, treatment planning, ethical judgment) with focus on inclusivity, antiracism, and liberatory foundations
Each term centers a focused learning theme paired with structured case consultation
Participants bring real cases and clinical dilemmas and receive caring, direct, actionable feedback
Strengthens clinical judgment over time, especially around complexity and shifting treatment interventions
Clarifies scope and role boundaries and supports effective multidisciplinary collaboration
Supports inclusive, values-led consistency across presentations and identities, improving clinical approach across varied diagnoses, contexts, and acuity levels
About IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
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The IEDAS consultation cohort program is comprised of structured consultations for clinicians who want to deepen their competency development. This program is built to support clinicians in translating inclusive eating disorder treatment frameworks into day-to-day clinical decisions, particularly in the areas that tend to feel murky in real practice.
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Each 3-month term is organized around a focused learning theme and anchored by case consultation. Participants bring real clinical questions and cases, receive support and structured feedback, and guidance in refining their approach to assessment, conceptualization, and treatment planning within an inclusive, trauma-informed lens.
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Over multiple terms, the work becomes increasingly integrative: clinicians strengthen clinical judgment, clarify roles and responsibilities within multidisciplinary care, and build a more consistent approach to navigating complexity across diagnoses, identities, and levels of acuity.
Consultation Program Structure
Requirements to join a consultation cohort
Prerequisite - Complete the IEDS Certification (or meet rigorous equivalency standards)For Therapists, Dietitians, Medical Providers, and CoachesCost: $250/term
Program Structure
Minimum 18 month requirement for IEDAS CertificationOrganized by 3-month Terms, 6 total terms requiredAn additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needsEach Term structured by learning themeGroup sessions per Term: 3 group consultation sessions, one per month, 90 minutes in duration, virtualIndividual sessions per Term: 1 individual consultation per 3-month term, 45–60 minutes in duration, virtualClinicians ideally progress together through each term as a cohort
Consultation Term Themes
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Scope, Roles, and Overlaps
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Social and Cultural Considerations
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Support for Supports
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Nutrition Traps
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Implementation of Therapeutic Skills
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Assessment and Evaluation
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An additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needs.
Fees + Accessibility
The cost for each individual 3-month Term is $250.
The IEDE team has intentionally kept the cost for advanced ED consultation as low as possible, and all sessions are virtual for ease of accessibility.
Additional individual sessions may be purchased separately if needed or desired.
Enroll in Terms individually - no financial commitment to continue if you are unsatisfied
Cohorts are designed to create connection and community with the same learners moving through the Terms together, ideally
We offer limited reduced fee spots for those who are experiencing financial difficulty. Please reach out to support@inclusiveeatingdisordereducation.com to inquire.
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist - Consultants (IEDAS-C)
Meet our Growing Team
Each 3-month Term will be administered by one of our Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist Consultants (IEDAS-C).
These clinicians are deeply aligned with our values and have served people in the eating disorder community for a minimum of 5 years, along with other requirements.
Consultation Director
Amy Helms, RD, LCSW, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
We are delighted to have Amy Helms, a well-known, highly respected, dual licensed professional (therapist and dietitian) as our Consultation Director. She will be leading the first and last terms to assess clinician readiness and skill level. Amy owns and runs her own group practice. She has been working with eating disorder clients for over a decade in multiple capacities.
Amy values continuing her own learning. She has additional training and/or certification in the following areas:
Family Based Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
RO-Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Traditional DBT
Forensic Mental Health Evaluations and Custody Evaluations as well as Parent Coordinations for High Conflict Divorce
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Complex Trauma and PTSD
Somatic Experiencing and Somatic EMDR
IEDAS-Consultant
Dr. Morgan Lucas, PsyD, IEDAS-C
Dr. Lucas has been working in the eating disorder field since 2012, when she was the Clinical Director of Project Bliss (an ED group home). She has continued to work in private practice as well as with college students at The University of Texas, in Arlington, TX.
One focus theme for her Term is social and cultural considerations in treating those in the eating disorder community. Her approach partly entails helping those with certain privileges better understand and provide improved care for people with different lived experience.
IEDE Certifications
IEDS
Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist
Level 1
IEDAS
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist
Level 2
IEDAS-C
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist - Consultant
Level 3
About: From the Creators of IEDE
The IEDAS Consultation Cohort program
Designed by clinicians for clinicians. We built this program to go far beyond the typical piecemeal research presentations about random eating disorder topics. The full eating disorder treatment puzzle comes together with the IEDS Certification training, followed by the IEDAS consultation cohort program. All IEDE offerings are intentionally built to elevate and safeguard eating disorder treatment for all.
We Listen to Your Feedback
The IEDE team created this advanced consultation program based on feedback and demand from the larger eating disorder community. Our endeavor is to provide the highest quality consultation at the most accessible level of investment. The demand for consultation and additional learner support and community has inspired us to create Consultation Cohorts for our IEDS clinicians.
No Outside Financial Control
Our educational and credentialing offerings unique in that they are created by highly experienced and practicing clinicians, including both dietitians and therapists. IEDE is entirely self-funded to ensure that our trainings are free from outside financial persuasion. All education is based on clinical need, inclusive values, research, and modern approaches to ED treatment, and we cannot be persuaded to change by large corporations dictated by the bottom line.
Origin Story of IEDE
The creators of IEDE are both group practice owners, and we desperately needed a comprehensive eating disorder training to use for our own clinicinas. Due to the total lack of affordable, comprehensive, inclusive, timely trainings — we created one. Now we are happy to share it with others who may find themselves looking for the same thing we were years ago.
Inclusive Eating Disorder Education, PLLC began building our first training in 2021, and it was finally released after 3 years of blood, sweat, and tears in early 2024. Since then we have revised and improved the program and the platform for our second edition, released in 2026.
The Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS) Certification has quickly become the preferred eating disorder training in the larger eating disorder community, both in the US and internationally. The scope, values, and usable information remains unmatched among eating disorder training credential programs.