Quarterly Meeting and Educational Program: Complex Bodies, Complex Needs

Please join oin us for 1.5 CEUs as we network and learn more about the connections between chronic illness and eating disorders with the Central Florida iaedp chapter!

Complex Bodies, Complex Needs: Clinical Approaches to Chronic Illness, Body Image, and Eating Disorders

Date: March 27th, 2026 at 10:00am

Location: 2800 N Orange Ave, third floor

Presentation Description: Eating disorder recovery becomes even more complex when someone is living in a chronically ill or differently abled body. For many, body image disturbance and loss of bodily trust stem from medical trauma, functional limitations, or repeated surgeries. These experiences can contribute to PTSD, anxiety, depression, and an increased vulnerability to disordered eating.

We will discuss how clinicians can recognize and treat trauma and body image concerns rooted in medical conditions. We’ll explore how chronic illness intersects with eating disorder symptoms and how to help clients rebuild trust in a body that may feel unreliable or unfamiliar. Using a resilience-centered approach, participants will learn strategies to support healing, adaptive coping, and sustainable recovery.

Presentation Learning Objectives:

1. Identify three strategies to cultivate resilience and body positivity in individuals living with invisible disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

2. Differentiate body dysmorphia/distortion from body image disturbance and understand their relevance in assessment and treatment.

3. Understand key concepts and approaches for evaluation and treatment planning, including evidence-based treatment modalities for medically complex clients.

Presenter Name & Credentials: Tamie Gangloff MA MFT

Presenter Bio:

Tamie is a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in eating disorders, medical trauma, and body image concerns. She works in clinical outreach and maintains a small private practice, and she also serves as an adjunct professor at West Chester University, where she teaches Eating Disorder Psychology.

Tamie earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in Santa Barbara and has extensive experience across all levels of care for eating disorders and substance use treatment. She is an advocate with the Eating Disorders Coalition, the Founding President of the Southwest Philly IAEDP chapter and the new Central PA IAEDP chapter, and a former group leader with The National Alliance for Eating Disorders. Tamie also serves as the Medical Trauma Advisor for Root to Branch.

She is the author of Chronic Illness and Eating Disorders: Assessment, Clinical Skills, and Lived Experiences.

Works Cited:

• Bonino, S. (2020). Coping with Chronic Illness: Theories, Issues, and Lived Experiences (1st ed., pp. 3-8, 17, 55). Routledge.

• Botwin, S. (2019, November 8). Thriving After Trauma. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (1st ed, PP. 201-204).

• Cunha, I., Nett, S., Lamm, E., & Rodgers, Dr. R. (2024). State Effects of Body Positive Content on Social Media Users with Chronic Illness [Review of State Effects of Body Positive Content on Social Media Users with Chronic Illness].

National Alliance for Eating Disorders is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0622.National Alliance for Eating Disorders has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6958. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. National Alliance for Eating Disorders is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. National Alliance for Eating Disorders is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.National Alliance for Eating Disorders maintains responsibility for this program and its content. National Alliance for Eating Disorders is approved by the Florida Board of Psychology to provide continuing education
courses to psychologists (Provider # 50-11298, expires May 31, 2026). The Board of Psychology will not revoke the continuing psychological education credit given to any psychologist for the completion of any continuing psychological education program sponsored by a provider whose status is later revoked by the Board as a result of any complaint registered against the program by a psychologist. National Alliance for Eating Disorders is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing (Provider # 50-11298, expires October 31, 2025). National Alliance for Eating Disorders is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling (Provider # 50-11298, expires March 31, 2025). National Alliance for Eating Disorders is approved by the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (Provider # 50-11298).
National Alliance for Eating Disorders maintains responsibility for this program and its content. If you are an out of state provider, check your state’s rules and regulations for more information regarding your continuing education requirements.

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