Presented by Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

Family as Medicine: Conscious Parenting and Nervous System Support in Eating Disorder Recovery

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About This Event

with Maria Gambino, LMHC

Virtual on Zoom
2 NYS CE Credits

The Clinical Challenge
Working with eating disorders often feels like a tug-of-war. You provide the best evidence-based care, but the progress stalls once the client returns to their home environment.

Does this sound familiar?

Your client makes strides in session, only to be "triggered" back into old patterns by family dynamics. Parents are desperate to help but are inadvertently operating from their own dysregulated nervous systems.The "missing link" in treatment feels like it’s buried in unconscious parental patterns or historical emotional misattunement. To truly sustain recovery, we must move beyond the individual and address the relational biology of the family. This workshop goes beneath the surface of behavioral interventions to explore the neurobiology of the family unit.

Pricing

  • General Admission: $85
  • ICP Community: $70
  • Current ICP Therapist: $45
  • Current ICP Candidate or Graduate/Undergraduate Student: $25

ICP Community includes current ICP faculty, supervisors, and alumni of ICP's training programs.
Please note that for alumni to qualify for this rate, you must have graduated within 5 years.

If the cost of this event presents a financial barrier, please contact us at
CSAB@icpnyc.org. We are happy to offer a reduced rate when needed to ensure accessibility.

What You'll Learn

Through a blend of didactic lecture and deep-dive case studies, you will learn to:

  • Identify Maintenance Patterns: Pinpoint specific family-based nervous system signatures that unintentionally keep ED symptoms "locked" in place.
  • Analyze the Regulation Gap: Understand how parental misattunement affects a client's recovery trajectory and neurobiological safety.
  • Facilitate Developmental Repair: Apply conscious parenting strategies that transform caregivers from "anxious observers" into a "stabilizing force" for emotional maturation.

Presenters

Maria Gambino, LMHC  is a licensed psychotherapist in NY and CT specializing in eating disorders, family systems, and developmental trauma. With over a decade of clinical experience, her work focuses on the role of emotional development, nervous-system regulation, and parental attunement in recovery. She is known for integrating depth psychology, attachment-informed practice, and conscious parenting principles to support both individuals and families in sustainable healing.

 

About This Event

with Maria Gambino, LMHC

Virtual on Zoom
2 NYS CE Credits

The Clinical Challenge
Working with eating disorders often feels like a tug-of-war. You provide the best evidence-based care, but the progress stalls once the client returns to their home environment.

Does this sound familiar?

Your client makes strides in session, only to be "triggered" back into old patterns by family dynamics. Parents are desperate to help but are inadvertently operating from their own dysregulated nervous systems.The "missing link" in treatment feels like it’s buried in unconscious parental patterns or historical emotional misattunement. To truly sustain recovery, we must move beyond the individual and address the relational biology of the family. This workshop goes beneath the surface of behavioral interventions to explore the neurobiology of the family unit.

Pricing

  • General Admission: $85
  • ICP Community: $70
  • Current ICP Therapist: $45
  • Current ICP Candidate or Graduate/Undergraduate Student: $25

ICP Community includes current ICP faculty, supervisors, and alumni of ICP's training programs.
Please note that for alumni to qualify for this rate, you must have graduated within 5 years.

If the cost of this event presents a financial barrier, please contact us at
CSAB@icpnyc.org. We are happy to offer a reduced rate when needed to ensure accessibility.

What You'll Learn

Through a blend of didactic lecture and deep-dive case studies, you will learn to:

  • Identify Maintenance Patterns: Pinpoint specific family-based nervous system signatures that unintentionally keep ED symptoms "locked" in place.
  • Analyze the Regulation Gap: Understand how parental misattunement affects a client's recovery trajectory and neurobiological safety.
  • Facilitate Developmental Repair: Apply conscious parenting strategies that transform caregivers from "anxious observers" into a "stabilizing force" for emotional maturation.

Presenters

Maria Gambino, LMHC  is a licensed psychotherapist in NY and CT specializing in eating disorders, family systems, and developmental trauma. With over a decade of clinical experience, her work focuses on the role of emotional development, nervous-system regulation, and parental attunement in recovery. She is known for integrating depth psychology, attachment-informed practice, and conscious parenting principles to support both individuals and families in sustainable healing.