a distance learning course

Learn  important up-to-date information about helping people with eating disorders -
 for counsellors, therapists, helping professionals, relatives, carers and patients.

If you are a qualified therapist or health professional this course will lead to the
Certificate of Professional Development in Anorexia and Bulimia Awareness
- P.D. Cert. (A.B.)

The belief that being thin is the ideal shape, fostered for too long by Hollywood, television,  the fashion industries and the glossy magazines, is starting to crack as more people realise the injury it has done to vulnerable bodies and minds.  This course will help to undo that damage.
Recommended period of study: approx. 3 months or less.

Cost: £125.00  (125 Pounds Sterling - for currency conversion see www.xe.com )
A FREE textbook will be included for students from the UK.   Students outside the UK will need to pay extra for the textbook and postage.
For a limited period the fee is reduced to £ 85 for full payment at enrolment.
To obtain this fee reduction whilst valid, please quote offer code SUM08 when you apply.  

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About the Certificate     

This certificate is for:

• Carers, parents, relatives and people with eating disorders who would like to understand more about these conditions

• Helping professionals, social workers, teachers, volunteers and others who come into contact with people with eating disorders, enabling them to recognise potential problems and refer people to sources of professional help

• People who are considering specialist training in this area

• Practicing complementary therapists who would like an additional certificate for professional development purposes, to add to their knowledge and to display alongside their other credentials, and to use for evidence of CPD wherever accepted.

• Professionals already working in the field of eating disorders who would like to update their knowledge.

• People in the fashion, advertising and entertainment industries who would like to be more aware of the problems of people who deliberately keep themselves thin, and to work towards changing attitudes within those industries.

    SStudy will be carried out by reading the textbook  and submitting written assignments – these can be sent by e-mail.  There is no minimum study time and the student may complete the course by submitting all coursework to satisfactory standard.

This course provides an overview of previous physiological and psychological theories of eating disorders - specifically anorexia and bulimia - and introduces an important new theory which unites the roles of body and mind in the maintenance and progression of these illnesses.  This updated approach, firmly based in over 15 years’ research by the textbook’s authors, leads to criticism of some previous practices and to many detailed pointers to good practice for the helping professional who has eating-disordered clients. 

Feedback will be given by the tutor (who is qualified in counselling and psychotherapy) and all material submitted will be treated in strictest confidence.

Entry requirements:    There is no particular qualification required to take this course, but students should have very good written English and be able to work with material of Advanced Level standard or above.

This course is NOT a substitute for counselling or psychotherapy, or for medical care, and people with psychological problems should seek appropriate treatment with a counsellor or psychotherapist.  People with medical problems should consult their medical practitioner.

This course is NOT in itself a qualification in counselling or psychotherapy, though it may be used in conjunction with such qualifications to signify additional specialist learning.

Academic Credit

Credit may be given for this certificate towards Calamus International University distance degree courses. (CIU is a non-UK, private, unaccredited distance learning university.)

Students who have already studied this material as part of another Kadmon or Calamus course may enquire about obtaining this certificate by credit.

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