Presenter: Christine Schneider, Ph. D, LCSW with Castlewood

Presenter bio: Dr. Schneider graduated with her Ph.D from St. Louis University in the field of Family Therapy. She previously obtained her Masters in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  Ms. Schneider is also adjunct faculty at St. Louis University, teaching in the Department of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology. Her current areas of research and interest are the effects of trauma and chronic illness on parent-child attachment. She is a primary therapist at Castlewood, incorporating theories of attachment and interpersonal biology into her individual, family, and group work. Ms. Schneider has completed training in in Internal Family Systems Therapy and EMDR. Ms. Schneider speaks regionally, nationally and internationally on topics related to attachment, couples counseling and trauma. She is a member of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Topic:  Interventions in Interpersonal Neurobiology

Objectives:

o   To discuss the implications of trauma and attachment injuries/insecurity on brain development and compartmentalization.

o   To discuss ways that a lack of neural integration presents as both rigidity and chaos within the eating disorder.

o   To identify ways that lack of integration prevents response flexibility necessary for eating disorder recovery.

Date: July 7th

Time: 12pm-1:30pm – Lunch will be provided by Castlewood

Location: The Mission Capital office is located at MoPac and Steck Avenue (8303 N. MoPac Expy., Suite A201Austin, Texas 78759), on the 2nd floor of Building A in the UFCU Plaza.