
Alsana & The Body Positive are pleased to present a 1.5 Hour virtual continuing education event
What Does It Mean for Your Clinical Work to Embody Social Justice as a Core Value?
Presented by Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, CEDS-S
Alsana & The Body Positive are pleased to present a 1.5 Hour virtual continuing education event
What Does It Mean for Your Clinical Work to Embody Social Justice as a Core Value?
Presented by Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, CEDS-S


We will explore:
- What our client’s symptoms reveal about oppressive social conditions.
- The innovative construct of “embodiment”, which expands our perspective from the limiting framework of “body image”.
- The rich, constructive and positive resources offered in Niva Piran’s Developmental Theory of Embodiment.
- How a cultural perspective in clinical treatment leads to challenging power inequities and oppressive social conditions.
This event will be recorded. Please join with sound and video off if you do not wish to be captured in the recording.
If you will be joining by phone, please email us at techsupport@thebodypositive.org after the event with the phone number you used to join so we can send you the follow-up email, including CE information.
WHEN: Thursday, OCTOBER 22ND
9:00-10:30am PT
(10:00-11:30am MT, 11:00am-12:30pm CT, 12:00-1:30pm ET)*
Presentation schedule:
9:00-10:00 am Lecture
10:00-10:30 am Experiential Activities
Elizabeth Scott
Elizabeth Scott LCSW, CEDS-S, is an educator and psychotherapist whose work focuses on the intersection of embodiment, social justice, and mindfulness. As Co-Founder and Director of Training for The Body Positive, Elizabeth instructs educators, students, and treatment providers to use The 5 Competencies of the Be Body Positive Model to end eating disorders and build body positive communities. Elizabeth is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and IAEDP™ Approved Supervisor. She trains mental health providers and dietitians to use her Big Hearted Embodiment model. Elizabeth studies Insight Meditation and has practiced psychotherapy since 1988 in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Learning Objectives:
After this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Describe three ways that oppressive social conditions lead to disruptions in embodiment.
- Define the difference between “embodiment” and “body image”.
- List three of Niva Piran’s “Positive Embodiment” constructs.
- Identify the relationship between adopting a cultural perspective as a clinician and taking a role in social change efforts.
For questions about this event, please contact us at outreach@thebodypositive.org
To learn more about our Be Body Positive courses for treatment providers, please visit us online
To learn more about our sponsor, please visit Alsana
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Continuing Education Information:
1.5 CE Hours*
Participants wishing to be awarded CE credit must stay the entire duration of the event
National Board for Certified Counselors
The Body Positive has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6698. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Body Positive is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Commission on Dietetic Registration
The Body Positive is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Our CDR provider number is ABB6426.
Thank you to our generous sponsor, Alsana

