Dr Alissa Knight1
1The Calming Suite Psychology, Clarence Park, Australia
Biography:
Dr Alissa Knight is the Director and Founder of The Calming Suite Psychology in South Australia. Alissa is a clinical psychologist, eating disorder, Trauma and BPD specialist, researcher, conference speaker, board approved AHPRA clinical supervisor, lecturer, teacher and highly sought after media spokesperson. Alissa holds 5 university degrees across fields of psychology, neurology, junior primary/primary/high school dance education, and journalism), and her vision from day one was to become a psychologist who advocated for system change and fight for better ways to deliver psychological therapy to youth with eating disorders that offered more effective, compassionate, and trusting outcomes.
Abstract:
" Mind the Gap: A Timely Exploration of Clinical Practice, Ethical, Research and Therapeutic Methodology Gaps and their significance in Australian youth eating disorder populations of this modern era. This presentation serves as a comprehensive learning resource for allied health professionals in clinical practice, research, and researchers, emphasising the importance of addressing these gaps to push the status quo, contribute to the growth and advancement of knowledge in the field, and promote compassionate, client centred models of care in eating disorder treatment, where young people are actively involved in evidence-based support that encourages their own voice and needs, and brings about efficacious outcomes and empowerment.
In this presentation, Dr Alissa Knight discusses:
– Looking beyond the idea that eating disorders are just about food and weight
– Using a multidimensional, bottom-up case formulation: The need to take a look at the deeper underlying factors that ‘caused’ or led to the emergence of the eating disorder in the first place, and the factors that are maintaining it
– How to increase the likelihood of long-term recovery for eating disorder clients – The 5 Essential Ingredients
– The difference between an individualised-centred approach versus a diagnostic-centred approach for eating disorders.
– How the complex needs of youth in Gen Z have changed the way we need to think about working with this population
– How to implement an individualised tailored approach for eating disorders using an integrated therapy method
– A modern understanding of recovery for eating disorders and how it has evolved.