Iron Mill College Conference - Exeter, Summer 2018: Saturday 21st July

Food for Thought… Eating Disorders: A weight on my mind

Including Special Guest Keynote Speakers / Presenters: 
 

Professor Julia Buckroyd, University of Hertfordshire

Danny Bowman, MGEDT: Men Get Eating Disorders Too

Emily Rothwell, BEAT

• A timely and beneficial 1 day conference at Iron Mill College in Exeter, examining the complexities surrounding eating disorders and associated illnesses, and covering key topical issues of interest and debate within this important and growing field.
  
• The conference includes insightful lectures and workshops with author, broadcaster and therapist, Professor Julia Buckroyd, who specialises in understanding eating behaviour. Julia is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire and she will offer enthralling insights into binge and compulsive eating.
  
• Specialist contributions also come from Danny Bowman, Vice-Chair of MGEDT: Men Get Eating Disorders Too. 

• Representatives and ambassadors of the UK’s leading eating disorder charity, BEAT, will also give lively and moving presentations and workshops. Emily Rothwell, a BEAT Advisor, has undertaken research on the user experience of a developing online intervention for eating disorders and will speak about this and about treatment access. There will also be true life accounts from BEAT ambassadors, offering first-hand experiences of living with an eating disorder, of treatment and the effects this has had on them.

• The conference will include opportunities for networking and discussion with other professionals with an interest in this field. The day will be of particular use to counsellors, psychotherapists, counselling or clinical psychologists, mental health or wellbeing professionals, nurses, doctors and other health professionals, teachers and others working in education, along with anyone else who would benefit personally and professionally from improving their understanding of eating disorders.

Course Details

Eating disorders and associated issues are increasingly prevalent and cause much suffering and distress for far too many people.

Our Iron Mill College Spring Conference, on 21st July 2018 in Exeter, offers a rare chance for those of us with a particular interest in eating disorders to come together for a whole day of exploration and enlightenment. We will be aided and guided in this process by leading professional experts in the field, as well as those whose own lives have been affected by eating disorders.

Applications Programme Speakers / Presenters Date Fees

Eligibility:

Our conference is open to anyone who is interested in the subject matter. It will be of particular relevance to practitioners and students in the fields of counselling, psychotherapy, counselling or clinical psychology, mental health or wellbeing, health, education and other related professions.


How to apply:

Simply sign up using the booking form on this web page - supplying the requested details and paying the applicable fee (please see the 'Fees' tab for further information and details of other ways to pay). You will need to pay the full relevant conference fee in order to reserve a place at the conference. There are limited places available, which are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Prior to the conference, attendees will be invited to book onto any optional seminars / workshops with places allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, as some workshops / seminars may have limited spaces available. Attendees who have not booked onto any optional seminars / workshops in advance of the conference will be invited to do so at registration on the morning of the conference (subject to remaining availability of places).

Timetable: 

9.15am – 9.45am:

• Arrival and Registration 

9.45am – 10.00am: 

• Welcome and Opening Address – Rose Bedford, Iron Mill College Principal

10.00am – 11.15am:

• Keynote Speaker – Professor Julia Buckroyd (University of Hertfordshire): 'Binge and compulsive eating: an attachment based approach'.

11.15am – 11.45am: 

• Break
  
  

11.45am - 1.00pm: 

• Keynote Speaker – Danny Bowman (Vice-Chair, MGEDT: Men Get Eating Disorders Too): 'Eating Disorders: A Male Perspective.'

1.00pm - 2.00pm: 

• Lunch

2.00pm - 3.45pm: 

• Keynote Lecture and Plenary Session - Emily Rothwell and Charity Ambassadors (BEAT): 'Accessing Treatment, and the impact of waiting times on carers and sufferers'.

3.45pm - 4.00pm:

• Break

4.00pm - 5.00pm: 

Choice of Workshop / Seminar, booked in advance:

• Professor Julia Buckroyd (University of Hertfordshire) 'Applying attachment styles to eating disorders'
  
  

• Emily Rothwell and Charity Ambassadors (BEAT) 'Personal Experience and the Road to Recovery'
  
  

• Danny Bowman (Vice-Chair, MGEDT: Men Get Eating Disorders Too) 'Road to Recovery: Experiencing Male Eating Disorders, the Family and Society'
  
  

• Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association (SWEDA) 'Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association – Recognising Eating Disorders'

 
5.00pm - 5.15pm: 

• Closing Address – Rose Bedford
  

Professor Julia Buckroyd (University of Hertfordshire):

An author, broadcaster and therapist, Julia is the Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire and we are very lucky to have her attend as she is one of the leading specialists in eating behaviour in the country.

Danny Bowman (Vice-Chair, MGEDT: Men Get Eating Disorders Too):

Danny Bowman is a mental health spokesperson at Parliament Street. Danny started his own campaign with Fixers UK in 2013 on Body Dysmorphic Disorder subsequently his campaign went global and Danny appeared on tv all over the world raising awareness of the disorder.

 

Danny has written and compiled two research papers on ‘Mental Health and the Social Media Society,’ and ‘A 21st Century Approach to Mental Health', and hasspoken at conferences around the country on mental health and body image disorders including the 1st International BDD Foundation Conference.
 

Danny has worked alongside politicians of all political parties to forward to the cause of mental health

 

Emily Rothwell (BEAT):

Emily works as both a Research Officer and a Helpline Advisor for BEAT. As part of her role as a Research Officer, she undertook work on carers' and sufferers' experiences of seeking treatment for an Eating Disorder. This work will be presented at the conference.

Emily is also a Young Ambassador for BEAT, so uses her own experiences of an Eating Disorder to educate and provide hope to others. Emily joined BEAT after completing a Research Masters in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, which investigated users’ views of a new online treatment for recurrent binge eating.

 

 

Iron Mill College Conference - Exeter, Summer 2018:

• Saturday 21st July, 9.15am - 5.15pm.

This event takes place at Iron Mill College, 7 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1QT. For more information on how to find us, transport links and parking, see our Exeter Where we Teach page.

Conference fees and payment options:

Extended Early Bird Offer - for bookings made up to 30th June 2018:

• A one-off payment of £145.00.
• A one-off payment of £100.00 (for Iron Mill College students and graduates*).
• A one-off payment of £125.00 (for approved Iron Mill College supervisors and placement provider managers**).

Standard Offer - for bookings made from 1st July 2018:

• A one-off payment of £165.00.
• A one-off payment of £125.00 (for Iron Mill College students and graduates*).
• A one-off payment of £145.00 (for approved Iron Mill College supervisors and placement provider managers**).

Further information on fees:

Fees listed include VAT as well as cost of lunch and refreshments provided.

*IMC Student / Graduate discount is open to students fully enrolled on an Iron Mill College course of 10 days or more (at the time of booking), as well as graduates of an Iron Mill College course of 10 days or more (not including shorter CPD workshops). This offer includes students who have completed the taught element of their advanced counselling or psychotherapy training, but are still to complete their placement hours and / or qualifying exams.

**Approved Supervisor and Placement Provider Manager Offers are open to supervisors on the current Iron Mill College approved supervisors database (at the time of booking), or managers of placement providers currently providing placements for Iron Mill College students (at the time of booking).

How to pay:

You can pay online (via PayPal) by using the booking form on the right hand side of this page. You can also pay all fees by credit / debit card, either in person at Iron Mill College in Exeter, or over the phone by calling 01392 219200. Please note that we are unable to accept payments via American Express or Diners Club cards.

We also accept cash paid in person at Iron Mill College in Exeter, as well as cheques, which should be made out to 'Iron Mill College' and dropped in or sent to 'Iron Mill College, 7 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1QT'. We can also accept payments by bank transfer - please get in touch with us at 01392 219200 / enquiries@ironmill.co.uk for our bank details. Please use your name as the reference when making such payments.


Cancellations:

A full refund will be made for any cancellations made by attendees, up to 15th May 2018; a 50% refund will be issued for cancellations made from 16th May 2018 to 15th June 2018; a 25% refund will be issued for any cancellations made from 16th June 2018 to 30th June 2018. There is no refund on cancellations made on or after 1st July 2018.
 
Substitute delegates are welcome, but you must notify us of this (including the substitute's name and contact details) in advance of the conference. Any such substitutions are to be arranged by delegates themselves (and the college then notified) and cannot be arranged directly by Iron Mill College.

Conference commencement:

Please note: Iron Mill College will make every effort to avoid altering the conference timetable. However, should any changes be necessary, you will be notified at the earliest opportunity. The conference and all included events and workshops / seminars will run subject to demand and the formation of viable event cohorts, based on the booking / registration of a minimum number of attendees. A full refund of conference fees paid will be given to all applicants in the event of the conference being cancelled or postponed, where the college is prevented from providing the conference as advertised in circumstances beyond its control, including force majeure or sickness / illness of specialised staff. The college cannot be held liable for any remedy, damages or compensation beyond this.

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