Consulting / Training

Dr. Anita Federici is internationally known for her comprehensive team training, program development, clinical consultation, and implementation support predominantly in the areas of DBT and eating disorders. She has provided more than 350 clinical workshops, invited talks, and panel presentations. Dr. Federici has worked with therapists and teams in private practice, hospital-based mental health programs, as well as universities and colleges settings. She is known for her highly engaging and dynamic presentation style.

Consulting / Training

DBT-ED: Treating Complex Eating Disorder Presentations in DBT

For Dr. Federici’s current public trainings through the Sickkids Learning Institute click here: Certificate in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for eating disorders: Level 2 – Adults – The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids (sickkidscmh.ca)

And through the Oshawa Psychotherapy Training Institute here: DBT Eating Disorders Advanced Registration, Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

Anita works closely with administrators, clinical managers, key stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams to implement evidence-based treatment. She is highly sought-after for her ability to redesign inpatient and day treatment programs in order to enhance capacity to treat multi-diagnostic and complex patient populations. She provides standard DBT training and support in addition to the comprehensive DBT-ED model for individuals with multi-diagnostic eating disorder presentations. As a consultant, Anita will help your team move toward DBT and DBT-ED adherence across levels of care (e.g., inpatient, day programs, intensive outpatient).

Her workshops and clinical consulting span a wide range of topics including enhancing the therapist’s competence in evidence-based care, research methods, program development, program evaluation, DBT and CBT implementation, trauma-related disorders, and eating disorder treatment. For more information on her training and consulting experience, please see Anita’s CV here

Anita and the clinical team also provide webinars and talks on a variety of topics including eating disorders, body image, emotion regulation, and weight stigma.

Workshop formats can be provided in half-day, full-day, or two to five-day intensive training sessions.

Topics may include:

DBT-ED: DBT Adapted for the Treatment of Complex Eating Disorders
Advanced DBT-ED Training
Eating Disorders: Beginner to Advanced Training
Treating trauma in the Context of Eating Disorders
Standard DBT: Foundational Training
Standard DBT: Advanced Topics
How to Run a DBT Skills Group
Understanding Personality Disorders
Supporting Caregivers of those with an Eating Disorder
Supporting Caregivers of those with a Personality Disorder
CBT Foundational Training for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Behavioural Interventions in Therapy
Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of OCD
Building Commitment and Motivation to Change
Mindfulness Training

WEBINARS

Certificate in DBT for Eating Disorders Level 1
Jan. 31, 2023
Feb. 7, 14, 21, 2023
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Anita Federici, PhD, C. Psych., FAED
with special guests Anne Williams, RD, and Dr. Jennifer Couturier

Certificate in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for eating disorders: Level 2 – Adults
Feb. 28, 2023
March 7, 21, 28, 2023
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Anita Federici, PhD, C. Psych., FAED

Certificate in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for eating disorders: Level 2 – Adolescents
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2023
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Anita Federici, PhD, C. Psych., FAED

I enlisted Dr. Federici’s expert clinical expertise to facilitate highly specialized eating disorder treatment training and mentoring with members of our provincial network. Her unique and one-of-a-kind expertise is sought after to help fill important service delivery gaps in our system of eating disorder care. Specifically, our provincial network is indebted to Dr. Federici for not only pursuing a “road less traveled” – seeking specialized treatment training in modalities designed to enhance client-centred care and innovative ways to treat co-morbid conditions; she also set out on a course to provide cutting edge clinical teaching, training, supervision, and mentoring in these modalities to optimize capacity among care providers to provide responsive and high quality care.

Gail McVey, PhD, C.Psych, FAED Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Director, Ontario Community Outreach Program for Eating Disorders www.ocoped.ca Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute University Health Network

Gail McVey PhD, C.Psych, FAED

University Health Network

Anita has been instrumental in supporting EHN in becoming DBT-informed and has worked closely with members of our team to provide coaching and mentorship on using DBT with clients struggling with substance use, mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders and eating disorders.

Lanie Schachter-Snipper, MC, registered psychotherapist

National Director Edgewood Health Network Outpatient Services

Just wanted to let you know – I had attended your session on Dialectic Behaviour Therapy through waypoint (held at the midland cultural centre) a number of years ago – I was mighty impressed with your level of expertise! It was most excellent!

Psychiatrist, Waypoint

“….we ranted and raved to our manager when we got back and are totally stoked about doing a pure DBT program within EDP starting next fall …if not sooner. You are a great presenter (and being able to hold a room’s attention on the second day late afternoon speaks to it!)… the timing was perfect”

Larry Dahmer, Health Sciences North

Thank you for being a wonderful mentor who so gracefully balances the dialectic between empathetic understanding and giving me the push I need to access my own skills during times of clinical and personal challenges. You have a uniquely genuine style about you that I look up to greatly and am always trying to channel in my own practice. I thoroughly enjoyed being your supervisee and I hope the world of DBT will bring us together again at some point down the road.

Lucy Xie, MSW RSW

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