Focused on starting an ANAD support group for people with eating disorders and their families

1. Building a Healthy Support Group Karla Steingraber, Psy.D. & Ann Harriman, MA Aprioris Psychological Health Services 666 Dundee Rd., Suite 502, Northbrook IL

2. Who are you? Current Support Group Leaders Future Support Group Leaders Therapists Lay People

3. Issues Faced / FearsWhat are you interested in hearing today?

4. Question 1:What is the #1 Most Important Attribute of a Healthy Support Group

5. Question 1:What is the #1 Most Important Attribute of a Healthy Support Group No Trigger Talk Support Listening Leaving judgments at the door Time limits/the frame No monopolizing Confidentiality Safety

6. Why a Support Group

8. Increase Motivation

9. Connection

11. What is a support group?

12. ANAD’s 8 Steps Admit to ourselves that we have an eating disorder. Recognize that “food” and “weight” are not the real issues, but that other underlying problems in our lives have led to our obsessions with food, eating, and weight Make an honest attempt to identify the problems underlying our eating disorder. Acknowledge that self-starvation and/or binge-purging are not offering a healthy or satisfactory solution to these problems. Accept the responsibility for changing our own lives and applying more appropriate methods of coping with problems. Realize that we do not have to struggle alone to overcome our problems. We can accept the caring support of others and the guidance of spiritual strength. Establish small individual goals aimed at changing our unhealthy attitudes and behaviors and begin working seriously toward their achievement. Reinforce and sustain our personal growth process by reaching out and helping others struggling with eating disorders.

14. Place

15. Time

16. Membership requirements

17. Group Rules

18. Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

20. Question 2:What leads to facilitator burnout ?

21. We have a group! Leader vs. Facilitator “Peer” Facilitator vs. “Professionally Trained” Facilitator

22. Boundaries Behavior Meeting outside group Friendliness vs. Friends Involvement in Personal Lives Self Awareness Motivations Own Issues Self-Disclosure

23. Facilitator or Co-Facilitator Sharing the Load New Dynamic

24. Group Routine How do you feel right now What is something positive about your recovery Did you reach your goal Will you be speaking in depth later Random Question for fun Meaningful goals Checking in with Co-leader Notes, log Long-Term Goals/Strategies

25. Preventing Burnout

26. Group Growth Guest Speakers Emailing Interactive Experiences

27. Maintaining a Healthy Dynamic Open Minded Humble/Modest Small Goals When to Change Direction Feedback Surveys Stay Positive

28. Friends & Family Night

29. Breakout Session 2 Sketches 3 & 4 Identify mistakes group leaders may have made, improve upon it Identify where the group leader did something right

30. Recognizing the Dynamic With all 5 sketches, match the sketch to the issue ___ Boundaries ___ Safety ___ Aggression ___ Scape-goating ___ Trigger Talk

31. Contact Information Dr. Karla Steingraber Ann Harriman, MA 666 Dundee Rd., Ste 502 Northbrook IL 60062 847-778-3997 keas@aprioris.net aharriman@aprioris.net Dr. Karla Steingraber Ann Harriman, MA