The high co-morbidity rate between substance use disorders and eating disorders is well known; yet clients in substance abuse treatment centers who have eating disorders are largely unable to benefit from programming due to malnourished brains, and/or obsessions and compulsions surrounding food, weight, exercise or health. Listen to an eating disorder expert and exposure therapist discuss how treating the eating disorder during SUD treatment, with the support of a physician and registered dietitian, will be the best relapse-prevention tool any facility can provide to its clients.
Presenter
 Andrea Kulberg, PhD, CEDS is a licensed clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience in the treatment of eating disorders and anxiety disorders. She has been employed in various hospital, residential and outpatient settings, including Eating Recovery Center of Denver’s Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Program. She is currently the Clinical Director of Adolescent Programs at Mission Harbor Behavioral Health in Santa Barbara, a partial hospital and intensive outpatient center for the treatment of substance use disorders and other mental health problems. Due to her background in clinical neuropsychology, Dr. Kulberg brings an understanding of brain-behavior relationships to her work, and is able to treat complex cases wherein patients may have developmental challenges or acquired neurological problems. After her initial training in San Diego at Alliant International University, Dr. Kulberg taught psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. |
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