Upcoming Events
Past Events
10 June 2021
Janet Treasure, PhD, FRCPsych, Gina Dimitropoulos, PhD, MSW, Jacinta Tan, MD, Ph.D, Kym Piekunka, and I will be presenting a live and virtaul workshop for AED's 2021 International Conference on Eating Disorders:The Missing Pieces: Experiences & Needs of Siblings whose Brother or Sister Have or Had an Eating Disorder. For more information and to sign up, please visit https://www.aedweb.org/aed-events/iced-2021. To join in on twitter, follow #ICED2021!
2 June 2021
For World Eating Disorders Action Day, Kym Piekunka and I interviewed 4 wonderful individuals on their experiences of being a well-sibling. Check it out, along with 26 other evidence-based webinars from eating disorder professionals around the world!
29 March 2021
Join Kym Piekunka and I to learn about concrete ways to support the well-siblings in your family!
For more information, please visit the Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance.
28 September 2020
"Lifting Up Siblings and What They Need Most" Presentation for the 6th Annual Interior Region Eating Disorder Forum in British Columbia with Kym Piekunka, sibling advocate.
20 August 2020
Sibling Needs Presentation for Eating Disorders Families Australia with Kym Piekunka, sibling advocate.
13 June 2020
Kym Piekunka and I are honored to present our workshop, "Lifting Up Siblings: What They Need Most" for F.E.A.S.T.'s 3rd Annual Feast of Knowledge. Please spread the word and join the converstaion at 4:15 PST!
13 March 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Kym Piekunka and I are honored to present our workshop, "Eating Disorder Impact on Siblings" at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego this year - we hope to see you there!
CLOSED: Survey for Siblings of Individuals Exhibiting an Eating Disorder or Related Symptoms
Take this anonymous survey that Kym Piekunka and I have created to learn how to better support siblings:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SJRW9B7
22 April 2018
Join Kym Piekunka and I at F.E.A.S.T.'s Partner's in Care Forum in Chicago to learn about sibling needs and skills to support them too!
18-21 April 2018
If you can't make it to the Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference in Chicago this year, follow the tweets at #ICED2018!
4 November 2017
Please join in for the 2017 National Eating Disorders Association Walk at Crissy Field in San Francisco. For more information, to donate, and/or sign up, visit this link.
21 October 2017
Join in and support Project Heal's treatment grant fundraising efforts at their 3rd Annual Bay Area Gala!
2 June 2016
The first World Eating Disorders Action Day! Join in several #WeDoAct tweetchats over the course of the day with participants from around the world!
4-7 May 2016
Save the date for the Academy for Eating Disorders2016 International Conference on Eating Disorders at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. See you there!
3 October 2015
Join me at the University of San Francisco's Parenting Symposium to learn more about how to support healhty body esteem in the digital age!
3 August 2015
Provided a closed in-service at Haight Ashbury Psychological Services on Eating Disorders & Evidenced-Based Treatment for interns.
8 June 2015
Join me at 9:00 Pacific as I co-moderate the #AEDchat with Elizabeth Claydon, MPH on Eating Disorders in the Orthodox Jewish Community, featuring Judy Krasna, who is an amazing mother of four, parent advocate, and a parent consultant for the Israeli Association for Eating Disorders! (If you were unable to make it, you can download the storify here.)
22-25 April 2015
Save the date for the Academy for Eating Disorder's International Conferece on Eating Disorders in Boston! #ICED2015
[<a href="//storify.com/aedweb/iced2015" target="_blank">View the story "#ICED2015" on Storify</a>]
13 April 2015, Monday
I will be leading a self-compassion meditation at The Lotus Collaborative for providers - please feel contact me if you would like to join in! The mediation will be part of a cooking experience provided by Karen Scheuner, chef and registered dietician.
22 March 2015
Join Lauren Mulehiem and I at 4:00 PST for an #AEDchat with Dagan VanDemark and Jaden Fields of @TFFED and learn more about eating disorders in the trans community. If you can't make it, check out the transcript on storify!
22-28 February 2015
Find out what's going on for NEDA's 2015 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! Join me on Monday at 10:00 PST for a twitterchat on binge eating with the NIMH and Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D. On Thurday, I'll be tweeting with the Academy for Eating Disorders, Marcia Herrin, and Emily Kroshus on addressing excessive exercise in the eating disorders population. You can also join me on Friday at 9:00 PST with NEDA, Ed Tyson, MD, Carolyn Jones, RN, and Lesley Williams, MD for a twitterchat on "What You Don't Know Can Hurt." Jump in by using the hashtag, #NEDAwareness. See you there!
16-18 October 2014
I'll be in San Antonio to present with Dr. Mulheim and Jenni Schaefer on The Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs of Social Media in Clinical Practice and Recovery at the National Eating Disorders Association Conference from October 16th to 18th. In case you missed it, you can check the highlights from our Storify.
1 August 2014
At 10:00 am PST, join in on the Academy for Eating Disorders twitterchat with Jenny Lundgren, Ph.D. on Night Eating Syndrome. (In case you missed it, check the storify!)
6 June 2014
Meet up with me at the 1st UCSF Eating Disorders Conference. (In case you missed it, check the storify!)
3 June 2014
Join in on the Academy for Eating Disorders twitterchat with John Dolores, JD, Ph.D., on Diabetes and Eating Disorders.
26-29 March 2014
Let's meet up in New York at the Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference! If you can't make it, watch for updates and resources via twitter #ICED2014.
6-8 February 2014
Join me at the Eating Disorder Recovery Support, Inc. 8th Annual Fundraising Conferencein Petaluma, California.
31 January 2014
Participate with me in the F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders) webinar in conjunction with the Academy for Eating Disorders FBT Special Interest Group. In case you missed it, you can read the storify or watch the video.
18 September 2013
Join me and head to D.C. to participate in the Eating Disorder Coalition's Fall National Lobby Day!
17 July 2013
Provided closed training workshop on Multi-Family Therapy for The Healthy Teen Project in Los Altos, California.
8 April 2013
Join in a tweetchat at 10:00 PDT with the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorder Coalition to discuss the upcoming EDC Lobby Day on April 17th! Follow the hashtag #AEDchat.
23 March 2013
Check out some great art and have some fun at the 1st HAPS Silent Art Auction! All sales will benefit the wonderful Haight Ashbury Psychological Services clinic, which provides high quality and low-fee psychotherapy and training. The event will kick off at 6:00 pm and run until 12:00 am at SOMArts, 934 Brannon Street in San Francisco.
16 March 2013
Bringing Men to the Table: Coaching for Men with Loved Ones in Treatment for Eating Disorderswith Joe Kelly. For more information or to register, please visit http://meninfamilies.com/ or call 415.827.0283.
14 March 2013
Tweetchat with Sam Thomas, the founder and director of Men Get Eating Disorders Too, at 12:00 PST. Jump in with the hashtags #MGEDT and #AEDchat!
7 March 2013
Presentation on Body Esteem for It Takes a Village at Mill Valley Middle School from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
7-9 February 2013
Please join me in Petaluma at the 7th Annual Eating Disorder Recovery Support, Inc. Fundraising Conference! For more information, to register, or to make a donation to the EDRS, Inc. Treatment Scholarship Fund, please visit http://www.edrs.net/.
14 January 2013
Save the date for a tweetchat with Stephanie Lucianovic, author of Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate. Monday, January 14th at 12:00 PST. To join in, follow #pickyeaters! If you missed it, you can download the chat here.
17 November 2012
Bringing Men to the Table: Coaching for Men with Loved Ones in Treatment for Eating Disorderswith Joe Kelly. For more information or to register, please visit http://meninfamilies.com/ or call 415.827.02
14 November 2012
Join me @bridgetwhitlow for a twitterchat with Carrie Arnold @edbites, author of Decoding Anorexia: How Breakthroughs in Science Offer Hope for Eating Disorders from 10:00 to 10:30 PST. Follow the hashtag #decodingAN. If you missed it, you can download the chat here.
10 November 2012
Connect with me and Ondina Hatvany, MFT from 10:00 to 10:50 for a free teleseminar, "This Thanksgiving ~ Empower don't Devour." Request to join here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/477799262259618/. If you missed it, you can listen to the recorded seminar here.
31 October 2012
Join me @bridgetwhitlow for a twitterchat with Joe Kelly @Meninfamilies, author of Dads and Daughters from 12:00 to 12:30 PST. Follow the hashtag #meninfamilies.
12 October 2012
Closed in-service for medical students, pediatric residents, and fellows at UCSF Department of Pediatrics on Family-Based Therapy for the Treament of Eating Disorders.
22 September 2012
Come walk with me and the EDRS, Inc. Team to raise funds for the National Eating Disorders Association and Eating Disorders Resource Center!
29 August thru 19 September 2012: Wednesdays, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Bringing Men to the Table: Coaching for Men with Loved Ones in Treatment for Eating Disorders with Joe Kelly. For more information or to register, please visit http://meninfamilies.com/ or call 415.827.0283.
18 July 2012
Public presentation on Family-Based Therapy for the Treament of Eating Disorders at La Ventana, San Jose.
22 June 2012
Public presentation on Family-Based Therapy for the Treament of Eating Disorders at La Ventana, San Jose.
9-10 June 2012
Join me and The San Francisco Out of the Darkness Overnight to raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention!
23-24 April 2012
I will be joining the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, and Action in D.C. to advocate for the FREED Act (Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders HR 1448, S 481). To find out more information or to get involved, please visit EDC's website.
2-4 February 2012
As an organizer for EDRS, Inc.'s annual fundraising conference, I will be attending all three days and available to talk with you about how you can get involved with EDRS, Inc.! For more information, or to register, please visit http://www.edrs.net/.
20 November 2011
Live twitterchat with Aimee Liu, author of Restoring Our Bodies, Reclaiming Our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders. To join the conversation, follow the hashtag #reclaiming!
15 October 2011
Interview with Aimee Liu, author of Restoring Our Bodies, Reclaiming Our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders.
11 June 2011
Andrea's Voice Napa NEDA Fundraising Walk
5 February 2011
EDRS, Inc. Conference Presentation on Collaborative Caring: Putting Carer's Skills to Work
21 February 2010
UCSD Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Program's NEDA Fundraising Walk