Emotional Eating Practicum

Lecturers: Romy Moujaes, MSc, LD & Stephanie Baddour, MSc, LD
CPECS: 4

The Emotional Eating Practicum is an advanced hands-on training designed to help dietitians understand, identify, and manage emotional eating behaviors in clinical practice. This course explores the psychological, behavioral, and nutritional aspects of emotional and binge eating while providing practical counseling tools to support long-term behavioral change.

Participants will learn how to assess emotional eating triggers, recognize the relationship between emotions and food behaviors, and implement evidence-based interventions rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and mindset reframing techniques.

Through practical worksheets, activities, and clinical applications, attendees will gain the confidence to help patients improve their relationship with food, reduce emotional overeating episodes, and build healthier coping mechanisms.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this practicum, participants will be able to:

  • Identify emotional eating behaviors and triggers

  • Understand the psychological impact of emotional overeating

  • Use practical emotional eating assessment tools

  • Apply CBT-based strategies in nutrition counseling

  • Help patients develop healthier coping mechanisms

  • Address body image concerns compassionately

  • Improve mindful eating practices

  • Support sustainable behavior change in emotional eaters

Course Schedule

Introduction

4:30 – 5:00 PM

  • Health, weight, and cognitive impact of emotional eating

Module 1: Understanding Emotional Eating

5:00 – 6:45 PM

  • Emotional eating definition

  • REEL and FEEL assessment tools

  • Worksheets and practical activities

Break

6:45 – 7:00 PM

Module 2: Breaking the Cycle of Emotional & Binge Eating

7:00 – 8:30 PM

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques

  • Mindset reframing

  • Practical patient activities

  • Mindful eating strategies

  • Body image support

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