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Questions? Contact
Michelle.Sepulveda@acgov.org.
Alameda County Behavioral Health Department
(ACBHD) is pleased to offer a FREE training
It's a Real Drag: At the Intersections
of Gender Identity, Sexual
Orientation, and Eating Disorders
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - at the end of the training, participants will
be able to:
1. Describe 2 examples of how sexual orientation and gender identity can impact the
development of eating disorders
2. Identify 2 examples of common differential presentations of eating disorders in
LGBTQ populations
3. Describe 3 examples of how stigma and bias influence the development and
maintenance of eating disorders
4. Describe 3 treatment strategies and alternative interventions to improve outcomes
5. Describe 2 assessment strategies to implement with their clients
Continuing Education (CE)
CE credit is ONLY provided for County
and ACBH contracted Provider staff.
This course meets the qualifications for
3 hours of CE credit for LMFTs, LCSWs,
LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the
California Board of Behavioral Sciences;
Alameda County Behavioral Health Dept.
(ACBHD) is approved by the California
Assoc. of Marriage and Family
Therapists to sponsor continuing
education for the target audience of this
training, Provider No 65749; for
Addiction Professionals by the
California Consortium of Addiction
Programs & Professionals Education
Institute (CCAAP_EI), Provider No. 4C-04-
604-0627; for RNs by the California
Board of Registered Nurses, BRN
Provider No. 12040; and Psychologists
as an approved provider by the
California Psychological Assoc.,
Provider No. ALA006.
ACBHD maintains responsibility for this
program/course and its content.
Please note: To receive CE credit from
an ACBHD training, it is the participant’s
responsibility to
(1) attend the full training
(2) fill in an evaluation at the end; and
(3) for online/virtual trainings, complete
a post-test with a passing score of at
least 70%.
CE Certificates will be emailed to
qualifying training participants within 30
days after the training.
TRAINER: Jennifer Vera, LMFT, has been involved in the research and
treatment of eating disorders for over fifteen years, with a particular
focus on the experiences of LGBTQ and BIPOC individuals. Jennifer
has served as faculty at the Women’s Therapy Center and The
Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley; she has taught on the subjects of
eating disorders, feminism, racial justice and relational
psychotherapy throughout California.
REGISTRATION
LOCATION: The training is offered virtually via Zoom
AUDIENCE: Alameda County Behavioral Health Department staff, and its
contracted community-based organization (CBO) providers. Those who
work directly with clients who exhibit (or have exhibited) signs &
symptoms of Eating Disorders are especially encouraged to attend.
DESCRIPTION: This course will address the problem of eating disorder
symptomatology among LGBTQ communities. We will elucidate the
intersections between sexual orientation, gender identity and disordered
eating, including how eating disorders are developed, maintained, and
treated in this sociopolitical landscape. Through use of recommended
readings, didactic lectures, as well as group discussion, we will increase
participant’s knowledge and clinical skills with this population. Special
attention will be paid to the ways implicit bias, including weight stigma,
influence identification and treatment of eating disorders in these
underrepresented groups.
Accommodations or Grievance?
Grievance policy: ACBHD Trainings
Training Accommodations: training.unit@acgov.org or (510) 567-
8113.
Please contact the person listed on this flyer and cc the Training
Unit at training.unit@acgov.org. Please make accommodation
requests a minimum of five (5) business days prior to training to
allow time to make arrangements.
DATE and TIME: Friday, February 19, 2027, 9:30AM to 12:45PM