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Speaking Engagements by Dr. Maine

Dr. Maine is a national speaker noted for her expertise and energy. She has been featured on local television and radio programs frequently, and on national programs including CNN and ESPN, and has collaborated on several films on eating disorders. Her talks include the following:

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Recents Talks

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November 10, 2012: Body Discomfort as the “New Normal” for Women:  From Girdles to Spanx or How We Have Not Come a Long Way, Baby.  Renfrew Foundation Conference. Philadelphia, PA

 

February 22, 2013: The Perfect Storm: Gender, Culture and Eating Disorders. The Connecticut Women’s      Consortium, Hamden, CT.

 

March 19, 2013: Overlooked and Underserved: Males with and in relationship to those with eating disorders. With Beth McGilley and Mark Warren. 11th London International Eating Disorder Conference, London, England.

 

April, 25, 2013: The Weight-Bearing Years: Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair In Adult Women.. Walden Behavioral Care Conference, South Windsor, CT

 

June 13, 2013: Treating Eating Disorders At and Beyond Midlife: Help, Hope Healing and the Relational Cultural Model. Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence. Charlotte, NC.

 

June 13, 2013: Body Discomfort as the “New Normal” for Women: From Girdles to Spanx or How We Have Not Come a Long Way, Baby…. Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence. Charlotte, NC.

 

October 18, 2013: Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research/Practice Gap. Indianapolis Task Force on Eating Disorders, Indianapolis, IN

 

October 18, 2013: The Weight-Bearing Years: Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair In Adult Women. Indianapolis Task Force on Eating Disorders, Indianapolis, IN

 

October 31, 2013: The Weight-Bearing Years: Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair In Adult Women. Walden Behavioral Care Symposium, Waltham, MA.

 

November 8, 2013: Beyond the medical model and “behavioral health:” A feminist frame for eating disorders. Opening Keynote Panel Discussion: Good Old-Fashioned Know-How: the Essential Role of Clinical Wisdom and Expertise in Evidence-Based Practice. Renfrew Foundation Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

 

December 6, 2013: The Perfect Storm, Part 2. Women, Eating Disorders, and Body Image Despair: What’s Age Got To Do With It? The Connecticut Women’s Consortium, Hamden, CT.

 

February 27, 2014: “Ta Da:” Nurturing the Potential for Transcendent Moments in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Part 2. With Michael Berrett Beth McGilley, & Adrienne Ressler.  International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, St. Petersburgh, FL.

 

March 18, 2014: Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair: What’s Age Got to Do With It? Shoreline Eating Disorders Series, Branford Public factory, Branford, CT

 

March 24, 2014 and April 2, 2014: Eating Disorders on Campus: from Body Wars to Body Peace. Quinnipiac University, Hamden CT

 

April 30th 2014: The Changing Face of Eating Disorders: What Pediatricians Need to Know. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Washington Children’s Medical Center, Washington DC.

 

April 30th, 2014: Eating Disorders Treatment Update: From the Medical Model to a Feminist Frame. Psychiatric Grand Rounds. Washington Children’s Medical Center, Washington DC.

 

May 9, 2014: Eating Disorders Treatment Update: From the Medical Model to a Feminist Frame. Full Day Symposium, Greenwoods Counseling Center, Litchfield, CT

 

May 30, 2014: Webinar: What’s Age Got To Do with It: Body Image Across the Female Life Cycle. The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia.

 

June 6, 2014: A Perfect Biopsychosocial Storm: Gender, Culture, and Eating Disorders. .Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence. St Louis, Mo.

 

June 6, 2014: Eating Disorders: Bridging The Research-Practice Gap. .Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence. St Louis, Mo.

 

June 20, 2014: Eating Disorders At and Beyond Midlife. Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley, MA

 

October 18, 2014: The Weight-Bearing Years: Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair In Adult Women. National Eating Disorders Association, San Antonio, TX 
 

 November 15, 2014: Frustrations, Failures, Ruptures, and Repairs. With Michael Strober, PhD. Renfrew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

 

March 18, 2015: Bridging the gaps in eating disorders treatment: Hidden facts, obscure endpoints, and holistic approaches to heal the shattered self.  With  Beth McGilley and Adrienne Ressler..London Eating Disorder Conference, University of London, Institute of Education, London, UK

 

April 23, 2015: Body Shaming: Stigma Can Come in Many Different Forms. With Martha Peaslee, Kaley Roosen, Dennie Carlsen. Special Interest Group Panel.  International Conference on Eating Disorders, Boston, MA.

 

May 14, 2015: Eating Disorders Treatment Update: From the Medical Model to a Feminist Frame. Full Day Symposium, Greenwoods Counseling Center, Southbury, CT

 

June 3 and June 5, 2015: Eating Disorders: Integrating Brain, Body and the Therapeutic Relationship. With Adrienne Ressler. Renfrew Center Foundation- New Haven, CT and Tarrytown, NY

 

November 13, 2015: Eating Disorders in Adult Women: Relational Cultural Reframing of the Biopsychosocial, Developmental and Clinical Considerations. With Karen Samuels and Mary Tantillo. Renfrew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

 

January 29, 2016: Connecting the Dots: Perfectionism, Eating Disorders in Adult Women, and Relational-Cultural Theory. Center for Change, Orem, UT

 

February 19, 2016: It’s Time to Talk About It: Invisible Women: Treating Eating Disorders at Midlife and Beyond.. Plenary session with Ibbits Newhall, Karen Samuels and Mary Tantillo. IAEDP Symposium 2016. Amelia Island, FL.

 

April 27, 2016: Eating Disorders and Body Wars on Campus. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT

 

May 13, 2016: Coming of age in the treatment of eating disorders:   Adult women, Perfectionism, and Relational-Cultural Theory. Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association, Newton, MA 

 

June 17, 2016: Invisible Women: Perfectionism, Eating Disorders, and Body Image at Midlife and Beyond. Summit for Clinical Excellence: National Eating Disorders Conference, Henderson, NV

 

June 17, 2016: Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research- Practice Gap. Summit for Clinical Excellence: National Eating Disorders Conference, Henderson, NV


June 1, 2016: Eating Disorders: Integrating Brain, Body and the Therapeutic Relationship. With Adrienne Ressler. Renfrew Center Foundation, Hartford, CT

 

 September 14, 2016: Eating Disorders on Campus. University of Connecticut. Training for Health and Counseling Staff.

 

September 30, 2016: Still Hungry After All These Years: A Retrospective and Prospective Look at the Father-Daughter Relationship and Eating Disorders. Panel Discussion. With Michael Berrett, PhD, Don Blackwell, JD, Michael Levine, PhD, FAED, & Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. National Eating Disorders Association, Chicago, IL

 

November 12, 2016: Biopsychosocial Transitions Across the Lifespan: Critical Risk Factors for Eating Disorders. With Theodore Weltzin, MD, FAED, CEDS, FADA. Renfrew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.

 

December 5, 2016: Spanx, Botox, Eating Disorders & Women at Midlife. Walden Behavioral Care, Waltham MA

 

March 23, 2017. Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders, Precertification Course. With Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium, Henderson, NV.

 

March 24, 2017: Making Sense of the Complex Eating Disorder: A Multifaceted Conversation with Founding Leaders in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. With Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS; Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD; Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS; Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium 2017. Henderson, NV

 

March 25, 2017: Panel Discussion of The Illusionists: A Documentary on the Globalization of Beauty. With Adrienne Ressler and Jancey Wickstrom . IAEDP Symposium 2017.Henderson, NV.

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April 7, 2017:  Invisible Women: Eating Disorders, Body Myths and the Pursuit of Perfection At Midlife and Beyond: A Relational Cultural Approach. Body Balance Coalition Conference. Kansas City.MO.

 

May 12, 2017: Invisible Women: Eating Disorders and the Pressure To Be Perfect At Midlife and Beyond: A Relational Cultural Approach. 6th Biennial Body Image and Self Esteem Conference. National Eating Disorders Information Centre. Toronto, Canada.

 

June 5, 2017: There Is No Health Without Mental Health. Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford., Avon CT.

 

August 4, 2017: RecoveryThen, Now and Later. With Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS,  Jenni Schaefer,and Julie Holland Faylor, MHS, CEDS, F.iaedp. Panel Discussion- Eating Recovery Center Foundation Conference, Denver, CO.

 

October 20, 2017: Eating Disorders in Women Across the Lifespan: From Bone Health to Fertility, from Expectations to Satisfaction. IAEDP Regional Conference. New York  NY.

 

November 11, 2017: Eating Disorders in the Wise Women Years: Medical and Psychological Issues Specific to Older Women. With Jennifer Gaudiani, MD, CEDS. . Renfrew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.


January 26, 2018: Bridging Gaps: Blending the best of Relational Cultural Theory, Attachment Theory, Neuroscience and Clinical Wisdom. With Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. Center For Change National Eating Disorders Conference for Professionals. Provo ,UT.

 

March 21, 2018: Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders, Precertification Course. With Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium,2-18. Orlando FL.

 

March 23, 2018: Making Sense of the Complex Eating Disorder: A Multifaceted Conversation with Founding Leaders in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. With Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS; Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD; Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS; Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium 2018.

 

March 24, 2018: Keynote Close-Up. Bridging Gaps: Blending the Best of Relational-Cultural Theory,

Attachment Theory, Neuroscience, & Clinical Wisdom. with Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS;; Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium 2018.


April 19, 2018: Disordered eating and body image in middle-aged and older women: Research and evidence- bases approaches to treatment. With Niva Piran, PhD, FAED and Mary Tantillo, PhD, FAED. International Conference on Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL.

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May 4, 2018: Eating Disorders: Integrating Brain, Body & the Therapeutic Relationship. With Adrienne Ressler, LMSW, CEDS, F.iaedp. Renfrew Spring Seminar for Professionals, Stamford, CT.

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February, 2019: Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders, Precertification Course. With Beth McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS. IAEDP Symposium,2-18. Orlando FL.

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October 18, 2019: Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders and Body Image In Mid-Life and older Women. Renfrew Center’s Fall Seminar Series for Professionals. Pitts

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November 9, 2019: Treating Eating Disorders at Midlife and beyond: Forging Relational Hope. With Karen Samuel, PhD and Mary Tantillo, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAED

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