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Community Event: Weight Inclusive Nutrition Counseling for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

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Community Event:
Weight Inclusive Nutrition Counseling for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Mark your calendars for our next Lucky Lab Continuing Education Night!

We are excited to have our very own

**Julie Bowman, MS RD LMHC

Weight Inclusive Nutrition Counseling for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Please note we will be holding this Lucky Lab at the NW Quimby Lucky Lab location (as opposed to the SE Hawthorne location).

When: 

January 31st, 2019 -> 6-8:30 pm
Networking 6-7 pm
Presentation 7-8 pm
with Q&A afterward

Where: 

Lucky Lab Brew Pub (NW Quimby location)
1945 NW Quimby St.
Portland, OR 97209

Learning objectives:

  1. Learn the cause, symptoms and different types of PCOS
  2. Learn ways to help clients navigate weight stigma in healthcare
    settings
  3. Learn ways to help clients with PCOS using weight neutral non-diet
    and Health At Every Size® perspectives
  4. Understand the relationship PCOS has with eating disorders
  5.  Understand common misconceptions about PCOS and ways to counter them

About the Presenter:

Julie Bowman, MS RD LMHC is a Registered Dietitian and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a private practice in Vancouver, Washington.

  • She specializes in working with people with eating disorders and disordered eating, including those that want to stop dieting and/or explore non-diet approaches for other health conditions including PCOS, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, depression and anxiety.
  • She also really enjoys working with kids and teens with eating disorders and their families using a combination of Family Based Treatment (FBT) and Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT).
  • She uses a weight-inclusive, non-diet, whole person approach that integrates Health At Every Size®, Intuitive Eating®, and mindfulness philosophies.
  • Her Masters Degree is in Health Psychology and she has been a dietitian since 2003 and a licensed mental health counselor since 2010.
  • She is also an adjunct instructor at Portland State University, co-teaching a class, developed by Lindsey Schuhmacher, called Every Body Matters: Embracing Size Diversity.

This is a free event and 1 CE will be provided. Please invite you co-workers and colleagues!