Center for Evidence Based Treatment Ohio, 19910 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights, OH (2026)

02/27/2026

In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we want to share our founder Lucene Wisniewski PH.D., FAED’s appearance on the podcast “Our Womanity” hosted by Dr. Rachel Pope. She and Dr. Wisniewski shine a light on the “silent epidemic” of disordered eating in perimenopause and menopause. Together they unpack how hormone changes, body image pressures, and weight-focused culture collide in midlife.
They explore:
• Why the menopause transition is a biological “window of risk” for both new and returning eating disorders
• The difference between effective, flexible eating and rigid “food rules”
• Red flags like body checking, food moralization, and preoccupation with tracking apps
• How restriction often fuels binge eating
• ARFID in adults and how it differs from anorexia
• How to talk to a friend or family member you’re worried about—without shame or blame

If you’re navigating midlife, GLP-1 medications, or a changing relationship with food, this episode offers compassionate, evidence-based guidance and hope.

➡️ Listen now https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4-disordered-eating-in-perimenopause-menopause-with/id1676645350?i=1000751167409

Are you interested in learning more about treatments for disordered eating? Visit www.cebtohio.com.

Are you a professional looking for clinical trainings in evidence-based treatments? Check out the CEBT schedule of both live and on demand trainings by visiting https://cebtohio.com/upcoming-live-ce-offerings/.

Questions are always welcome by emailing Monika Mendels mmendels@cebtohio.com
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02/26/2026

It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2026, and we’re thrilled to share something special for clinicians, teams, and anyone supporting people with eating disorders. 💙

CEBT founder Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, and Anita Federici, PhD have just released a groundbreaking new book, Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol—a powerful, real-world guide for working with clients who have eating disorders and other complex, co-occurring challenges.

When you use the link below, you’ll get:
• An insider’s discount on the book
• FREE access to the MED-DBT Diary Card, including client-friendly instructions to help you and your clients see patterns more clearly and make every session count.
👉 Grab the discount + free diary card here:
https://guilfordpress.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=3202111cf90e7c816a472aaceb72b0df.4587
🏷️ Promo code: EMST1584
⏰ Hurry—offer ends March 17th!
Please feel free to share with colleagues and communities who are passionate about evidence-based, compassionate care for people with eating disorders.

02/25/2026

Registration is now open for the next live MED-DBT 4-Day Intensive, taking place virtually September 15th – 18th, 2026 (11:00am–5:30pm EST daily).

In honor of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, use promo code “EDawareness” today through Monday March 2nd for 10% off your registration feel!

MED-DBT (Multidiagnostic Eating Disorder - Dialectical Behavior Therapy) is a comprehensive, DBT-consistent adaptation developed specifically for individuals who present with an eating disorder alongside suicidality, self-injury, trauma, medical instability, and other co-occurring conditions. These clients, who often cycle through treatments and levels of care, are often described as “treatment resistant,” and require a model that is both medically grounded and deeply dialectical.

Over four intensive days, we will walk through the structure, philosophy, and clinical application of the model as outlined in the MED-DBT text with a strong emphasis on practical implementation, case conceptualization, and treatment decision-making.
Participants will learn how to:
Assess fit and readiness for MED-DBT
Apply the adapted biosocial theory
Use the MED-DBT target hierarchy to prioritize safely and effectively
Manage medical risk within scope while collaborating with providers
Address ambivalence and anosognosia using commitment strategies
Implement collaborative contingency management
Conduct ED-specific chain and missing links analyses
Adapt DBT skills for eating disorder populations
Maintain fidelity through effective consultation teams
Plan for endings and transitions beyond Stage 1

This training assumes foundational DBT training and experience working with eating disorders. MED-DBT is a team-based model, and the content is geared toward outpatient or step-down settings.

Registration Details:
Full Registration: $1,230
In honor of ED Awareness Week, receive 10% off when using the coupon code: EDAwareness (valid through Monday March 2nd, 2026)
Early Bird Registration: $1,130 (available through August 15)
Discounts available:
• 10% off for groups of 3 or more
• 30% off for students
Continuing Education credits are provided through CEBT (APA- and NBCC-approved sponsor).
You can view full details and register here:
https://cebt.ce-go.com/med-dbt-4-day-intensive

Anita and Lucene are looking forward to connecting with clinicians who are curious about expanding their work with multidiagnostic eating disorder presentations and who want a structured, medically grounded, and dialectical framework to support that work.

02/24/2026

🔔 Eating Disorders Awareness Promo: 10% Off Two DBT Trainings
💡 If you work with parents of adult children with eating disorders, claim your 10% discount with code EDawareness when you register between Feb 24 and March 2.

These live, 3-hour trainings are ideal for clinicians working with parents of multi-diagnostic adult children, especially those navigating eating disorders, suicidal communication, and non-suicidal self-injury.

Part 1 – April 8, 2026: Applying DBT and SPACE Principles to Parental Accommodation
• Establishes the theoretical and structural framework for DBT- and SPACE-informed parent-only work.
• Focuses on how accommodation develops and is maintained in families of adult children with high-risk behaviors.

Part 2 – May 6, 2026 Practice & Application: Teaching DBT Skills to Parents to Reduce Accommodation
• Provides concrete, DBT-based strategies and scripts to help parents identify, accept, and change accommodation patterns.
• Emphasizes safety while reducing accommodation around suicidal communication, self-injury, and moderate to severe eating disorder behaviors.

You can attend either training independently or take both as a complementary series.

To register and learn more about each workshop, visit:
🔗 https://cebtohio.com/upcoming-live-ce-offerings/
For questions or to ask about group and student discounts, contact:
📧 Monika Mendels, Director of Operations – mmendels@cebtohio.com
Promo code: EDawareness
Valid: February 24–March 2, 2026
Applies to: Both April 8 and May 6 trainings.

02/23/2026

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we’re kicking things off with a powerful training opportunity for clinicians and helpers who work with complex ED presentations.
🔍 Featured Webinar: MED-DBT for Eating Disorders
Join the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification on Tuesday March 10th as they host Dr. Anita Federici and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski for a 90 minute live webinar on MED-DBT—a groundbreaking adaptation of standard DBT designed specifically for individuals with eating disorders and multiple co-occurring conditions.
Built on over two decades of clinical innovation and program development, MED-DBT offers a practical, integrated framework for clients who often fall through the cracks of siloed treatment systems.
📅 When: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 pm EST
✅ CE: 1.5
💰 Fee: $40
🔗 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_62FAl3toSFeglD5XvRDL-Q #/registration
In this 90 minute webinar, you’ll learn to:
• Describe why DBT needs to be adapted for multi-diagnostic eating disorder presentations
• Explain an adapted biosocial theory of eating disorders, including biological, sensory, and social environmental contributors to symptoms
• Apply a risk-based treatment hierarchy to prioritize and balance competing high risk behaviors (suicidality, medical instability, ED behaviors, and self harm)
Perfect for: therapists, dietitians, physicians, and other professionals seeking a more coherent, reality-based way to treat complex ED cases.
We look forward to seeing you there!

02/20/2026

“2026 Team Reads” by Sandra Rublee, LISW, LCSW-C

Our second book club of the new year sparked a rich and engaging discussion around Marsha Linehan’s memoir, Building a Life Worth Living. The book offers a powerful and deeply personal look at Linehan’s own mental health struggles and psychiatric hospitalization—experiences she kept private for much of her career out of concern they might undermine her professional work.

Her extraordinary persistence and deep commitment ultimately led to the development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which went on to transform the field of psychotherapy. From the very beginning, her story carries a message of hope: that meaningful change is possible, even in the darkest moments.
A central theme in the memoir is that research is me-search. As both a researcher and someone with lived experience, Linehan’s personal journey clearly shaped her scientific questions and clinical innovations—demonstrating how personal meaning can drive groundbreaking work in mental health care.

The memoir weaves together themes of suffering and recovery, spirituality, becoming a researcher, and the power of love. Her integration of mindfulness into psychotherapy became a breakthrough and continues to influence how mental health care is practiced around the world today.

We’re grateful for conversations like these that deepen our understanding, inspire our work, and strengthen our commitment to compassionate, evidence-based care.

What books is your Team reading? Let us know !

02/17/2026

LAST WEEK for Early Bird Pricing!

Looking to enhance your clinical skills? ANZAED’s Metaskill workshop series has now commenced, and individual workshops are available for booking!

This series features eight expert-led sessions by five internationally renowned clinicians, including CEBT founder Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED, running on selectFridays at 9 AM AET.

Sessions are online and can be booked separately.

Topics & presenters still to come:
14 Mar: Exposure – Glenn Waller
28 Mar & 2 May: Metacompetencies – Glenn Waller & Tracey Wade
16 May: Promoting Self-Compassion in Clients – Josie Geller
30 May: The Therapeutic Relationship: Transference & Countertransference – Tom Wooldridge
13 & 27 June: DBT Skills Training (Change & Acceptance Skills) – Lucene Wisniewski

Online | 1.5-hour sessions | Zoom link sent 24 hours before each workshop

Register now – ANZAED members can log in to their account, and non-members can create a new account to sign up.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain practical, evidence-based skills from leading experts in the field. Don't miss out!
https://anzaed.org.au/.../Professional.../Workshops.aspx
For more professional development opportunities head to https://nedc.com.au/professional-development

02/16/2026

Are you interested in working with children and adolescents who've experienced trauma? Join Maddie Herman, Psy.D., Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy therapist, for a FREE training on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based model proven to help youth (ages 3–18) and their caregivers heal from the impact of trauma.

In this FREE Building Effectiveness training, you’ll explore the foundations and core components of TF-CBT — discovering how each phase of treatment builds skills, fosters safety, and supports recovery. Whether you’re new to trauma-focused work or looking to strengthen your skills, this training will deepen your understanding and enhance your effectiveness with children, adolescents, and families.

When: Wednesday April 29th
12pm-1pm EST
1 CE available via APA /NBCC
Cost: FREE

Register by scanning the QR code or visit https://cebt.ce-go.com/trauma-focused-cognitive-behavior-therapy-101
Please feel free to reach out to Monika Mendels, Director of Operations, at mmendels@cebtohio.com or call 216 544 1321, ext. 2022. We look forward to learning with you!

About the presenter:
Madeline Herman, PsyD. (she/her) earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Hartford’s Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology. Her clinical work has included the facilitation of individual, group and family psychotherapy across residential, inpatient, community mental health, and private practice settings.

Dr. Herman is especially passionate about working with individuals and families who are healing from experiences of trauma and adversity, using evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She is enthusiastic about integrating mindfulness and movement into sessions and has completed certification in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga from the Justice Resource Institute. In her free time, Dr. Herman enjoys spending time with family and friends, paddle boarding, doing yoga and hanging out with her dog, Ruby.

02/11/2026

Join Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S, CCMHC, for this 3-hour workshop provides concrete instruction on applying selected Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to parents of multi-diagnostic adult children. Building on the theoretical and structural foundation established in Part 1 of the series, this Part 2 training translates DBT’s core dialectical, acceptance, and change strategies into practical, parent-friendly tools that address real-world accommodation patterns and common parenting dilemmas.

Attendees will learn evidence-based strategies to help parents identify, accept, and change accommodation behaviors in ways that are sustainable over time. Through brief didactics, live modeling, and in-vivo practice, participants will develop the skills to coach parents in applying DBT tools within their specific family contexts—promoting both immediate stabilization and long-term effec
Special attention will be paid to reducing accommodation around suicidal communication and urges, non-suicidal self-injury, and moderate to severe eating disorder behaviors, with an emphasis on maintaining safety while creating opportunities for growth. By the end of this workshop, participants will be equipped to outline parent-only interventions that help caregivers feel less trapped, more effective, and more aligned with their core parenting values.

Register by scanning the QR code or visit https://cebtohio.com/advancing-dbt-space-informed-interventions-for-parents-of-multi-diagnostic-adult-children-part-ii/

Learning Objectives:
• Describe how DBT skills can be taught to help parents identify and understand their own accommodation behaviors with multi-diagnostic adult children.
• Apply DBT-based acceptance and change strategies to collaboratively decide when and how to reduce accommodation in the context of high-risk behaviors.
• Demonstrate the ability to coach parents in using selected DBT skills in vivo to enhance effectiveness and reduce feelings of being “trapped.”
• Integrate DBT and SPACE principles into a coherent parent-only intervention framework that provides the rationale, structure, and skillful means to support sustainable change.

This workshop is Part Two of a two-part series. Participants are welcome to attend either part independently. You do not need to attend Part 1 to participate in Part 2 (and vice versa).

Please reach out to Monika Mendels, Director of Operations, with questions or concerns about our trainings. Ask about group and student discounts, too! Mmendels@cebtohio.com

02/10/2026

5-week parenting course cycle for parents of struggling adult children begins February 17th from 12pm - 1pm EST!

This class is designed for parents who have exhausted all options and feel lost on what to do (or what not to do) to parent a struggling adult child. CEBT has developed a foundational 5-week education and support program based in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for parents that often manage high risk behaviors and chronic mental health conditions with their adult children.

This foundational course teaches parents how to make meaningful changes at home and reducing inadvertent accommodation of their adult child’s behaviors through learning:

How biology and environment play a role in stuck patterns with adult children.
How to interact with adult children with less contention and manage the stress that comes with changing expectations.
How to establish or change household expectations within reason for each family member.
How to consistently provide ongoing support and independence in adult children.

Once parents have completed this 5-week course, there are optional ongoing education and support groups that offer both additional skills training and support from other parents.

Interested in learning more about parenting these complex young adults? Scan the attached QR code or read more about the DBT and SPACE course here https://cebtohio.com/skillful-parenting-groups-for-parents-of-vulnerable-children/. You may also email Intake Coordinator Amy MacLean at amaclean@cebtohio.com or course leader akalasunas@cebtohio.com for more information.

We look forward to working with you!

02/09/2026

Join Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S, CCMHC for a 3-hour workshop exploring the intersection of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) parent-based model. This training highlights how DBT’s biosocial, behavioral, and dialectical theories complement SPACE’s framework for addressing parental accommodation. Participants will learn to guide parents in balancing acceptance and change in ways that are sustainable for their family system.

Through this integrated approach, participants will learn to conceptualize parental accommodation as both valid and problematic, and to design interventions that reduce accommodation at a pace that feels manageable for both parents and their adult children.

Register by scanning the QR code or visit https://cebtohio.com/advancing-dbt-and-space-informed-interventions-for-parents_part1/

Topics include:
• Assessing and addressing accommodation related to suicidal communication, self-injury, and eating disorder behaviors
• Supporting parents who feel “trapped” in cycles of accommodation and distress
• Structuring interventions that balance validation with behavior change principles
Learning Objectives:
• Articulate the theoretical overlap between DBT’s biosocial model and SPACE’s accommodation framework
• Define parental accommodation as a behaviorally specific treatment target using both DBT and SPACE terminology
• Structure parent-focused interventions that reduce accommodation in “right-sized” amounts for both parents and struggling adult children
• Tailor interventions for high-risk, multi-diagnostic presentations in adult children

This workshop is Part 1 of a two-part series, which lays the foundation for a subsequent training on teaching DBT skills to parents of struggling adult children. Participants are welcome to attend either part independently. You do not need to attend Part 1 to participate in Part 2 (and vice versa).

Please reach out to Monika Mendels, Director of Operations, with questions or concerns about our trainings. Ask about group and student discounts, too! Mmendels@cebtohio.com

02/04/2026

Working with children and teens who’ve experienced trauma can be uniquely complex — but also incredibly rewarding. Join Maddie Herman, Psy.D., for a FREE training on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based model proven to help youth (ages 3–18) and their caregivers heal from the impact of trauma.

In this interactive training, you’ll explore the foundations and core components of TF-CBT — discovering how each phase of treatment builds skills, fosters safety, and supports recovery. Whether you’re new to trauma-focused work or looking to strengthen your skills, this training will deepen your understanding and enhance your effectiveness with children, adolescents, and families.

When: Wednesday April 29th
12pm-1pm EST
1 CE available via APA /NBCC
Cost: FREE
Register by scanning the QR code or visit https://cebt.ce-go.com/trauma-focused-cognitive-behavior-therapy-101

Questions? Please feel free to reach out to Monika Mendels, Director of Operations, at mmendels@cebtohio.com or call 216 544 1321, ext. 2022. We look forward to learning with you!

About the presenter:
Madeline Herman, PsyD. (she/her) earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Hartford’s Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology. Her clinical work has included the facilitation of individual, group and family psychotherapy across residential, inpatient, community mental health, and private practice settings.

Dr. Herman is especially passionate about working with individuals and families who are healing from experiences of trauma and adversity, using evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She is enthusiastic about integrating mindfulness and movement into sessions and has completed certification in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga from the Justice Resource Institute. In her free time, Dr. Herman enjoys spending time with family and friends, paddle boarding, doing yoga and hanging out with her dog, Ruby.

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