Live Event

Simultaneous Treatment of Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorders

Fri, Feb 27th, 2026

11:00am – 1:00pm US Eastern Time

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Event Details

Fri, Feb 27th, 2026

11:00am – 1:00pm US Eastern Time

(8:00am – 10:00am US Pacific Time)

2 CE Hours

Live Event

Profession Group

Addictions

About the Event

Eating disorders and substance use disorders are often treated in silos. Providers, treatment centers, and treatment modalities are often separated for these two types of disorders. For many clients who struggle with both, this can result in a very frustrating experience of seeing improvement in goals with one disorder while getting significantly worse with the other. This presentation will provide an overview of eating disorders and substance use disorders. Additionally, the presentation will address the need to assess for and treat these disorders simultaneously rather than separately. It may feel like a big task and we hope this presentation will help clinicians feel more empowered and competent in working with all aspects of a client's experience.

Live Event

This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructors

Samantha Kavaliunas

Samantha Kavaliunas is a licensed social worker with over ten years of experience across a wide range of clinical settings, including residential treatment, PHP/IOP programs, domestic violence services, the court system, and community mental health. Samantha currently serves as the manager of a co-occurring disorders program, where she oversees integrated treatment for individuals navigating both mental health and substance use concerns in the Joliet area. In addition to direct clinical work, Samantha has provided clinical supervision and facilitated CEU trainings. Her clinical focus centers on substance use and trauma-informed care. Samantha is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and is currently working toward certification in Internal Family Systems (IFS).

Camille Williams

Camille is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the state of Illinois and a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Consultant (CEDS-C) through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). Camille worked for over a decade with the eating disorder population in higher levels of care and currently works in an outpatient setting primarily with individuals with eating disorders and co-occurring disorders.

During her time in the residential setting, she provided individual, group, and family therapy to residents and their loved ones. She was the coordinator for the eating disorder program for several years. She created and updated the curriculums for group therapy including groups on body image, binge eating, and psychoeducational groups for all eating disorders. Camille also trained all incoming staff on eating disorders and had frequent consultations and supervisions with several departments across campus to provide ongoing support and education.

Camille is incredibly passionate about education and advocacy surrounding the eating disorder population and throughout the years has provided a multitude of presentations on eating disorders to professionals in mental health. Camille has published countless blogs and also provided brief online interviews on topics surrounding eating disorders that encourage awareness and education.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

1 Describe 3 challenges in treating eating disorders and substance use disorders.
2 List 3 emotional needs met by eating disorder behaviors and/or substance use.
3 Identify 3 effective strategies for treating eating disorders and substance use disorders simultaneously.

Bahji, A., Mazhar, M. N., Hudson, C. C., Nadkarni, P., MacNeil, B. A., & Hawken, E. (2019). Prevalence of substance use disorder comorbidity among individuals with eating disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry research, 273, 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.007

Center for Living. (2021, August 3). Challenges when treating co-occuring disorders: NY Center for Living. Addiction and Mental Health

Devoe, D. J., Dimitropoulos, G., Anderson, A., Bahji, A., Flanagan, J., Soumbasis, A., ... & Paslakis, G. (2021). The prevalence of substance use disorders and substance use in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1), 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00516-3

Eskander, N., Chakrapani, S., & Ghani, M. R. (2020). The risk of substance use among adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Cureus, 12(9). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10309

Gearhardt, A. N., Boswell, R. G., & Potenza, M. N. (2014). Neuroimaging of eating disorders, substance use disorders, and addictions: Overlapping and unique systems. In Eating disorders, addictions and substance use disorders: Research, clinical and treatment perspectives (pp. 71-89). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45378-6_4

Mestre-Bach, G., Fernández-Aranda, F., Jiménez-Murcia, S., & Potenza, M. N. (2023). Co-occurring Substance Use and Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Times, 40(4). https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/co-occurring-substance-use-and-eating-disorders

Saules, K. K., Carr, M. M., & Herb, K. M. (2018). Overeating, overweight, and substance use: what is the connection?. Current Addiction Reports, 5(2), 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-018-0208-9

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creators

Samantha Kavaliunas – None to report.

Camille Williams – None to report.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Joint Accreditation (JA)

2 Psychologist CE credit hours General

2 Dietetic CPEU CE credit hours General

2 Social Worker CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems, LLC, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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American Psychological Association (APA)

2 CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB ACE)

2 CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, CE Learning Systems LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credit(s).

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National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

CE Learning Systems has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 2 NBCC hour(s) awarded.

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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, service provider of Impact CE, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #192243, CE Learning Systems is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

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Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (FL CSW, MFT, MHC)

2 CE credit hours

20-1359087

Eligible until Mar 27th, 2027

Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (Provider # 50-315).

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Florida Certification Board (FCB)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

Impact CE, a service of CE learning Systems, is approved by the Florida Certification Board (FCB) to offer continuing education programs (Provider # 5069A).

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Florida Board of Psychology

2 CE credit hours

20-1359087

Eligible until Dec 31st, 2036

Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved by the Florida Board of Psychology (Provider # 50-315).

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Missouri Credentialing Board (MCB)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

AddictionCounselorCE is an approved provider of the Missouri Substance Abuse Professional Credentialing Board (Provider #101). AddictionCounselorCE maintains responsibility for this course and its contents.

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New York Education Department Board of Social Work

2 contact hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

CE Learning Systems, LLC, (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. Provider #0060.

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New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy (NYSEDCAT)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

CE Learning Systems (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0008

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New York Education Department Board of Mental Health Counseling

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

CE Learning Systems, LLC (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

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New York Education Department Board of Psychologists

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

CE Learning Systems, LLC, (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for psychologists, # PSY-0016.

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New York Education Department Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

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Virginia Certification Board (VCB)

2 CE credit hours

Eligible until Feb 27th, 2026

Virginia Certification Board educational provider # 106

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00-11:10 AM - Introduction & Housekeeping

Welcome and introductions
Overview of learning objectives

11:10-11:35 AM - Overview of Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorders

Definitions, prevalence, and clinical impact
Common misconceptions and challenges in treatment

11:35-12:05 PM - Co-occurrence: Why Disorders Are Often Treated in Silos

Review of typical treatment separation and its consequences
Case examples illustrating challenges for clients with both disorders

12:05-12:40 PM - Integrated Assessment & Treatment Approaches

Strategies for simultaneous assessment
Evidence-based interventions addressing both disorders
Tips for empowering clinicians to work with the whole client experience

12:40-1:00 PM - Q&A / Discussion

Open forum for participant questions
Application of strategies to real-world cases

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