International Conference "Global Community and Eating Disorder Therapy: Support and Care"
Schedule
Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Düsseldorf, Germany | Dusseldorf, NW
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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the National Association of Physicians and Psychologists «Eating Disorders: Therapy and Prevention»we invite you to the International Conference
«Global Community and Eating Disorder Therapy: Support at a Distance, Closeness in Care»
which will take place in Düsseldorf and will also be streamed online.
📌 November 14–15, 2025
Düsseldorf & Online
Conference venue in Düsseldorf:
LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Bergische Landstraße 2
40629 Düsseldorf
✅ CONFERENCE PROGRAM
📍 DAY 1 📍
VIDEO report on the Association's activities over 10 years
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by the chair of the Association Tetiana Nazarenko «The global community and ED. Support at a Distance, Closeness in Care».
REMARKS BY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES
A. Scientific Committee: Yulia Yashchishina, Marina Fatieieva, Natalia Naumova, Olga Lazarenko, Tetyana Nazarenko, Tetyana Ilnytska.
Part One
Results of the Scientific Committee's work over 10 years. The Association's scientific journal. Yulia Yashchishina, Marina Fatieieva.
Part Two
Current scientific guidelines in the study of ED. Review and analysis of research.
I. Olga Lazarenko. Report: Review of research on therapeutic alliance in the treatment of eating disorders: prospects, moderation of influence and evaluation.
Olga Lazarenko is a supervisor, psychotherapist, PhD, coordinator of the Vybir Center, Ukrainian branch of SEPI, co-coordinator and member of the Association's Information and Scientific Committees.
II. Marina Fatieieva. Presentation: Bold new ideas in research on eating disorders (based on materials from the conference A Brave New World ICED 2025, May 28-31, 2025, San Antonio, USA).
Marina Fatieieva is a supervisor, psychotherapist, PhD in psychology, senior lecturer at the Department of Practical Psychology at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, member of the Association's Scientific Committee, head of the Kyiv region.
III. Tetiana Ilnytska. Presentation: Eating disorders: a growing problem among middle-aged women.
Tetiana Ilnytska is a MD, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, scientist, researcher in the field of eating disorders, member of the Scientific Committee of the European Council on Eating Disorders (ECED) and the Ukrainian Association of Eating Disorders, the British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) and the Irish Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy (IABCP), the International and Ukrainian Association for Emotion-Focused Therapy, editor-in-chief of NeuroNews magazine.
Part Three
Current research by the Association and innovative developments.
A. Natalia Naumova. Tatyana Nazarenko. Report: Creating a diagnostic approach to testing ED using the neurotechnological method of eye tracking.
Natalia Naumova is a candidate of Biological Sciences, biochemist-analyst, consultant on healthy nutrition and eating behavior, medical researcher at the Gustave Roussy Cancer Center and Paris Sacley University in France, associate professor at the Dobrobut Medical Academy, biochemist-consultant on eating behavior at the Dobrobut medical network.
Tetyana Nazarenko is a psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral student at UFU, member of the German Society for the Study of Eating Disorders (DGESS);
the German Association for Gestalt Therapy (DVG); the German United Association for Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DTPPP), co-founder of IPFP, chair of the National Association of Doctors and Psychologists “Eating Disorders: Therapy and Prevention”, Ukraine.
B. Olga Lazarenko. Partnership and Information Support Committee.
Report: Areas of information support from the Association: for specialists and people with EDs and their loved ones.
Olga Lazarenko is a supervisor, psychotherapist, candidate of psychological sciences, coordinator of the “Vybir” center, Ukrainian branch of SEPI, co-coordinator and member of the Association's Information and Scientific Committees.
C. Ethics Committee
Olga Sushko is a
ROUND TABLE – «Challenges of Today»
Participants – branch heads and regional representatives.
During the event, an analysis of the activities of community members by region will be presented, and the areas of work and geography of existing specialized clinics and centers will be discussed. We will discuss the main difficulties faced by specialists and patients and identify effective ways to improve the provision of care to people suffering from eating disorders.
PRESENTATIONS
1. Nadiya Kovach. Assistance to Ukrainian refugees at the LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf psycho-neurological hospital.
2. LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf. ED therapy in the transcultural outpatient clinic of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy.
3. Esther Rigtering, Wesley Hekhuizen. An example of successful outpatient networked care for adolescents with eating disorders in the Netherlands.
Esther Rigtering, licensed Healthcare Psychologist and EMDR therapist. She runs her own child psychology practice in the Netherlands. She works with adolescents with eating disorders using an eclectic approach (CBT, ACT and MANTRA). Co-founder of the innovative LibraZ-network-method, in providing outpatient care to adolescents with eating disorders and their families. She is a member of K-EET, the national care network for youth with eating disorders in the Netherlands.
Wesley Hekhuizen, child and family therapist (pedagogue) and founder of Prolis a leading organization providing outpatient family therapy. He leads several teams of family therapists who work, among other things, with families of adolescents struggling with eating disorders. He is the other co-founder of the innovative Libraz- network-method and regional coordinator for K-EET, the national care network for youth with eating disorders in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland.
📍 DAY 2 📍
Round table discussion: «The experience of Ukrainians in the global community.
Ukrainian specialists in ED - features of organizing assistance across borders».
Ukrainian specialists in ED in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, the USA, etc.
The experience of invited specialists on the functioning of the healthcare system and ED therapy in different countries. How Ukrainians can get timely assistance in a new context.
PRESENTATIONS
Tatyana Reinhardt. DBT for patients with eating disorders and borderline personality disorder.
Dr. Tatyana Reinhardt, Dipl.-Psych., is a psychologist-therapist, certified DBT trainer and supervisor who works in her own practice in Mannheim, Germany. She is actively involved in the training and education of specialists in the field of dialectical behavior therapy: she conducts supervision seminars, training courses, and teaches at leading educational institutions, including IFKV Bad Dürkheim, ZPP Mannheim, AWKV Friedrichsdorf, and Marburg.
Nata Tkachenko. The impact of psychotraumatic events on the formation of a negative body image. Paths to body neutrality.
Nata Tkachenko is a psychologist with a multimodal approach (DBT, ACT, CFT, Gestalt). In her work with people with eating disorders, she uses CBT-E and MANTRA techniques. She is a Gestalt therapist and supervisor at the National Association of Gestalt Therapists of Ukraine. Leader of therapeutic groups and educational projects dedicated to the psychology of eating behavior, improving body image, developing self-care skills, and building stress resilience.
Natalia Rudko. The effectiveness of using MANTRA tools to study and work with feelings of boredom as a contributing factor to anorexia nervosa in older adolescents.
Natalia Rudko is a psychologist and ACT therapist. I work with RCP in older adolescents (with family involvement) and adults. In my work, I use third-wave CBT methods (ACT, CFT, DBT), as well as MANTRA. Head of the Poltava branch of the National Association of Doctors and Psychologists “Eating Disorders: Therapy and Prevention.” Host of informational and educational projects on the topic of recognizing and preventing EDs.
Olga Syvets. The silence of trauma and the voice of symptoms behind the scenes of EDs.
Olga Syvets is a practicing psychologist at the Redefine Center, a center for the treatment of eating disorders, a Gestalt therapist in training, an instructor for the Breath-Body-Mind program, and a specialist in working with EDs. She works with the following methods: ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and Ericksonian hypnosis.
Serhiy Skrypynets. The potential of EMDR therapy for eating disorders.
Serhiy Skrypynets is a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, EMDR therapist and supervisor, and MBSR/MBCT/MSC teacher.
CONCLUSIONS. COMPLETION.
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Where is it happening?
Düsseldorf, Germany, Emanuel-Leutze-Straße 11, 40547 Düsseldorf, Deutschland, Dusseldorf, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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