ABOUT

This workshop is suitable for ALL clinicians 

Trainer:  Dr Sue Byrne | Senior Clinical Psychologist

Complex presentations are no longer rare in the eating disorders field. Co-occurring difficulties, thorny family dynamics, distorted beliefs about ‘healthy’ eating, medical complications, and shifts in our socio-cultural milieu all require us as clinicians to consider, and be sensitive to, a broad range of issues – which we’re not taught about at university or in our two-day trainings on evidence-based treatment. When faced with multiple issues, what should we prioritise?

This workshop offers us an opportunity to reflect on our practice and search for different ways of conceptualising complex cases.  Dr Sue Byrne will lead this discussion and raise questions that help us reflect on our current practice.  There will be a specific focus on the importance of using a personalised formulation as a dynamic “roadmap” for planning treatment.  The formulation should be developed collaboratively with the patient and will evolve as the patient and therapist learn about factors have influenced the development of, and/or are maintaining, the eating disorder.

During the workshop Sue will provide case vignettes and examine these through the lenses of various formulations - treatment-specific and more general - to clarify and identify potential directions and priorities. We will discuss these together and in groups, encouraging all options, including left-of-field ideas, brave suggestions and idiosyncratic solutions as well as more conventional approaches. With no answer being the “right” one, we will consider all options for including out of the box ideas, bold suggestions and idiosyncratic solutions as well as more traditional approaches.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO NOTE PRIOR TO REGISTERING

This presentation will be held as a live, hybrid event only. 

A minimum number of clinicians need to register for this workshop to be run. This workshop will go ahead unless we notify you otherwise (once registrations have closed). If the minimum number is not been met and you have paid for this workshop, you will receive a refund for the workshop fee only (i.e. $90.00). Try Booking will charge a small administrative fee which the attendee will bare the cost for. Thanks for your understanding with this. 

For those registrering to attend this workshop in-person, please note pending sufficient registration numbers, we may need to move your attendance to online. If this is the case, we will let you know once registrations for the workshop have closed. We appreciate your understanding with this. 

You will receive information about the workshop directly after booking and 1 week prior to the workshop including the MS Teams link to connect (if this is your choosen way to attend this workshop). Please ensure that the email address you use to register for this workshop is current and is checked regularly.

By purchasing a ticket to attend live training (in-person or online), you agree that the workshop may be recorded for internal audit purposes only and will not be distributed.  

DATE & TIME

Tuesday 23^rd  June 2026

09:00AM - 01:00PM (WA) - venue opens from 08:30AM | virtual room opens from 08:45AM

10:30AM - 02:30PM (SA | NT) - virtual room opens from 10:15AM

11:00AM - 03:00PM (QLD | NSW | ACT | TAS | VIC) - virtual room opens from 10:45AM

LOCATION

Online - via MS Teams (link will be emailed 1 week prior to workshop)         OR

In-Person - 516 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA (strictly limited places available) 

COST

WA Clinician - FREE

Outside WA Clinician - $90.00 (includes GST) + Trybooking Registration Fee

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE

Tuesday 11^th June 2026 at 5pm

Should you have any enquiries, please contact us on 1300 620 208 (within WA only) or (08) 6458 3130 (outside WA) Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm or via email at waedocs.education@health.wa.gov.au