Compulsive Exercise & The Safe Return to Movement and Sport

About this Webinar: This webinar will give caregivers the tools to spot and interrupt disordered exercise and will teach the importance of having clear expectations and structure regarding the return to movement for people in recovery from an eating disorder. Here are some questions which will be addressed during the webinar:
What constitutes disordered exercise?
How do you interrupt disordered exercise?
How do you evaluate whether or when it's safe to return to movement/exercise?
What are some boundaries that should be set around exercise and movement?
How do you structure return to exercise and movement?
Should athletes return to their sport after recovery?
Presenter Bio: Sarah Archer LMFT, has been working with adolescents, teens and their families for over 15 years as a behavioral coach, individual and family therapist. Transitioning from Rady Children’s Hospital, Sarah has served as the Program Manager to the UCSD Adolescent Eating Disorder Program for over 10 years. While in addition to providing clinical services, she managed all program admissions, served as the San Diego Unified School District Liaison, trained and supervised staff in Evidence Based Practices and served as Lead of Adolescent Athletic Programming. Sarah was passionate about bringing family-based treatment to higher levels of care and in July of 2023 opened Align Treatment Center where she serves as Clinical Director. Sarah Archer received her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego in 2005. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at USD teaching Family Counseling to Graduate Students in 2019 and 2020 and for the past 6 years has been a guest lecturer at UCSD for the undergraduate eating disorder seminar. In 2019 she Co-Founded CounSEL, an animated video-based program teaching adolescents and teens evidence-based coping skills, and has served over 30,000 students throughout California.