New Decade - New Directions

Developments in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND ACADEMY FOR EATING DISORDERS
27th to 28th August 2010 – Hilton Auckland
26th August - Clinical Training Day

Click here for more information or to register.
As a member of ANZAED, I recommend this very worthy conference in beautiful New Zealand. Unfortunately I cannot make it there this year. Instead, I will head for the USA in October to attend the National Eating Disorder Association conference …

October 8-10th
Theme for the 2010 NEDA Conference is Building Bridges to Recovery.
Keynote speaker will be Naomi Wolf, author of the landmark bestseller The Beauty Myth.
I was greatly inspired by The Beauty Myth when this book was first released in 1991. The insights provided by Naomi became an important part of my recovery journey. Sometimes I wonder how far we have progressed since then in confronting the issues surrounding eating disorders, and I look forward to listening to Naomi.

Click on the website link to download the schedule for the NEDA conference.
I look forward to attending the workshops, participating, catching up with friends in the eating disorder ‘family’, meeting treatment providers and professionals, and widening my network of friends. I hope to see you there.

As the NEDA brochure says:
Something very special happens when families, people in recovery and professionals meet together to learn at our conferences...

Two books set for 2011 release

Memoir

I am excited to share that my memoir A Girl Called Tim is due for release in Australia and New Zealand in February, 2011 by New Holland Publishers, Sydney. My literary agent is Margaret Gee. My memoir describes the journey I took over more than four decades, to reach freedom from my eating disorder.
More about this soon!

Textbook on eating disorders

As well, an international textbook on eating disorders, with Professor Janet Treasure, of King’s College, London, as my co-author, will be released by Routledge is due for release in April, 2011. This ground-breaking, collaborative work includes leading researchers and clinicians as contributors; it features families and sufferers from eating disorders who courageously and generously share their stories so others may learn; and powerful messages from eating disorder support groups and activists, from around the world.