The Seasoned Clinician's Notebook: Disordered Eating and Psychodynamic Treatment: Practice, Implications, and Outcomes

Presented by Christie Hunnicutt, PhD, LCSW

Program Description:

Dr. Christie Hunnicutt will present her practice experiences with disordered eating treatment. She will emphasize the psychodynamic underpinnings of the practice and will explore the strengths and challenges of the work in relation to therapeutic outcomes. The clinical application of this work will be grounded in Winnicottian Object Relations theory and highlight the representation of socio-cultural and intersectional influence on the work. 

About the Presenter:

Dr. Christie Hunnicutt is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. She currently holds an administrative appointment with The Juilliard School as the Senior Director of Student Health Services and holds a clinical appointment as Clinical Instructor for the Yale University Post-MSW Fellowship program in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, where she provides clinical supervision to students seeking post-graduate training for clinical licensure. Additionally, she holds part time faculty roles at Columbia University and Southern Connecticut State University and has also been adjunct faculty at Smith College. She maintains a private practice where she provides psychotherapy for individuals struggling with behavioral health disorders, with a specialty focus on disordered eating, mood disorders and trauma. She has over 15 years of clinical practice experience treating children, adolescents and adults in for-profit and nonprofit settings at all levels of care and within inter-professional settings, specializing in treatment for co-occurring disorders and integrated health. Dr. Hunnicutt earned her doctoral (PhD) degree from Smith College and earned both her undergraduate (BSW) and graduate (MSW) degrees from the University of Texas. She contributed to publications pertaining to higher education and clinical supervision and continues to pursue research focused on clinical supervision and intersectionality and integrated health care interventions and outcomes in community-based settings.

This event is free of charge, but registration is required by April 2, 2025