Breaking the Cycle: Tools for Helping Clients and Yourself Navigate Eating Disorder Behaviors and Build Lasting Coping Skills
BREAKING THE CYCLE: TOOLS FOR HELPING CLIENTS (AND YOURSELF) NAVIGATE EATING DISORDER BEHAVIORS AND BUILD LASTING COPING SKILLS
If you're a dietitian working with clients who restrict, binge, or swing between the two, this webinar is for you. Or, if you’re a dietitian who works with high-risk clients or has a tough workload and is personally feeling the pressure of this, you need to watch this one.

Eating disorder behaviors can become so normalized that both clients and clinicians miss the patterns. In this dynamic session, Maggy Doherty, MS, RD, LD, CEDS-C, breaks down the restrict-binge cycle and shows you how to raise client awareness without shame or overwhelm.

You’ll walk away with practical tools to help clients connect emotions to behaviors and shift toward positive, sustainable coping strategies. We’ll also cover what you need to do to sustain this work long-term, including how to spot burnout, manage compassion fatigue, and stay grounded as a dietitian or private practice owner.

Why attend? Because knowing the science isn’t enough- you need strategies that actually work in session. This webinar gives you the language, visuals, and tools to create “aha” moments with your clients and help them finally break the cycle.
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
  • Identify the components of the restrict-binge (and restrict-binge-purge) cycle in clients with disordered eating and eating disorders.


  • Distinguish between positive and negative coping strategies and their role in eating disorder recovery.


  • Implement tools such as the Feelings Wheel, food-emotion journaling, and behavior chain analysis in client sessions to enhance emotional awareness and behavior change.


  • Recognize signs of burnout and compassion fatigue in themselves and others, and apply strategies to maintain personal and professional sustainability in high-risk clinical work.
Live Webinar Date: Jul 24, 2025   (04:00 PM - 05:00 PM Eastern Time) (US and Canada)
Expiration Date: Jun 25, 2026
Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2
Target Audience: RDs, DTRs, Health Professionals
Number of Credits: 1.0
Level(s): 1, 2
Total Cost: 1 Site Credit
About the Presenter: Maggy Doherty, MS RD LD CEDS-C
Maggy Doherty

Maggy Doherty, MS RD LD CEDS-C is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant, and the founder of Maggy The Dietitian and Doherty Nutrition. After scaling a 30-person national dietetics group practice, Maggy now focuses on what she loves most: helping dietitians confidently start, grow, and scale their private practices- without the guesswork or burnout. She blends clinical expertise with real-world business strategy, coaching dietitian entrepreneurs through hiring, scaling, and leading. Whether she's supporting athletes, counseling eating disorder clients, or coaching dietitians, Maggy leads with honesty, passion, and a deep belief that your practice should support your life, values, and sanity.