Freedom Embodied: Healing Through A HAES Framework

Desert–CAMFT

presents

in collaboration with the Central Coast chapter

Freedom Embodied: Healing Through A HAES Framework

with Dr. Jennifer Wang-Hall, PhD, PSY

Friday, January 23, 2026
9:30am-11:30am

Online Via Zoom

(link will be provided in confirmation and reminder emails)

2 CE Credits

Description

Our culture is rife with anti-fatness and weight stigma, which results in significant mental, emotional, and physical distress. Clinicians see this in their offices regularly, manifesting clinically in eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal struggles. With the advent of GLP1s, weight and size are front of mind for everyone and these concerns are inevitably going to become more present in our practices even for those of us who do not see eating disorders primarily.

Freedom Embodied is a 2 hour training that orients clinicians to the principles of Health at Every Size (HAES) and explores the ways that this can be applied clinically, both with clients with eating disorders and without. This training will discuss the ways that HAES counters systems of oppression that contribute to mental distress including capitalism, white supremacy, and anti-fatness. It is our privilege and responsibility as clinicians to embrace frameworks such as HAES that allow us to do healing work on both micro and macro fronts.

Education Goals

Learning Objectives

In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify 4 psychological manifestations of anti-fatness and weight stigma distress.

2. Identify the prevalence and psychological reign of GLP1s in our current society.

3. Name the 5 principles of Health at Every Size.

4. Describe 3 ways to integrate these principles into therapy.

5. Explain 3 sources of systemic oppression that HAES directly counters.

Presenter

Dr. Jennie Wang-Hall is a licensed psychologist in California who has treated eating disorders and their associated conditions at all levels of care since 2011. Jennie is passionate about providing care for clients seeking liberatory therapy, as well as social justice education for providers looking to expand their methods of care. Working in various treatment centers and teams with differing approaches, Dr. Wang-Hall has trained in a multitude of approaches and has witnessed the utility and futility of various approaches. These experiences have led her to an eclectic and anti-oppression lens that facilitates client empowerment and agency in the practice of therapy. Core to Dr. Wang-Hall’s approach is attunement to systems of oppression that manifest in both the development and treatment of eating disorders. She integrates attention to ableism, white supremacy, anti-fatness, misogyny, cis heterosexism, capitalism, and settler colonialism in her care of individuals from all backgrounds struggling with eating disorders. Dr. Wang-Hall brings herself relationally into therapy, education, and training spaces as she feels this work is truly a privilege that requires her fullest self to receive.

Cost/Registration

$25 for Desert-CAMFT Members

$15 for Prelicensed Members

$35 for Non-members or Guests

Closing date for registration is Thursday, January 22, 2026.

Questions

Please email Chaundra Prehara, Director of Events at chaundraprehara@yahoo.com.