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The Eating Disorder Training Institute

Home to the flagship MED-DBT Training Series, providing specialized, evidence-based eating disorder training for clinicians and healthcare professionals.

Meet Our Founders

With more than two decades of shared clinical, academic, and implementation work, Dr. Anita Federici and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski are international leaders in the eating disorder community. Through The Eating Disorder Training Institute (EDTI), they deliver specialized eating disorder training for clinicians, focusing extensively on the flagship MED-DBT model to advance the standard of care worldwide.

Dr. Anita Federici, PhD, co-founder of the Eating Disorder Training Institute

Dr. Anita Federici

Ph.D., CPsych, FAED

A leading clinical psychologist bridging research, compassion & innovation to eating disorder treatment.

Dr. Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, co-founder of the Eating Disorder Training Institute

Dr. Lucene Wisniewski

Ph.D., FAED

A global leader integrating research, empathy, and practice in eating disorder treatment.

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FEATURED COURSES

The EDTI Pathways Training Series

On-demand courses and live eating disorder training with continuing education credits (CEUs) for clinicians looking to deepen their clinical practice.

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Foundations in
Eating Disorder Treatment

Theme: Understanding the Landscape of Eating Disorders.
Purpose: Provide an evidence-informed foundation for clinicians new to the field or seeking to update their knowledge.

Format: On-Demand courses and custom clinical team & agency training.

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Building knowledge, compassion, and clinical confidence in eating disorder training.

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Personality, Temperament,
and DBT Treatment

Theme: Understanding Personality Structure and Emotion Regulation Through the Lens of DBT.

Purpose: Equip clinicians with DBT’s core principles and teach them to apply Linehan’s biosocial theory across diagnostic presentations (not ED-specific).
Format: Available for custom clinical team & agency training.

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Bringing the biosocial model to life in everyday clinical training and practice.

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MED-DBT Training:
Multidiagnostic Eating Disorders

Bridging evidence-based treatments for clients with complex presentations.

Theme: Integrating Eating Disorder and DBT Treatment Frameworks.
Purpose: The flagship training - the synthesis of the two previous pathways; teaches the comprehensive MED-DBT model and its application.

Available Formats: 7-Module On-Demand Course Series & upcoming live trainings.

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Bridging evidence-based clinical training for clients with complex, multidiagnostic eating disorders.

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Body Experiencing and
the Embodied Self

Helping clients reclaim presence, safety, and connection in their bodies.

Theme: Cultivating embodiment, attunement, and safety in the body
Purpose: Deepen clinicians’ understanding of the role of interoception, body image, and somatic experience in recovery.

​Format: Available for custom clinical team & agency training.
 

Helping clients reclaim presence, safety, and connection in their bodies.

Our Mission

At The Eating Disorder Training Institute, our mission is to transform eating disorder care by training clinicians to deliver compassionate, evidence-based, and sustainable treatment rooted in dialectics, informed by biology, and centered on humanity.

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Testimonials

"From the very first pages of this book, the authors' determination to relentlessly seek solutions to tough problems is evident. Federici and Wisniewski emphasize that when treatments for people with eating disorders and complex problems fail, it reflects limitations in our methods and skills, not shortcomings in the patient. Early in my DBT career, I realized that eating disorders presented challenges beyond my existing skills. This book addresses a significant gap for many practitioners, offering strategies and hope where we have often felt powerless. It stands out as a promising tool to help therapists facing extreme clinical needs, and encourages a relentless pursuit of more effective ways to help those at greatest risk."

Anthony P. DuBose, PsyD

Vice President for Institute Services, Behavioral Tech Institute, Seattle Washington

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