IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
Advanced consultation and competency development for clinicians who are ready to move beyond foundational eating disorder treatment training
18 month consultation program to earn the Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist (IEDAS) credential
Competency + Community
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Cohort 1
Begins: April 24, 2026
Recurs: on the last Friday of the month at 12pm EST
Begins in April 2026. An 18 month consultation program to earn the Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist (IEDAS) credential. $85/month for 18 months. Cancel anytime, no refunds. We will reach out to you with specific details via email once you have signed up!
Cohort 2
Begins: June 9, 2026
Recurs: on the second Tuesday of the month at 8pm EST
Begins in June 2026. An 18 month consultation program to earn the Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist (IEDAS) credential. $85/month for 18 months. Cancel anytime, no refunds. We will reach out to you with specific details via email once you have signed up!
Cohort 3
Begins: August 27, 2026
Recurs: on the last Thursday of the month at 3pm EST
Begins in August 2026. An 18 month consultation program to earn the Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist (IEDAS) credential. $85/month for 18 months. Cancel anytime, no refunds. We will reach out to you with specific details via email once you have signed up!
At-a-glance info
IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
Format: Virtual sessions organized by 3-month terms
Prerequisite: IEDS Certification (or meet rigorous equivalency standards)Cohort size: 15–20 cliniciansTerm length: 3 monthsRequired for IEDAS Certification: 6 terms (equivalent to 18 months)Consultation sessions per term: 3 group + 1 individualFee: $85 per month payment plan for 18 months (cancel anytime)Rigorous equivalency option available for IEDAS Certification
Virtual IEDAS consultation cohorts are designed for focused, longitudinal skill development following the completion of the IEDS Certification training. Cohorts of 15–20 clinicians progress together through quarterly (3-month) terms, creating community, connection, continuity, accountability, and a consistent peer learning environment.
Each term includes three 90-minute group consultation sessions (one per month) plus one 50 minute individual consultation session, where learners receive 1-1 support, caring feedback on case formulation, scope/role, specific competency development, and exploring any barriers.
Across a minimum of six terms (~18 months)*, participants receive ongoing skills assessment and structured guidance to support progressive competency in inclusive, trauma-informed eating disorder care. The fee is $250 per term or $85 per month for 18 months.
* An additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needs.
Advanced consultationfor clinicians deepening eating disorder practice through guided application and feedback
Builds progressive competency in inclusive, trauma-informed ED care over multiple 3-month terms
Translates ED treatment frameworks into real-world decisions (assessment, conceptualization, treatment planning, ethical judgment) with focus on inclusivity, antiracism, and liberatory foundations
Each term centers a focused learning theme paired with structured case consultation
Participants bring real cases and clinical dilemmas and receive caring, direct, actionable feedback
Strengthens clinical judgment over time, especially around complexity and shifting treatment interventions
Clarifies scope and role boundaries and supports effective multidisciplinary collaboration
Supports inclusive, values-led consistency across presentations and identities, improving clinical approach across varied diagnoses, contexts, and acuity levels
About IEDAS Consultation Cohorts
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The IEDAS consultation cohort program is comprised of structured consultations for clinicians who want to deepen their competency development. This program is built to support clinicians in translating inclusive eating disorder treatment frameworks into day-to-day clinical decisions, particularly in the areas that tend to feel murky in real practice.
The consultation Term schedule is subject to change, according to consultant availability and other unforeseen circumstances.
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Each 3-month term is organized around a focused learning theme and anchored by case consultation. Participants bring real clinical questions and cases, receive support and structured feedback, and guidance in refining their approach to assessment, conceptualization, and treatment planning within an inclusive, trauma-informed lens.
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Over multiple terms, the work becomes increasingly integrative: clinicians strengthen clinical judgment, clarify roles and responsibilities within multidisciplinary care, and build a more consistent approach to navigating complexity across diagnoses, identities, and levels of acuity.
Consultation Program Structure
Requirements to join a consultation cohort
Prerequisite - Complete the IEDS Certification (or meet rigorous equivalency standards)For Therapists, Dietitians, Medical Providers, and CoachesCost: $250/term or $85 per month for 18 months
Program Structure
Minimum 18 month requirement for IEDAS CertificationOrganized by 3-month Terms, 6 total terms requiredAn additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needsEach Term structured by learning themeGroup sessions per Term: 3 group consultation sessions, one per month, 90 minutes in duration, virtualIndividual sessions per Term: 1 individual consultation per 3-month term, 45–60 minutes in duration, virtualClinicians ideally progress together through each term as a cohort
Consultation Term Themes
The consultation Term schedule is subject to change, according to consultant availability and other unforeseen circumstances.
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Scope, Roles, and Overlaps
IEDAS-C Consultant: Amy Helms, RD, LCSW, IEDAS-C, CEDS-CRD, LCSW, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
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Social and Cultural Considerations
IEDAS-C Consultant: Dr. Morgan Lucas, PsyD, IEDAS-C
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Trauma and Dissociation in Eating Disorders; Support for Supports
IEDAS-C Consultant: Kathrina Cann, MA, LMHC, QS, IEDAS-C
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Implementing Skills
IEDAS-C Consultant: Robyn Caruso, LMFT, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
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Nutrition Support
IEDAS-C Consultant: Laura Gajda, RD
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Assessment and Evaluation
IEDAS-C Consultant: Amy Helms, RD, LCSW, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
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An additional 7th or 8th term may be recommended based on learning needs.
Fees + Accessibility
The cost is $85/month for 18 months, cancel anytime.
The IEDE team has intentionally kept the cost for advanced ED consultation as low as possible, and all sessions are virtual for ease of accessibility.
Additional individual sessions may be purchased separately if needed or desired.
Enroll in Terms individually - no financial commitment to continue if you are unsatisfied
Cohorts are designed to create connection and community with the same learners moving through the Terms together, ideally
We offer limited reduced fee spots for those who are experiencing financial difficulty. Please reach out to support@inclusiveeatingdisordereducation.com to inquire.
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist - Consultants (IEDAS-C)
Meet our Growing Team
Each 3-month Term will be administered by one of our Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist Consultants (IEDAS-C).
These clinicians are deeply aligned with our values and have served people in the eating disorder community for a minimum of 5 years, along with other requirements.
Consultation Director
Amy Helms, RD, LCSW, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
We are delighted to have Amy Helms, a well-known, highly respected, dual licensed professional (therapist and dietitian) as our Consultation Director. She will be leading the first and last terms to assess clinician readiness and skill level. Amy owns and runs her own group practice. She has been working with eating disorder clients for over a decade in multiple capacities.
Amy values continuing her own learning. She has additional training and/or certification in the following areas:
Family Based Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
RO-Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Traditional DBT
Forensic Mental Health Evaluations and Custody Evaluations as well as Parent Coordinations for High Conflict Divorce
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Complex Trauma and PTSD
Somatic Experiencing and Somatic EMDR
IEDAS-Consultant
Dr. Morgan Lucas, PsyD, IEDAS-C
Dr. Lucas has been working in the eating disorder field since 2012, when she was the Clinical Director of Project Bliss (an ED group home). She has continued to work in private practice as well as with college students at The University of Texas, in Arlington, TX.
One focus theme for her Term is social and cultural considerations in treating those in the eating disorder community. Her approach partly entails helping those with certain privileges better understand and provide improved care for people with different lived experience.
IEDAS-Consultant
Kathrina Cann, MA, LMHC-S, IEDAS-C
Kathrina Cann, M.A., LMHC-QS, IEDAS-C is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor in Florida and the founder of Nourished Minds Therapy & Consulting. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, EMDR Certified Therapist™, EMDRIA Approved Consultant™, and EMDRIA Facilitator-in-Training™, with over 12 years of combined clinical and school-based experience.
Kathrina specializes in complex trauma, structural dissociation, and eating disorders, with a special focus on care that is inclusive of the lived experiences of BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent, and other historically underserved communities. In her clinical work, she integrates EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, somatic approaches, DBT, ACT, and HAES-aligned frameworks and collaborates with multidisciplinary providers to support complex, high-acuity cases. She regularly presents at universities and professional conferences, while also collaborating with organizations and training programs in the field to integrate these approaches into clinical training and practice.
Kathrina is pursuing her PhD in Counselor Education at the University of Central Florida, where her work centers on advancing inclusive and trauma-informed training for clinicians, strengthening screening and treatment for complex and dissociative presentations within eating disorder care, and expanding counselor education to better reflect diverse client needs and lived experiences.
In addition to her clinical work, Kathrina provides clinical supervision, consultation, and professional training, and shares psychoeducation through her Food for Thought blog and @the.mindfull.therapist. Learn more at nourishedminds.net.
IEDAS-Consultant
Robyn Caruso, LMFT, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
Robyn, a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #80168) and Florida out-of-state telehealth provider (TPMF871) with almost twenty years of experience in direct client care and the inner workings of administrative oversight, is dedicated to providing a safe, healthy, nurturing and healing environment for those struggling with eating disorder and mental health issues.
She currently operates a group practice (AlignED Care Eating Disorder and Mental Health Center) based out of California that offers virtual individual and family therapy sessions, groups and CEDS supervision.
Having worked in almost all aspects of a treatment facility: clinical, intake, utilization review and program administration, Robyn brings a clinician’s approach to healing and an administrator’s attention to detail assuring the highest quality of care for all clients. Robyn is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), has completed Level 1 Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Theory (RO DBT) training and also incorporates psychodynamic and Internal Family Systems theory approaches. Robyn is a Master ART Practitioner in Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART®).
Robyn’s educational background includes a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Robyn is currently Clinical Faculty in the Masters in Psychology program at Antioch University, Los Angeles where she teaches various courses including Somatic Psychology, DBT, Clinical Practicum, and DBT. She also facilitates workshops on eating disorders, non-suicidal self-injury and trauma. Robyn is co-founder of California Pathways to Practice, an initiative designed to support pre-licensed and early career mental health clinicians by connecting them with experienced professionals and providing training in essential areas.
IEDAS-Consultant
Laura Gajda, RDN, IEDAS-C, CEDS-C
Laura Gajda, RDN, CEDS-C is an IEDAS-C consultant and eating disorder specialist with over 10 years of experience working in mental health and higher levels of care. She specializes in supporting clinicians who want to deepen their confidence, clarity, and clinical effectiveness when working with eating disorder clients.
As a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Consultant (CEDS-C), Laura leads structured, case-based consultation groups where providers can thoughtfully explore complex cases, strengthen risk assessment skills, refine documentation, and develop more intentional intervention strategies. Her work focuses on balancing evidence-based structure with relational safety — helping clinicians feel grounded rather than overwhelmed.
Laura believes that eating disorder clients are not “difficult,” but protective, adaptive, and deeply deserving of consistent, attuned care. In her groups, she creates a space that blends accountability with warmth — where clinicians can ask hard questions, process uncertainty, and grow their clinical voice without shame.
Her mission is to build confident, ethically grounded providers who deliver high-quality care while sustaining themselves in this emotionally demanding field.
IEDAS-Consultant
Najeeha Khan, LPC, IEDAS-C
Najeeha is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Texas with a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Global Health from the same institution. She is EMDR-trained and brings several years of specialized clinical experience treating eating disorders and disordered eating alongside complex trauma and body image concerns.
Najeeha's clinical approach is rooted in a holistic, mind-body-soul framework that centers trauma-informed care, radical self-compassion, and genuine client empowerment. She draws on interpersonal, psychodynamic, and somatic orientations, integrating EMDR, CBT, DBT, and exposure-based modalities, along with experiential and expressive interventions, to support clients in reconnecting with their bodies and identities.
Her work is distinctly shaped by her perspective as a daughter of South Asian immigrants and a Muslim clinician, which informs her attunement to the intersections of culture, systemic oppression, identity, and the etiology and maintenance of disordered eating. She brings particular depth to cases involving disconnection from the body, shame, and the ways diverse cultural and relational histories shape a client's relationship with food and self.
IEDAS-Consultant
Alison Pelz, LD, RDN, LCSW, IEDAS-C
Alison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist based in Austin, Texas, bringing a rare dual-credentialed perspective to eating disorder treatment. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science from California Polytechnic State University and a Master of Science in Clinical Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin (2005). She has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist since 1997 and a Certified Diabetes Educator for over a decade, with clinical experience spanning hospitals, outpatient clinics, and private practice.
With over 16 years of specialized focus on eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image disturbance, Alison has expertise in both nutrition therapy and psychotherapy, a combination that allows her to address the complexities of eating disorder treatment from multiple perspectives. Her clinical approach integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness-based interventions, with a core emphasis on helping clients move away from external food rules and toward embodied trust in their own bodies.
Alison is particularly well-known for her work with ARFID across the lifespan, as well as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. She has written extensively for clinicians and caregivers on topics ranging from ARFID in adults to supporting adolescents through recovery, and has been featured in Psychology Today and other professional outlets.
IEDE Certifications
IEDS
Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist
Level 1
IEDAS
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist
Level 2
IEDAS-C
Inclusive Eating Disorder Advanced Specialist - Consultant
Level 3
About: From the Creators of IEDE
The IEDAS Consultation Cohort program
Designed by clinicians for clinicians. We built this program to go far beyond the typical piecemeal research presentations about random eating disorder topics. The full eating disorder treatment puzzle comes together with the IEDS Certification training, followed by the IEDAS consultation cohort program. All IEDE offerings are intentionally built to elevate and safeguard eating disorder treatment for all.
We Listen to Your Feedback
The IEDE team created this advanced consultation program based on feedback and demand from the larger eating disorder community. Our endeavor is to provide the highest quality consultation at the most accessible level of investment. The demand for consultation and additional learner support and community has inspired us to create Consultation Cohorts for our IEDS clinicians.
No Outside Financial Control
Our educational and credentialing offerings unique in that they are created by highly experienced and practicing clinicians, including both dietitians and therapists. IEDE is entirely self-funded to ensure that our trainings are free from outside financial persuasion. All education is based on clinical need, inclusive values, research, and modern approaches to ED treatment, and we cannot be persuaded to change by large corporations dictated by the bottom line.
Origin Story of IEDE
The creators of IEDE are both group practice owners, and we desperately needed a comprehensive eating disorder training to use for our own clinicinas. Due to the total lack of affordable, comprehensive, inclusive, timely trainings — we created one. Now we are happy to share it with others who may find themselves looking for the same thing we were years ago.
Inclusive Eating Disorder Education, PLLC began building our first training in 2021, and it was finally released after 3 years of blood, sweat, and tears in early 2024. Since then we have revised and improved the program and the platform for our second edition, released in 2026.
The Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS) Certification has quickly become the preferred eating disorder training in the larger eating disorder community, both in the US and internationally. The scope, values, and usable information remains unmatched among eating disorder training credential programs.