On-Demand CE Training
EP 394: The Middle Place: Finding Growth in Eating Disorder Healing
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.
1 CREDIT HOUR APPROVED FOR:
Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 1 Clinical Continuing Education Credit
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work- 1 Contact Hour
Psychologists
APA – 1 CE Credit
Counselors
NBCC ACEP – 1 Contact Hour
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners- 1 Contact Hour
Addiction Professionals
NAADAC – This course is not approved for NAADAC contact hours.
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – This course is not approved for nursing contact hours.
Case Managers
CCMC – This course is not approved for CCMC contact hours.
Important Notice: The podcast included in this continuing education course was originally published by Behavioral Health Today and is used with permission. Continuing education credit is available only through successful completion of the CEU Creations course requirements, including any required assessments or evaluations. Listening to the podcast through Behavioral Health Today or any other platform does not qualify for CE credit.
Created On: 10/9/26
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, and counselors.
Instructional Level:
Intermediate
Overview:
Eating disorder recovery is rarely a simple progression from illness to wellness. In this continuing education course, participants will explore Mallary Tenore Tarpley’s concept of “the middle place,” the often-overlooked space between active illness and full recovery. Drawing from Tarpley’s personal experience with anorexia, grief, and long-term healing, as well as insights from experts and other individuals in recovery, the course examines recovery as an evolving process rather than a fixed destination. Participants will consider how grief, identity development, personal growth, and lived experience can influence the recovery journey and how a more nuanced understanding of healing may inform compassionate behavioral health practice.
Outline:
- Introduction to Mallary Tenore Tarpley and SLIP
- Understanding “The Middle Place” in Eating Disorder Recovery
- Mallary’s Personal Experience with Anorexia
- Grief and the Loss of Her Mother
- Moving Beyond Binary Views of Sickness and Recovery
- Identity, Growth, and the Ongoing Nature of Healing
- Insights from Experts and Others with Lived Experience
- Finding Meaning and Courage in the Recovery Process
Course Objectives:
By the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the concept of “the middle place” and explain how it challenges traditional, binary views of eating disorder illness and recovery.
- Identify ways in which grief, identity, and personal growth can influence an individual’s experience of eating disorder recovery.
- Apply a more flexible, recovery-oriented perspective when conceptualizing and supporting clients navigating the ongoing process of healing from an eating disorder.
Guest:
Mallary Tenore Tarpley, MFA, author, and professor
Mallary Tenore Tarpley is a journalism and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Teen Vogue, among other publications. She is the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, which helped support her research and writing. Mallary graduated from Providence College and has a master’s of fine arts in nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She lives outside of Austin, Texas, with her husband and two children. SLIP is her first book.