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Session #12: When food becomes a threat: a neuroplastic and eating-disorder-informed framework for restoring food safety.
Saturday October 17, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
King of Glory Lutheran Church
Workshop Summary:
his session reframes food sensitivities as a nervous system mediated experience rather than a reliably testable pathology. Integrating modern pain science treatments, eating disorder informed care, and nutrition science, clinicians will learn how fear learning and symptom monitoring reinforce food-symptom loops and how to safely and ethically guide clients toward flexibility and relief without reinforcing restriction or invalid testing practices. ATNS clinicians frequently encounter patients stuck in restrictive diets and food fear based on previous disordered eating diagnosis or disordered eating brought on by seeking medical interventions. This session offers a neuroplastic framework to help patients move toward safety, flexibility, and symptom relief.

 

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
  1. Describe how food sensitivities can develop and persist through neuroplastic mechanisms, including fear conditioning, predictive coding, and interoceptive threat learning
  2. Critically evaluate the clinical validity of commonly used food sensitivity tests and understand their potential impact on patient outcomes 
  3. Implement modern pain science treatments and eating-disorder–aware strategies to support safe food expansion and symptom reduction -
  4. Utilize trauma-informed language and interdisciplinary collaboration to reduce fear-based restriction while validating patient experience



Speakers
avatar for Callie Krajcir

Callie Krajcir

MS, RD, The Bladder Dietitian®
Callie Krajcir, MS, RD, Bladder Dietitian®, is a Registered Dietitian specializing in bladder health and chronic urinary symptoms. She is the founder of Callie K Nutrition, creator of Road To Remission®, and host of the IC You Podcast. Her work focuses on interstitial cystitis... Read More →
avatar for Grace Secker

Grace Secker

LPC, C-IAYT
Grace Secker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and nervous system coach who specializes in neuroplastic symptoms. After years of cycling through chronic pain, hypermobility injuries, debilitating fatigue, and a cascade of histamine, gut, and toxicity issues that no treatment seemed... Read More →
Saturday October 17, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
King of Glory Lutheran Church
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