Eating Disorders in BIPOC Communities:
Decolonizing & Liberatory Approaches
Fridays, December 5 & December 11, 2025
12:00–2:00 PM EST
VIRTUAL ON ZOOM
This event is approved for
4 NYS CE Credits
Systemic racism has pervasive impacts on those suffering from eating disorders as well as those engaged in trying to alleviate that suffering. A stance of clinical neutrality and an individualistic focus are not only inadequate, they are harmful. By deconstructing dominant cultural norms and biases underlying therapy practices, we endeavor to disrupt these harmful dynamics.
We explore:
- The urgent need within eating disorder treatment to address the systemic nature of barriers to accessing care
- Stigma
- Lack of representation among providers
- Mistrust of providers who do not possess an adequate understanding of cultural factors.
We will explore structural and institutional, as well as interpersonal, manifestations of racism essential for an antiracist foundation to our work caring for those with eating disorders. Through a social justice lens, participants will explore privilege, bias, and the importance of intersectional identities.
About the Presenter:
Norman Kim, PhD is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Center for Practice Innovation at the Columbia Department of Psychiatry, and the founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity. He completed his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. in Psychology at UCLA. He is a regular national and international speaker, educator, and passionate advocate with a particular focus on systemic racism, eating disorders and anxiety, evolutionary frameworks for psychopathology, and anti-Blackness. He advises health tech startups in the UK and US, professional organizations, and providers.
