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Recreational Therapist Invited to Address National Eating Disorders Conference

(Alexandria, VA) ATRA Member Kari Clohosey, CTRS has been invited to present at the prestigious 13th Annual Renfrew Center conference” Feminist Perspectives and Beyond: The Changing Face of Eating Disorders” November 13-16, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA. Her presentation, titled, ‘Healing Re-Percussions’ is the only program offered by a recreational therapist and will provide experiential insight into unique treatment interventions using percussion and rhythm activities to restore individual and healing communities. Clohosey’s is the only presentation offered by a recreational therapist during the conference.

Clohosey, a 1998 graduate of the University of Southern Maine’s therapeutic recreation program, has been employed with the New England Eating Disorders program (NEED) in Portland, Maine for the last five years. Clohosey explained how she became interested in working with clients who have eating disorders through her participation in ATRA conferences attending focused sessions on recreational therapy interventions for eating disorders. Kari commented, “Presenting at the Renfrew Center Foundation Conference is a great honor personally and professionally.”