075. Radically Open DBT as a Treatment Modality for Disordered Eating with Kayla Jessop

In today's episode, Dylan sits down with Kayla Jessop, a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and an approved supervisor. She also completed the intensive training in RO DBT. She owns a private practice in Salt Lake City, Layton, and Ogden, Utah. She offers individual nutrition therapy, RO DBT skills class for adults and adolescents, supervision, group support and much more. Kayla is an expert on Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and improving people's relationship with food. She is an Anti-Diet registered dietitian who has specialized in helping individuals of all ages regain peace with food and body. Outside of her passions for recovery she loves to spend time outside with her family or relax on the couch with a good book or TV show. Kayla lives in Ogden, UT with her husband Cody, daughter Akari, and dog Mochi. In this episode you'll hear: Kayla shares how she became a registered dietician and explains more specifically how she got into using Radically Open DBT - Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (2:35) What does being over-controlled and under-controlled mean in the context of treating people with disordered eating patterns? Kayla explains the major difference between Radically Open DBT to other treatment modalities and what role the therapist plays in helping people overcome disordered eating habits (5:19) How can dieticians and therapists bring less rigidity and more spontaneity to our treatment sessions with our clients? Kayla shares the best way therapists can connect and help heal their clients and learning to adapt to the situation (10:34) Kayla shares some tangible tools or next steps she would give a client within the RODBT model. She explains how she starts with changing the physiology and social signaling of her clients before moving on to the next steps (14:56) Drawing on her own experience, Kayla discusses what she sees as the future of dieticians and the role of RODBT in bettering our own services for our clients (19:51) How RODBT can help you prevent treatment drop out and learn how to mend ruptures in your relationship with your clients (24:03) Connect with Kayla: IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaylajessopnutrition/  Website: ro4rd.com Links: Spring/Summer Recipe Book FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram Dylan on Instagram Work with our team