Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir MSc. Director of INFACT, from Iceland. Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir is a pioneer in the field of food addiction treatment. Once an opera singer and opera teacher, Esther was battling food addiction for most of her adult life until she discovered a twelve step program that changed her life. Once in recovery, she…
Ethical standards subject matter is covered in the INFACT Training curriculum. INFACT adheres to the CE Ethical Standards for Certified Professionals Principle 1: Non-Discrimination Principle 2: Responsibility Principle 3: Competency Principle 4: Legal and Moral Standards Principle 5: Public Statements Principle 6: Publication Credit Principle 7: Client Welfare Principle 8: Confidentiality APPLICANT’S RECOGNITION STATEMENTThe applicant…
40 hours of continuing education must be earned every two years to remain eligible for bi-annual ECB recertification.
Clinical supervision is an important part of counselors’ professional advancement and the development of counseling proficiency. As such, it’s an essential component for ensuring high-quality patient care. The main goals of clinical supervision are to train, educate, support, and guidance counselors. Newer counselors need to have clinical supervisors they can count on for mentoring, leadership,…
ECB certification is granted with the understanding that you will perform your future work as a Food Addiction Counselor (FAC) according to the number of clinical supervision hours INFACT deems appropriate in your specific case. INFACT will prepare and assist you in meeting all of these ECB requirements for FAC certification. References: The ECB (and…
The cost of your first-year certificate is included with your INFACT tuition to the Food Addiction Professional Certification Primary Course.
The requirements for INFACT graduation and for ECB certification are the same. The ECB has entrusted INFACT to address all ECB certification requirements as part of INFACT training. Thus, if you are admitted to (and graduate from) INFACT, you are automatically qualified for ECB certification. Upon graduation, you will need to submit an application to…
Students are required to engage in active involvement in INFACT’s live, online course along with the following obligations: weekly submission of assignments and activities; participation in a student group that works together between sessions; presentation of a final project; and the passing of an ECB-approved final examination.
The ECB has entrusted INFACT to administer the ECB-approved final examination and attest that, upon graduation, every INFACT student has met all ECB requirements for certification. The ECB has also entrusted INFACT to evaluate each student’s need for clinical supervision of their future FAP work and dictate each student’s requirement for clinical supervision on an…
The Food Addiction Professional curriculum is taught by a collection of foremost Sugar/Food Addiction international experts on the forefront of Food Addiction, counseling, treatment, biochemistry, medicine, metabolic science, and nutrition. INFACT FACULTY
