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Phase 1: Essential Skills to Help Another Person

Content, science, answers, skills acquired, and value to the client

Practitioners, as well as friends and family of people who are sick from diet-related causes, are deeply frustrated even despair, because their patients and loved ones can’t stop the harmful consumption of processed foods. There is strong evidence that the primary reason people cannot stop processed food use and improve their health, or even avoid death, is that they haven’t been treated for debilitating addiction to processed foods. They didn’t learn how to calm severe cravings with specific approaches such as brain rewiring and cue control. Because craving treatment was not provided, 1.6 million Americans may die yearly from preventable diet-related diseases.

 

Food Addiction Recovery Advocate (FARA) Training is built on the premise that putting cravings for toxic processed foods into remission makes it possible to stop consuming processed foods. Subsequently, painful diet-related diseases can also go into remission. However, consistent remission of processed food cravings is a complex process requiring extensive and specific skills. The lack of these cravings-cessation skills explains why the medical industry has been unable to stem the tide of diet-related diseases.

 

FARA Phase 1 Training gives Trainees a broad range of specific skills that prepare them to successfully help clients who have been traumatized by addiction to processed foods. FARA Training is the only science-based training in the field. It is informed by science developed in Dr. Ifland’s doctoral work, academic publications, her textbook Processed Food Addiction, and her experience with online recovery communities starting in 2018.

 

FARA Phase 1 equips Trainees to support clients with short, easy-to-understand, compassionate messaging. Short, compassionate messages are an evidenced-based way to gain the trust of a food-addicted person and open the door to doable improvements in their self-care. Thus, most assignments ask the Trainee to write a 2-3 sentence story about some aspect of their experience with processed foods and consequences. This short-story approach is consistent with research showing that traumatized food-addicted people may have short attention spans and poor memory and, thus, are unable to follow typical instructions and directions.

 

The following document summarizes:

 

  • The content of the 12 FARA Phase 1 Assignments
  • The science supporting them
  • The answer called for in the Assignment 
  • The skill acquired by the Trainee 
  • The value of the Assignment to a traumatized food-addicted person.

Completion of Phase 1 Opens Four Exciting New Programs:

At the end of Phase 1, Trainees sit for five competencies to assure themselves that they are now equipped to help another person recover from diseases. They show that they can run online support groups (Chats), written support groups (Pods), a custom food plan, emotional processing, and social media posting on the platform of their choice. 

 

As Advocates, Trainees have four new programs. They can follow any combination of programs.

At the end of Phase 1, Trainees sit for five competencies to assure themselves that they are now equipped to help another person recover from diseases. They show that they can run online support groups (Chats), written support groups (Pods), a custom food plan, emotional processing, and social media posting on the platform of their choice. 

 

As Advocates, Trainees have four new programs. They can follow any combination of programs.

 

  • Phase 2. Continues to hone their skills at helping clients. After one year, Advocates earn the FARA Certification. Being an active ARC Advocate is required for Phase 2. 

 

  • Influencers. Offer short courses, provide one-on-one consults, and host support subscriptions. LEARN MORE

 

  • ARC Advocates. Host small Zoom support groups and take care of ARC members. LEARN MORE

 

  • Administrators. Perform hourly work for FAR, LLC. LEARN MORE