Food addiction Scientifically, food addiction is a cluster of chemical dependencies on specific foods or food in general. After the ingestion of highly palatable foods such as the brains of some people develop a physical craving for these foods. Over time, the progressive eating of these foods distorts their thinking and despite negative consequences they…
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 and had…
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…
Forty hours of continuing education must be earned every two years to remain eligible for bi-annual European Certification Board recertification.
Clinical supervision is an essential 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 guide counselors. Newer counselors need clinical supervisors they can count on for mentoring, leadership, clinical direction,…
ECB certification is granted with the understanding that you will perform your future work as a Certified Food Addiction Professional (CFAP) according to the number of clinical supervision hours INFACT deems appropriate in your specific case. INFACT will prepare and assist you in meeting these ECB requirements for CFAP certification. References: The ECB (and therefore…
Your first two-year certificate costs are included with your INFACT tuition to the Food Addiction Professional Certification Primary Course.
The requirements for INFACT graduation and 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 the…
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 individually. As…
