Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Consultation
Christy Maloney, RD, LDN, CEDS-C
Virtual CEDS supervision for dietitians, therapists, and clinicians — individual and group hours toward the Certified Eating Disorders Specialist credential, with an iaedp-Approved Consultant.
If you’re looking for CEDS supervision, you’re in the right place — and the first thing worth clearing up is the vocabulary. Most clinicians search for “CEDS supervision.” iaedp’s official term for the hours required by the credential is consultation, provided by an iaedp-Approved Consultant (CEDS-C). Same work, two words.
I’m Christy Maloney, RD, LDN, CEDS-C. I provide individual and group CEDS supervision to dietitians, therapists, and other licensed clinicians nationwide, entirely over secure video. As an iaedp-Approved Consultant, I can provide the 24 consultation hours the CEDS credential requires and verify the eating disorder practice hours you’ve accumulated.
Most clinicians come to eating disorder work through the side door. A client discloses. A caseload shifts. A treatment center hires you and hands you a population you were never specifically trained to treat. Graduate programs and dietetic internships rarely cover this in depth, and the learning curve is steep in a way that shows up fast in session.
Supervision is where that gap gets closed.
Fair warning: I am warm, and I will push you. If you want someone to confirm that every clinical decision you’ve made was the right one, I’m not your supervisor. If you want someone who will sit with you in the hard cases, name what you’re avoiding, and give you something concrete to do differently on Tuesday — that’s the work.
Who I supervise
Dietitians pursuing the CEDS credential. You need 24 consultation hours with an iaedp-Approved Consultant. I provide them individually and in groups, and I verify your accumulated practice hours as part of the process.
Dietitians not pursuing the credential. Plenty of RDs want ongoing eating disorder supervision without a credential attached — because the caseload got harder, because you’re newly solo, or because you’ve been doing this long enough to know that working without another set of eyes is how clinicians get stuck. That’s a legitimate reason to show up, and it’s welcome here.
Therapists and other licensed clinicians: iaedp does not require your consultant to share your discipline, so therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and physicians can complete CEDS hours with me. A great deal of what goes sideways in eating disorder treatment sits at the seam between the nutrition work and the therapy work. If you’re a therapist trying to understand what’s actually happening at the table, what your client’s dietitian is doing and why, or how to talk about food and body without undoing the nutrition plan — supervision with a dietitian is often the missing piece.
Virtual CEDS supervision, wherever you practice
All supervision is virtual, over secure video. Clinicians work with me from across the country — and because supervision isn’t clinical care, there’s no licensure barrier to where you practice.
Enhance Nutrition Associates is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in SouthPark, Cotswold, Fort Mill, South Carolina, and Bozeman, Montana. If you’re a dietitian or therapist in the Carolinas looking for local CEDS supervision, we’re down the road. We can meet anywhere you are virtually!
CEDS certification requirements: where supervision fits
The full requirements live with the iaedp Foundation and are worth reading in their entirety, but here’s the short version so you know what you’re signing up for:
2,500 hours of eating disorder–specific professional experience, accrued over at least 24 months, under the oversight of a CEDS-C
24 hours of CEDS supervision (consultation) with an iaedp-Approved Consultant — at least 12 must be individual or dyad; the remaining 12 can be individual or group
4 iaedp Core Courses through the iaedp Online Institute
20 hours of eating disorder–specific continuing education within the previous two years
3 professional letters of recommendation
A score of 80% or higher on the CEDS certification exam
A current license, registration, or certification to practice in your discipline
Requirements are set by iaedp and do change. Confirm the current version at iaedpfoundation.com before you build your timeline around anything on this page.
The part people underestimate: the 2,500 practice hours and the 24 supervision hours are not the same thing, and supervision is not a box to check at the end. It works considerably better running alongside the hours you’re accruing, while the cases are live.
Individual CEDS supervision
One clinician, one hour, your actual caseload.
We work from what you bring — the client you’re not sure how to feed, the one whose labs don’t match their presentation, the family session that went badly, the case where you’ve quietly started to dread the appointment. You’ll get clinical reasoning you can use, not just reassurance.
Common ground we cover in individual supervision:
Nutrition assessment and meal planning when the standard approach isn’t landing
Refeeding, medical risk, and knowing when to escalate a level of care
ARFID, and how it differs from the restrictive presentations you may be more used to
Binge eating disorder, bulimia, and atypical anorexia across the range of body sizes
Athletes, RED-S, and the pressure of sport culture
Working alongside therapists, physicians, and treatment teams without stepping on anyone
Weight-neutral practice when a client, a parent, or a referring provider is pushing for weight loss
GLP-1 medications on your caseload, and how to screen for disordered eating when they’re in play
Your own countertransference — what your history with food and bodies is doing inside the session
Scope, boundaries, and the business side of a private practice growing faster than your systems
Format: [XX]-minute sessions over secure video, [weekly / biweekly / as scheduled]
Investment: [$XXX per session] · [package options, if offered]
Hours: All individual supervision hours count toward the CEDS requirement, and all 24 can be completed this way.
Group CEDS supervision
A small cohort of clinicians, meeting regularly, working real cases together.
Group does something individual supervision can’t. You hear how five other clinicians would handle the case you thought only you were struggling with. You learn from presentations you didn’t prepare. And the isolation that takes hold in this work — especially in private practice — loosens considerably when you’re in a room with people who understand what you’re managing.
Each session includes case presentation and discussion, plus [brief didactic content / a short teaching piece] on a rotating clinical topic.
Format: [XX]-minute sessions over secure video, [weekly / biweekly / monthly]
Group size: [X–X clinicians], kept intentionally small so everyone presents
Investment: [$XXX per session / $XXX per cohort]
Next cohort: [Start date — or “Rolling enrollment”]
Hours: Group supervision counts toward the CEDS requirement for up to 12 of your 24 hours. The other 12 must be individual or dyad.
What makes this supervision different
It’s weight-neutral, and that’s a clinical position, not a branding choice. Weight-focused care reliably makes eating disorders worse. If you’ve been taught to treat eating disorders with one hand while managing a client’s weight with the other, supervision here will challenge that — and give you something more effective to do instead.
It’s a dietitian’s lens. Nutrition is where eating disorder treatment either holds or falls apart, and it’s the piece most often under-supervised. If you’re a therapist, you get a clear view of the work happening in the other room.
It’s practical. You leave with language, a plan, and a next step — not a reading list.
It comes with hour verification. Tracking hours toward a credential is its own quiet burden. Verifying accumulated practice hours is part of the CEDS-C role, so that part is handled.
Supervision for clinicians not pursuing the CEDS
CEDS supervision isn’t only for people collecting hours. Some of the clinicians I work with have been in the field for a decade and come because a specific case has them stuck, or because they’ve just gone out on their own, or because they want a standing hour to think out loud with someone who knows this population.
There’s no credential requirement, no minimum commitment, and no pretending you should already know everything. [Same rates apply / See rates above.]
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How to start CEDS supervision
Reach out. Tell me where you are — credential-seeking or not, what your caseload looks like, and what you want supervision to do for you.
We’ll talk for [15] minutes. Free, no obligation. Supervision only works when the fit is right, and if I’m not the right person I’d rather say so and point you somewhere better.
We start. Individual, group, or both. If you’re pursuing the CEDS, we’ll map how your hours accrue and what documentation you’ll need along the way.
CEDS supervision FAQs
What is CEDS supervision?
CEDS supervision is clinical supervision for professionals who treat eating disorders, most often undertaken toward the Certified Eating Disorders Specialist credential from the iaedp Foundation. Formally, iaedp calls the required hours consultation, and they must be completed with an iaedp-Approved Consultant (CEDS-C). Most clinicians still call it supervision.
How many CEDS supervision hours do I need?
Twenty-four. At least 12 must be individual or dyad; the remaining 12 can be individual or group. Those 24 hours sit alongside the 2,500 hours of eating disorder–specific practice experience the credential requires over a minimum of 24 months.
Do I have to be a dietitian?
No. iaedp does not require your consultant to be in your discipline, so therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and physicians can complete CEDS supervision hours with me. What I bring is a nutrition-forward lens — if what you most need is supervision on psychotherapeutic technique specifically, a CEDS-C therapist may serve you better.
Can I complete all 24 hours in a group?
No. At least 12 of the 24 must be individual or dyad supervision. Groups can cover the other 12. Many clinicians do both — group for the range of cases and the community, individual for the cases that need real depth.
Is supervision available virtually?
Yes. All CEDS supervision is virtual, over secure video, and open to clinicians anywhere in the United States.
Do you verify my practice hours?
Yes. Verifying accumulated eating disorder practice hours for clinicians pursuing certification is part of the CEDS-C role.
How much does CEDS supervision cost?
$150 per individual session and $60 per group session.
How long does the CEDS process take?
The credential requires 2,500 hours of eating disorder–specific experience over at least 24 months, so two years is the floor for most people, and longer is normal if eating disorders are only part of your caseload. The 24 supervision hours can be spread across that period.
What’s the difference between CEDS supervision and consultation?
In everyday use the words are interchangeable, and you’ll see both across clinician websites. For the CEDS credential specifically, iaedp’s current language is consultation, provided by an iaedp-Approved Consultant (CEDS-C). Licensure supervision within your own discipline is a separate requirement governed by your state board — that isn’t what this is.
I don’t practice from a weight-neutral perspective. Is this still a fit?
Possibly, if you’re genuinely open to examining it. Weight neutrality is the frame I work from and teach from — not as ideology, but as the clinical conclusion the evidence supports for this population. If you’re curious and willing to be challenged, come. If you want a supervisor who will help you fold weight loss into eating disorder treatment, I’m not it.
The cases that are hardest to treat are the ones worth supervising.
If you’re doing this work alone, you’re working harder than you need to. Let’s talk.
Christy Maloney, RD, LDN, CEDS-C