What is Atypical Anorexia?
When you hear the word “anorexia,” what image comes to mind? Most people hear the word “anorexia” and immediately think of an extremely thin person. The reality is, however, eating [...]Read More
When you hear the word “anorexia,” what image comes to mind? Most people hear the word “anorexia” and immediately think of an extremely thin person. The reality is, however, eating [...]Read More
The IFS Model With Eating Disorders: ED is Just a Part of You
Contributor: Brittney Williams, LPC/MHSP at Fairhaven Treatment Center What is a “Part” in the IFS Model The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS Model) focuses on the dynamics of the internal [...]Read More
Health at Every Size is a Home for Every Body
Contributor: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS, Founder and Executive Director of The Body Image Therapy Center If you have not heard of Health at Every Size (HAES), you’re not alone. [...]Read More
Escalating Eating Disorders in Kids During COVID-19
Eating disorders are complex disorders that affect someone’s physical and mental health. While eating disorders are characterized by someone’s relationship with food, exercise, and body image, these conditions aren’t really [...]Read More
Dietitians & Standards for Care in Eating Disorders
People who are in recovery from an eating disorder often work with a team of professionals, sometimes including a dietitian. This is because an eating disorder is a complex diagnosis. [...]Read More
Anorexia Nervosa Treatment – Unique Nutritional Needs
Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most prolific eating disorder diagnoses, characterized by restriction of food intake, overwhelming fear of gaining weight, and having a distorted view one oneself. Individuals [...]Read More
Is TikTok Encouraging Teens to Develop an Unhealthy Relationship with Their Bodies?
Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Over the past several years, TikTok has become one of the most popular video apps in the world, with more than 800 [...]Read More
Tips for Communicating Eating Disorder Concerns with your Romantic Partner
Communicating the eating disorder struggles you are experiencing can be overwhelming. Even verbalizing the thoughts, feelings, and urges arising within your mind and body with eating disorder can be difficult [...]Read More
Somatic Therapy & Trauma
Treating the impacts of trauma must be done very carefully, as revealing and exploring these experiences long after they have passed can cause retraumatization and increase the individual’s struggle. Some [...]Read More
No Place for Weight Stigma in the Doctor’s Office
Most would agree that the doctor’s office is no place for discrimination. Why, then, do we accept it in relation to body weight, size, and shape? Weight stigma is more [...]Read More
