DBT & Eating Disorder Treatment: What You Need to Know

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a type of therapy that is used to treat mental health conditions to include eating disorders. It works to help individuals learn healthy, adaptive ways [...]
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CBT & Eating Disorder Treatment: What You Need to Know

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based practice that has been used for decades to treat mental health conditions and more recently, eating disorders. Initially, it was designed for the [...]
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The Difference Between an Utter Eating Disorder and Dieting?

97% of dieters regain all of the weight they lose within three years [1]. Further, losing weight doesn’t actually improve health biomarkers such as blood pressure, fasting glucose, or triglyceride [...]
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Teens, Eating Disorders, and Obesity

Eating disorders are all too common among adolescents. Often we think of anorexia or bulimia as the most common types of EDs and do not frequently think of obesity as [...]
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High-Achieving Women and Binge Eating Disorder

The term “high-achieving” may seem self-explanatory, but there are a few behaviors and traits that stand out as high-achieving. Individuals that have high-achieving personalities, first and foremost, have a strong [...]
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Tips for Discussing Your Eating Disorder With Family Members

Friends working with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Knowing how to tell your family about your eating disorder can be daunting. Often you may be unsure of how they will react, or even how you will react or [...]
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Counseling for the Spouse of an Eating Disorder Sufferer

Couple enjoying sunset and discussing Eating Disorders in Transgender Community

When a chronic illness, such as an eating disorder is a part of a marriage, it can be challenging to keep the relationship [...]
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Orthorexia and Perfectionism: Correlations & Facts

The link between eating disorders and perfectionism has been studied extensively, with most researchers and clinicians maintaining that one of the common central features of all EDs involves the desire [...]
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Gluten-Free Eating: Hype & Facts

Approximately 3.1 million Americans follow a gluten-free diet. Yet, 72% of those 3.1 million Americans are classified as [...]
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The Fasting Saint & History of Anorexia Nervosa

The history of anorexia nervosa and fasting is a fascinating one. It has been traced for hundreds of years across the globe. Most interesting is the history of Saints and [...]
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