Choosing to Trust your Treatment Team in Eating Disorder Recovery

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College social anxiety Trusting anyone, including yourself, can be challenging when you have struggled with an eating disorder. Throughout your time in treatment, you are likely asking yourself which “voice” in your head is yours? What desires are you versus the eating disorder manipulating you? How can you trust yourself when you feel that you are the one [...]
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Tools to Maintain Eating Disorder Recovery During Transition

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Girl studying abroad Whether expected or not, periods of transition present a new challenge to eating disorder recovery. During these times, typical coping skills may not be accessible, or one may be feeling increased stress that previously effective coping mechanisms are not helping with. Due to this, it is unsurprising that “stressful life events…are associated with disordered eating [...]
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Demonstrates Good Body Image

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Nature Forest with Sunlight and Moss on Ground While there is no single factor that causes negative body image, the media has a powerful influence on our perception of our bodies [1]. According to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), what individuals observe in the media is shown to increase body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behavior [1]. It can be powerful when we [...]
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Internal Family Systems & Treating Eating Disorders as Parts

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Person sitting on a stone pillar Contributor: Brittney Williams, LPC/MHSP at Fairhaven Treatment Center The Internal Family Systems model has grown in popularity over the past few decades as an effective and unique method of psychotherapy for treating various disorders, including eating disorders. The Internal Family Systems model’s “parts” approach takes a unique method toward healing. This model views symptoms and [...]
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They are Always Watching: Empowering Parents to Break the Cycle of Body and Food Negativity

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Family Sitting On Curb Contributed By: Sarah Lavanier, PsyD, CEDS, Clinical Director of Eating Disorder Services of Lindner Center of HOPE Being a parent can be one of the most rewarding jobs there is, and it also comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility for body and food negativity. The idea of being a parent can be exciting, yet [...]
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