Finding an eating disorder therapist that is best for you is crucial in order to heal and recover from disordered eating fully. After all, it’s challenging to be vulnerable and do the work that’s needed for recovery if you don’t feel safe and connected with your therapist. For these reasons, it can be helpful to [...]
Eating disorders are serious, fatal illnesses, associated with severe disturbances in disordered eating tendencies, and the related thoughts and emotions. This is why individual therapy and group therapy are key to recovery. Treating an eating disorder generally involves a combination of psychological and nutritional counseling, along with medical and psychiatric monitoring. Treatment must address the [...]
Eating disorders are complex. Marked by severe discrepancies in a person’s eating behaviors, eating disorders have the potential to not only affect a person’s physical and mental health but in some cases, can be life-threatening. However, treatment does exist, and so does hope for recovery. In order to make an informed decision, it is best [...]
June 18: Sheppard Pratt: Adult Mental Health First Aid. Details: Mental Health First Aid is a public education program introducing the risk factors and warning signs of mental illness. Similar to first aid classes, you will learn how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis, how to offer support to someone who appears to be [...]
Perfectionism is often a trait that people associate with Anorexia Nervosa, likely owing to the popular belief that restriction requires perfectionist tendencies. The truth is, perfectionism and bulimia are frequently associated with each other, and it is a trait commonly found in all eating disorder diagnoses. Not only that, a lab out of Dalhousie University just [...]
June 17-18: National Eating Disorders Association — 5th Edition of International Conference on Clinical Oncology and Molecular Diagnostics. Details: Conquering Cancer with the Latest Advancements in Clinical Oncology. Location: Rome, Italy Time: TBD. Additional Information: here. [...]
Eating disorders can cause serious health problems, especially in children and teenagers who are in the early stages of development, both mentally and physically. This is why early intervention is so crucial. “Research on treatments for eating disorders, as well as most mental health problems in general, indicates that early identification and treatment improves the [...]
@ Carolyn Costin Carolyn Costin, MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED, is founder of Monte Nido & Affiliates and author of The Eating Disorder Sourcebook, 100 Questions and Answers About Eating Disorders, 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder (companion workbook in press), Your Dieting Daughter, and Yoga and Eating Disorders. Carolyn is a tireless advocate, [...]
Guest – Camille Williams, MA, NCC, LCPC – Eating Disorder Program Coordinator at Timberline Knolls Camille is the Eating Disorder Program Coordinator for Timberline Knolls. She supports the development of curriculum, supervises the eating disorder specialist, and provides group therapy. She also educates and trains all staff on campus and advocates for eating disorder awareness [...]
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