DBT & Eating Disorder Treatment: What You Need to Know

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Woman in DBT treatment 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 to regulate emotions, analyze and restructure behaviors that are a result of emotional dysregulation and focuses on increasing mindfulness, and tolerate distress [1]. It’s Origins [...]
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CBT & Eating Disorder Treatment: What You Need to Know

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Woman standing on river rocks 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 treatment of depression and anxiety but is currently used more widely with other mental issues. CBT: What It Is There are three phases of treatment [...]
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The Difference Between an Utter Eating Disorder and Dieting?

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Women struggling with eating disorder 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 levels [1]. Despite these facts, diet fads continue to exist, now adapting to the new “health and wellness” movement by calling diets “lifestyle changes.” It’s [...]
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High-Achieving Women and Binge Eating Disorder

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Woman with BED walking her dog 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 desire to accomplish their goals. They are adept at combining these desires with their motivation, resources, and abilities to ensure that the goals are met. [...]
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Orthorexia and Perfectionism: Correlations & Facts

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Woman with flowers 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 for physical or emotional perfection, or both [1]. Most of this research supports the relationship between perfectionism and anorexia and bulimia nervosa (AN and BN). [...]
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