How Can I Make the Eating Disorder Community More Inclusive?

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Community of eating disorder sufferers Eating disorder sufferers often face excruciating circumstances before connecting to treatment. Sadly, many of the stereotypes and stigmas about eating disorders make it difficult for those dealing with eating disorders to come forward about their struggles and ask for the help that is needed to recover. Eating disorders, like other mental illnesses, are often shrouded [...]
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Mindful Movement and Recovery for Compulsive Over-Exercise

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Woman exercising Contributor: Heather MacLaren, LPC, R-DMT, GLCMA, ICDVP is a Dance/Movement Therapist and Trauma Specialist at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. For many individuals who may struggle with an eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and/or binge eating disorder, there can be a negative and harmful relationship with exercise involved. Generally, training in our culture is [...]
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Recognizing Intersectionality in Eating Disorder Treatment

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Girl in college Eating disorders affect all cultures, all races, all socioeconomic levels, and both male and females. Often eating disorders are seen as an affluent, white, heterosexual individual, but in reality, those who are of various religions, beliefs, sexual orientation, age, and gender identity can have an eating disorder. Studies have shown that the earlier an eating [...]
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A Holistic Approach to Orthorexia Treatment

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Woman struggling with orthorexia Contributor: Camille Williams, MA, LCPC, Eating Disorder Specialist at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center A holistic approach to treatment means including all aspects of health and well-being: physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, occupational, and more. What is Orthorexia An individual struggling with orthorexia, obsessive behaviors around “healthy” eating, is most likely out of touch with [...]
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Why Do Some People Go To ED Treatment and Not Get Well?

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Woman drinking coffee We live in an age of instant gratification, and this translates to everything, including our beliefs about treatment. Many enter eating disorder treatment expecting to be given a “magic pill,” the solution that will fix everything in an instant. Sadly, treatment and recovery are not that black-and-white, and there is no “one-treatment fits all” approach [...]
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After Eating Disorder Treatment, is Marriage Better or Worse?

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Couple setting boundaries When a couple commits to one another, “through sickness and health until death do us part,” there is often minimal understanding of the gravity of this statement until one actually goes through it. Walking with someone you love through sickness, whether physical, mental or both, can be overwhelming, painful, and challenging. Having a spouse who [...]
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Yulia Lipnitskaia’s Retirement Due to Complications from Anorexia

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Yulia Lipnitskaia and Vladimir Putin Anorexia Forces Gold Medalist Yulia Lipnitskaia to Retire “The girl in red,” “a tiny genius,” “the future of figure skating,” “a little legend [telegraph].” These are just some of the titles accredited to powerhouse figure skater and Olympic gold-medalist Yulia Lipnitskaia. Lipnitskaia wowed spectators with her incredible talent and was given the highest sporting honor [...]
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