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Multi-Family Therapy and Eating Disorders

Family working on eating disorders in Weight Obsessed Culture

Family can be incredibly complicated and, at different times, you might feel like yours is a blessing or a curse. When it comes to eating disorder treatment, however, research indicates it and Multi-Family Therapy is predominantly a blessing. Studies have long shown that having recovery-focused, supportive families that are engaged in an individual’s treatment leads [...]
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Excessive Exercise Can Be a Risk Factor for Disordered Eating

It is not uncommon for those with an eating disorder diagnosis to display addictive personality traits. While this has been considered in relation to the disordered behaviors themselves as well as drug and alcohol use, there are many other ways these addictive tendencies can manifest, one of these being exercise addiction. A study recently published in [...]
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Addressing Excessive Exercise as a Fitness Professional

Woman struggling with orthorexia and Exercise Addiction

There are many situations where someone may directly witness or interact with an individual engaging in disordered eating or excessive exercise behaviors. For those working in fitness, this happens often. While fitness can be an incredible tool for connecting with the body, taking care of it, and moving it in ways that bring joy and [...]
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Anorexia Nervosa Does Not Have One Look

There are many silent voices of pain in the eating disorder community, and some individuals don’t “look like” what a person with anorexia nervosa is assumed to look like. The sad and honest truth is, there is no limit to who can be challenged with an eating disorder. From gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and, yes, appearance, [...]
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Changing the Conversation: How Young Female Women Communicate About Body Image

In a typical Friday morning rapid-fire, back and forth texting conversation with one of my girlfriends, I noticed how negatively we often communicate about our own bodies and physical appearance with each other. Not only just how negatively we depict ourselves and our body image but how normal this has become. My friend was getting [...]
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Letting Go of Your Obsession with Weight

Woman thinks about Effective Anorexia Treatment

Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center No matter your shape, size, or weight, it’s virtually impossible to get through a day without someone (or something) trying to convince you that you’re too big, too small, too heavy, or otherwise too far away from what a supposedly “perfect” body should be. So, how does [...]
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The Short-Term Allocation Tool for Eating Disorder Treatment

Imagine, you are struggling with an eating disorder and know that you need support but are overwhelmed and confused by the numerous types of treatment available. Maybe you don’t have to imagine this at all. But, what if there is a short-term allocation tool to help those in eating disorder treatment. Please know that you are [...]
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How Nutritionists and Therapists Collaborate to Support Eating Disorder Recovery

Lady in field experiencing feelings in eating disorder recovery

We all have, within us, the power to combat the challenges that come our way. Even so, doing this is a lot easier with the support of others behind us. In eating disorder recovery, that support comes in many forms. It comes from doctors to therapists to nutritionists to family to friends and others in recovery. Research [...]
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Coronavirus and Eating Disorders – 5 Tips to Cope Now

As coronavirus (COVID-19) quickly spreads around the world, it is understandable that many of us are experiencing increased anxiety. In times like these, it is helpful to recall the words of the Serenity Prayer often prayed by Alcoholics Anonymous and ask for “serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the [...]
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The Benefits of Gender-Specific Eating Disorder Treatment

Contributor: Staff at Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center The prevalence and presentation of eating disorders are among the many psychological and physical differences between individuals of different genders. Gender-specific eating disorder treatment variations can be seen in how individuals seek treatment, how symptoms impact their functional status, the way individuals respond to treatment, the occurrence [...]
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