I often reflect to my clients the necessity of sitting with and confronting uncomfortable emotions in the process of eating disorder treatment, or otherwise risk a superficial and short-lived recovery. To make this experience a bit less daunting, it can be helpful to know a) your...
Effective and lasting recovery from an eating disorder requires REPETITION: Repetition of new behaviors Repeatedly making the choice to recover (daily, hourly, moment to moment at times) Repeated exposures to foods or experiences that may feel unsafe (but aren’t) Repeated...
One of the first symptoms to show up (and unfortunately one of the last typically to go) in an eating disorder is significantly poor body image. Learning to nourish yourself more adequately and addressing the issues underlying and co-occurring with your eating disorder will help with this, but...
With the holidays ending and the stores swiftly moving towards valentine’s day decorations, door buster sales are hard to ignore. We see the commercials and social media ads. It becomes hard not to make that pit stop to the holiday clearance section of your favorite store. With...
When collaborating with the partners and loved ones of my clients, I’m often asked: “What can I do to help?” As a clinician, I could not appreciate this question more- it suggests my client has a motivated and willing support system on their side, which can be...
Life traverses various seasons, some joyous and light, others dark and difficult. Regardless of the season you’re in now, it’s human nature to zoom in on the difficulties of a day or week and filter out the positive. It can feel natural to celebrate the big milestones in joyous...
In the last few weeks stories of Harvey Weinstein have littered news sites as celebrity survivors come forward sharing their experiences of sexual victimization. Weinstein is not the only high profile person to gain the spotlight for sexual assault allegations, prompting the viral #MeToo...
Addiction is often seen in numerous ways in a family system. When one person is effected by the use of addictive traits, whether substance use or behaviors, others around them are also effected. The effects are often due to secrecy, shame, guilt, not wanting to be detected by others...
The short answer – everyone experiences grief differently. The long answer - let me explain. Now each of us most likely has experienced some form of grief, whether from a loss, a move, or grieving something that you never had to begin with. Life here on this earth is not perfect and so it...
Most of the following is for work with couples in recovery, but the boundary examples, message, and implementation are applicable for every person who has ever had someone cross their boundaries or had trouble in this area. What are boundaries? Boundaries are like fences between...
