Is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) the Right Therapy Treatment For You?
“It’s hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives […]
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Eating Disorders
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Wise Mind Eating
Normal eating is being able to use some moderate constraint in your food selection to get the right food, but not being so restrictive that you miss out on pleasurable foods.
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Trauma Talks Series: Demystifying Eating Disorders
ED’s therefore entail extreme emotions, urges, attitudes, and behaviors that focus obsessively on weight, body, and/or food issues as an attempt to regulate and cope with unprocessed emotions and experiences.
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Using Food as a Reward: Coping with Unhelpful Food Habits
Growing up, how often were you rewarded – or bribed – with food for good behavior?
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Parenting in the Age of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are serious psychiatric illness, not unlike anxiety and depression. Individuals who suffer from one of these disorders use food in unhealthy ways to cope with difficult emotions and life situations.
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What is Your Stomach Telling You?
Hate dieting? Then this may be the best blog post you have ever read!
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Tips for Reaching Body Acceptance and Learning to Celebrate Your Individual Beauty
The sun is finally out and for most of us that means lazy days by the pool, beach vacations, or family fun day at the lake. Unfortunately, for many of us, that also means increased anxiety and worry about that “beach body” ….
