Helping patients recover from eating disorders through PLISSIT By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS Eating disorder treatment centers will tell you they follow the best evidence for care in an effort to convince you to choose their program. But when you ask the staff for details, it’s not clear they really know what best evidence […]
Recent Findings On Outcomes At The Body Image Therapy Center
Results matter. Plain and simple, when you are looking for a treatment program to help you or a loved one recover from an eating disorder, the most important questions should be if the program can really help. Outcomes measures are the best way to truly know. An outcomes measure is a tool used by a […]
10 Tips On What To Say To A Loved One Who Is In Treatment For An Eating Disorder
It’s hard to know the right thing to say to your loved one in treatment for an eating disorder. These are some examples of what we often hear from our clients that are unhelpful and some ideas on how to be more supportive. You didn’t eat much today. Are you even trying? Eating disorders aren’t […]
Do You Know The Signs of Disordered Eating?
Do you know the signs of disordered eating? Did you know that 25% of those with disordered eating develop eating disorders? #disorderedeating
20 Affirmations for Body Positivity
By Joyce Marter “What we think, we become” ~Buddha After twenty years of practicing as a licensed psychotherapist, I have deep respect for the power of self-fulfilling prophecy. According to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), our thoughts precede our emotions and our behaviors. If we allow our Inner Critic to put us down with negative and […]
Understand Your Relationship with Food: A Journaling Exercise
By Joyce Marter “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ~Nathaniel Branden Journaling can be a powerful activity to promote insight and self-awareness. If you would like to improve your relationship with food, set aside 30 minutes in quiet solitude to write out your responses to the following prompts. You […]
When to choose a day treatment program to treat an eating disorder
By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS You or a loved one is struggling with an eating disorder. You’re scared about how to get started and what you’ll have to do to get better. Perhaps you’ve even tried to get help, but things aren’t improving. This is how most clients come to us at The Body […]
Stop the Resolutions and Join the Revolution
By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS I saw an old friend post on Instagram that he is working to lose a significant amount of weight despite being a healthy and typical-sized male in his 40s. A distant family member posted she is going on a New Year’s cleanse to rid herself of all the toxins […]
About Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) for Eating Disorders
What is Day Treatment? Day Treatment is just what it sounds like! It’s a treatment program that occurs during the daytime, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day Treatment is also commonly referred to as a “Partial Hospitalization Program.” It’s less intensive and less expensive than hospitalization, residential or inpatient treatment. Day […]
The Crucial Step of Recovery from an Eating Disorder – Relapse Prevention
By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS When clients come in for treatment for their eating disorder, everyone involved - from the client and loved ones to their treatment team - are in crisis mode. We’re all busy figuring out what are the symptoms, what are the stressors, triggering events, underlying mental and physical health diagnoses, […]
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