April 16, 2021 From: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS – Founder I learned some time ago not to bury the lead, so here it goes: WE ARE OPEN!!! Now, I do intend to give you quite the backstory, so I hope you’ll keep reading. But let me start by telling you how we are...
Written by: Christopher Gardner Read the original article here. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, in a pair of complementary studies, investigated eating disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan war-era veterans, a group thought...
Read the original article here Written by: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS Yes, males can develop an eating disorder. It may not seem like it, as you rarely hear about it. Males do not seek treatment as often as others. Their behaviors are different. Their language...
Written by: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS Founder and Executive Director of The Body Image Center Read the original article here. If you have not heard of Health at Every Size (HAES), you’re not alone. It is a relatively new concept with early writings dating back...
By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS I’m reading the book Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktore Frankl. It is a powerful and difficult read about his experience as a Jewish psychiatrist in the death camps of Nazi Germany during WWII. While there is so much to be said...
Read the original article here. Contributor: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS, Founder and Executive Director of The Body Image Therapy Center Twenty years ago, it would have been a novelty to read about a male suffering from an eating disorder. Today, a quick Google...
Read the original article here. Eating disorder experts told Insider that "The Crown" left out key details in its portrayal of Princess Diana's experience with bulimia. The fourth season of the historical drama shows Diana (Emma Corrin) binge and purge during...