Published On - June 9, 2022
Understanding Pregorexia: Definition, Risks, Symptoms, and Treatment
What is Pregorexia? Pregorexia is a term used to describe the behavior of women who excessively control their weight during pregnancy through means such as calorie counting, excessive exercise, and meal skipping. Although it’s not a formally recognized medical term, pregorexia raises awareness abo...
Published On - October 9, 2020
National Coming Out Day
October 11th is the 32nd annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD), and we are so excited to celebrate! NCOD was created thirty-two years ago, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. We celebrate this momentous occasion every year to empower others and to sho...
Published On - September 4, 2020
What is Health?
I have been writing this blog in my head for the last six months. Ever since I started working for Eating Disorder Solutions, one of the most difficult realizations I had to come to was, I will not be able to help everyone. So, this blog is not about me, but I do want to […]...
Published On - August 21, 2020
You’re Almost There: Small Steps Toward Eating Disorder Recovery
Alfred Hitchcock once said, “there is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Thus, if you’re currently thinking about getting treatment but have a lot of anxiety anticipating it, that definitely makes sense! Treatment seems a lot scarier than it really is, especially if you ha...
Published On - May 22, 2020
Family Therapy and Involvement
I get asked by family members of clients all the time, “what can I do to help?” There are many treatment methods used by providers to help their clients in eating disorder treatment, the one that answers this question is with family therapy. Family therapy aims to help a family learn, grow, and ...
Published On - May 20, 2020
Telehealth as a “New Normal”
It’s difficult to say what the world will look like after the COVID-19 pandemic winds down. Regardless of when, I believe that a lot of things will have changed, and many for the better. One thing that was slowly growing before and is now a part of our “new normal” is telehealth. During the pa...
Published On - April 16, 2020
The Diagnosis
Let me preface this all by saying there is no right or wrong answer to the discussion I am positing. I have always struggled with how our society uses labels to define individuals within our systems. Simply put, I dislike it when society puts a label on me, and then I am expected to be […]...
Published On - April 1, 2020
How to Tell Someone You Have an Eating Disorder
Lately, more than ever, I’ve been getting questions like, “How do I tell someone I have an eating disorder?” Ironically, just by asking me that, you’ve already found the courage to tell someone—me! I recognize that it’s often easier to confide in a stranger like me, a...