Put Me In Coach – I’m Ready

2022-09-02

Carolyn Costin MFT MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED Find out how Carolyn determines if coaches or therapists are ready to do this work “I’m recovered from this and so can you”. Hope and motivation – sober coaches and ED coaches need to be TRAINED. Carolyn “requires” disclosure of lived experience and listens to every training session. She shares how to avoid comparisons Advises to never talk about how bad you were – o...

Carolyn Costin MFT MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED

Find out how Carolyn determines if coaches or therapists are ready to do this work

“I’m recovered from this and so can you”.

Hope and motivation – sober coaches and ED coaches need to be TRAINED.

Carolyn “requires” disclosure of lived experience and listens to every training session.

She shares how to avoid comparisons

Advises to never talk about how bad you were – only share things when relevant

Conscious eating scores can help

Learn how to channel the characteristics like Type A – instead of counting calories I went to conferences and learned

Temperament is a risk factor – perfectionism, anxiety = high energy, obsessiveness = detail oriented

Been there done that – article with Craig Johnson, you can get stuck on the why, HAVE to work on the HOW. Been There, Done That: Clinicians' Use of Personal Recovery in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Bio:

Carolyn Costin MFT is a renowned, sought-after eating disorder clinician, author of 6 books, and international speaker. 

Recovered herself and treating eating disorders since 1979, Carolyn was first to speak out that people with eating disorders can become fully recovered.

15 years into private practice and after running hospital units, Carolyn, unhappy with the relapse rate, recognized a need and opened Monte Nido, the first eating disorder residential facility.

Currently Carolyn trains and certifies eating disorder coaches at The Carolyn Costin Institute, filling another gap in support resources.

Carolyn is a passionate, inspiring force in the eating disorder field. 

https://www.carolyn-costin.com/

Books by Carolyn Costin

Carolyn@carolyncostin.com