As a therapist, I love supporting clients to explore their story and to make sense of their eating disorder. It's not always an easy job, as eating disorders are complicated and there is no one cause. It can feel as if they are all about food, however, they are a complex interplay of genetics, environment, family life, stressors and triggers. In supporting a client with change, it can be a valuable process to piece together the different parts of the jigsaw to begin to make sense of all the different parts. Through this process, someone can begin to understand why they have developed an eating disorder; possible triggers and the perpetuating factors that keep them stuck in destructive cycles.
In this episode, I talk about three ways that eating disorders help people cope (albeit short-term). Of course, longer term, they bring about many more problems. If you are struggling with an eating disorder, I hope this will help you question and explore your own psychology to begin to make better sense of what's going on. If you're a carer, it will offer you an insight into why your loved one may be doing what they're doing, which can provide a starting point for better understanding and compassion.
I hope that you enjoy the episode.
Eating Disorders and People Pleasing: The Costs and How to Change
The Incredible Power of Mentorship in Eating Disorder Recovery with Tessa Peters (Been There App)
5 Ways I Remain Fully Recovered from an Eating Disorder
Mental Restriction, Introducing Forbidden Foods and Healing your Binge Eating, with Dr Marianne Miller
An Eating Disorder Recovery Tool: The MANTRA Flower
How to Feel Good Enough and Heal Yourself with Marisa Peer
When Your Smaller Clothes Don’t Fit in Eating Disorder Recovery
Using Positive Psychology as a Tool in Eating Disorder Recovery, with Elle Mace
How to Stop Taking Laxatives in Eating Disorder Recovery
Transforming Relationship with Food, Body Image and Self-Worth in Fitness, with Brian Keane (Personal Trainer, Nutritionist and Best-selling Author)
5 Things You Need in Eating Disorder Recovery
A Deep Dive into Eating Disorder Treatment at Shoreline ED Treatment Centre, California, with Dr. Sheena Gill
Addressing Recovery Fears, Letting Go of Over-Control and Leaning into Surrender - Eating Disorder Recovery
What Really Helped in Anorexia Nervosa Recovery and Calling out Diet Culture in Education with Florence Taglight
7 Tips to Body Confidence, When You’re Dreading the Next Social Event
Research into Male Therapists’ Experience in the Therapy Room, with Male Clients with Disordered Eating, with Maria Guiñazu
7 Signs that You’re an Empath and 5 Ways to Live Optimally in a Demanding and Overwhelming World
Anorexia Nervosa - a Deep Exploration of Recovery, with Matthew Campling
The Minnesota Starvation Study and What We can Learn About Eating Disorders
A Deep Dive into Eating Disorder Therapy and Coaching, with Harriet Frew and Ciandra Birnbaum
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