“It’s like anorexic heroin to my brain.” –40-year-old male with a long-standing history of anorexia who relapsed after purchasing a GLP-1 medication. Weight loss medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists work by... Read more »
By the time many people seek treatment for an eating disorder, the focus has often become food, weight, behaviors, and medical risk. Those things matter deeply, but beneath the symptoms, another story... Read more »
Explanations for food preferences Explanations for food preferences: the evolutionary explanation, including reference toneophobia and taste aversion; the role of learning in food preference, including social andcultural influences. Evolutionary Explanation for Food... Read more »
I still do a double-take every time I see animal lovers eating calamari or squid. I’m not talking about coastal communities whose residents rely on the sea for daily sustenance but people... Read more »
“Ultra-processed foods are industrial creations made with little—if any—whole foods that often contain large amounts of added sugar and salt” (Berg, 2024). They are typically “infused with artificial colors and additives, and... Read more »
Psychodynamic theory asserts that symptoms do not happen by chance; symptoms are determined by contributing forces, including early childhood experiences, repressed sexual and aggressive drives, social, religious, and cultural dictates, and predisposing... Read more »
As an eating disorder therapist, I know that many individuals in eating disorder recovery feel like they have to work to ‘love the appearance of their body.’ This is far from the... Read more »
One of the most misunderstood aspects of eating disorders is motivation. People often assume that if someone truly wanted help, they would seek it. But in eating disorders, lack of motivation is... Read more »
One of the most confusing parts of anorexia treatment for patients and families is setting a goal weight. People often imagine that the treatment team selects one exact number that represents recovery... Read more »
Imagine standing in front of a tree, so close that all you can see is the texture of its bark. You cannot take a step back, cannot see the branches above or... Read more »