When helping a family member or friend recover from an eating disorder, the importance of effective communication cannot be underestimated. It’s imperative that you have an accessible communication toolbox. Family members often report that it becomes...
Like other eating disorders, Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a biological, brain-based illness. To best understand why evidence-based interventions for BED are so effective, we must first understand the BED brain pathways that are compromised by the disorder...
Research has demonstrated that Family Based Treatment (FBT)* — also referred to as “Maudsley Treatment” — is more effective for treating Anorexia Nervosa (AN) than any other intervention for patients under 18 years old, and yet, common myths about Maudsley...
Many mental health providers use psychodynamic psychotherapy — or “talk therapy” — as their primary treatment method for a whole host of conditions that bring people to therapy. The focus of dynamic therapy is on increasing awareness of how...