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Adolescent-Focused Psychotherapy (AFP) for Anorexia Nervosa
Adolescent-Focused Psychotherapy (AFP) is an individual therapy approach designed specifically for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
Outcomes Update for Columbus Park Eating Disorder Treatment Experts
Columbus Park has been delivering tracking our patient results and providing an outcomes update since 2015.
High Quality, Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Care: How Do You Know If Treatment Is Working?
Columbus Park has been delivering high quality, evidence-based care to individuals with eating disorders since 2008.
Eating Disorder Treatments: Calling for a Reboot
Let’s explore some of the ways that current evidence-based eating disorder treatments are narrow in scope for diverse patient populations.
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) for Adolescents
Current guidelines inform that CBT-E is the most appropriate alternative to FBT for adolescents with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders Cast a Wide Net
Let's consider some statistics that show that eating disorders cast a wide net, affecting 9 percent of the population worldwide.
An Integrated Approach for “Hard to Treat” Adolescent Eating Disorder Patients
By merging FBT and DBT, providers can take an integrated approach for “hard to treat” adolescent eating disorders.
Evidence-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, referred to as CBT-E, is the leading evidence-based treatment for adults with disordered eating.
Celebrating Thanksgiving During Eating Disorder Recovery
Rather than reinvent the wheel, we’ve curated some helpful articles on the topic of Thanksgiving and eating disorder recovery.
In Honor of Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance is on November 20th, honoring the memory of trans people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-trans violence.
The Power of Gratitude
Researchers have studied gratitude’s impact on human behavior, emotion, and cognition and found that gratitude has a positive effect.
What Do Eating Disorders Look Like?
What do eating disorders look like? Eating disorders impact people of every ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, gender, and body size.
Early Change and Favorable Outcomes in Eating Disorder Treatment
Evidence over the last 20 years reinforces that early change to eating disorder treatment is a “robust” predictor of a good outcome.
The Anorexic Wish and “Feeling Fat”
On the journey to recovery, many patients talk about the anorexic wish and "feeling fat." Learn more about these experiences.
“Feeling Fat” and Eating Disorder Recovery
This blog post includes some handy tips for "feeling fat" and reducing problematic self-talk, but in many cases, professional help is needed.
Best Practices for Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Treatments in 2022
Evidence-based eating disorder treatment refers to interventions or therapies that are supported by published research and demonstrate effectiveness or evidence of success. Let’s take a look at evidence-based eating disorder treatment for the most common eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), other specified feeding and eating disorder (OSFED) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
Everything You Need to Know About IOP
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) is provides therapeutic services while participants live at home and engage in their typical activities.
Compulsive Exercise, Exercise Addiction, Driven Exercise, and Exercise Dependence - What’s It All About?
Compulsive exercise is best defined as a rigid and highly driven urge to be physically active with a perceived inability to stop exercising.
Eating Disorders During COVID: Patient Strengths and Resilience
Research points to silver linings of life for people with eating disorders during COVID, improving both their strengths and resilience.
Eating Disorder Prevalence During COVID
More than a year and a half out, a number of studies indicate an increased eating disorder prevalence during COVID.