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DBT for Adolescents
By Columbus Park Staff | 16th November 2020 | Blog
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is the treatment of choice for teens presenting with multiple, serious behavioral concerns – problems like self-harm, eating disorders, substance use, high-risk sexual behaviors, oppositional behavior, and suicidal ideation or actions. DBT can also be helpful with problematic but less severe issues like […]
What Is DBT?
By Columbus Park Staff | 11th November 2020 | Blog
Columbus Park’s Spotlight on DBT Series About DBT Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy designed to decrease emotional reactivity, increase effective coping, and by extension, improve quality of life. DBT was originally developed in the 1970s as an intervention for individuals with borderline personality disorder, self-injurious behaviors, and/or chronic suicidal ideation. […]
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Effect on Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Beauty Standards
By Columbus Park Staff | 19th October 2020 | Blog
For many individuals, grooming is simply a form of self-care. Taking the time to paint your nails, put on make-up, or style your hair means that you’re intentionally taking care of yourself because it’s important to you. For others, these practices can take a destructive turn. Grooming or beauty practices can become driven, obsessive, extreme, […]
The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Patients with Eating Disorders
By Columbus Park Staff | 7th October 2020 | Blog
A current, research-based health movement, Health at Every Size (HAES), is a breath of fresh air to say the least, challenging faulty assumptions about fat and boldly reshaping our conversation about weight and health. The model which is firmly grounded in decades of science and research, focuses in on how to achieve and maintain health… and doing so regardless of the size of one’s body.
Health At Every Size: What Science Tells Us
By Melissa Gerson | 19th August 2020 | Blog
A current, research-based health movement, Health at Every Size (HAES), is a breath of fresh air to say the least, challenging faulty assumptions about fat and boldly reshaping our conversation about weight and health. The model which is firmly grounded in decades of science and research, focuses in on how to achieve and maintain health… and doing so regardless of the size of one’s body.
Black Lives Matter: Columbus Park Mission
By Melissa Gerson | 8th June 2020 | Blog
We, at Columbus Park, here in the heart of New York City, are both humbled and proud as we join individuals in our community and beyond to take action in an abundance of meaningful ways… whether by protesting, self-educating, donating, self-reflecting or speaking out.