We continue to travel through the Distress Tolerance module (one of the four “chapters” or modules of DBT, each presenting a number of strategies in each skills group) of DBT with the introduction of the “ACCEPTS” skill. Like other skills within the Distress Tolerance...
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2018 is a time when families and professionals alike come together to inform their communities, share stories and support one another. This week is internationally recognized and dedicated to fighting the various myths, stigmas...
Over hundreds and thousands of years, our ancestors developed adaptations to survive famine. When faced with a dramatic shift in energy availability (i.e. decrease in food), the body responds with neurobiological, hormonal and metabolic changes. So what does that...
Thinking back to the first of the year, how many of us set a resolution with the intention of bettering ourselves? How many of us set goals that were focused on new exercise regimens, weight loss and/or the changing of dietary habits? A recent Nielsen survey stated...
Research from a recent study out of Macquaire University has demonstrated that visual comparisons of body image have the ability to physically adapt our brain’s visual perception. After such an adaptation, we are more likely to overestimate our own body size and...