Eating Disorder
Are We Treating Binge Eating All Wrong?
Removing the Shame and Building Self-TrustBinge-eating disorder is the most common eating disorder, but it’s also the most underdiagnosed and misunderstood. Read more
Overeating Issues in Quarantine?
How to Relate To Food and Weight Now and Let the Shame GoWhen COVID-19 hit and many of us began stocking up on food and sheltering in place, I grew deeply concerned for my clients. How were they going to handle the... Read more
The Problem with the Borderline Diagnosis
Getting Beyond the LabelHave we unfairly pathologized clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder? Read more
3 Concerning Messages about the Netflix series “Insatiable”
…And 3 Ways to Talk about Them with Your ClientsThere’s been a lot of outcry from mental health professionals, doctors, parents, and people who’ve suffered from eating disorders about the trailer for the... Read more
From Weight to Well-Being
The Challenges of Treating Binge Eating DisorderAlthough binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia and bulimia, many people still don’t get the help they need for it. Read more
Changing How You Think About Weight
Four Steps to Transform Your Internalized Views About Body SizeBy Judith Matz - I’ve come to believe that the way we as therapists feel about our clients’ body size is not only a clinical concern, but a social justice... Read more
Hiding in Plain Sight
Clients' Symptoms Offer Clues to Their StrengthsAs therapists, we’re taught to be master detectives who methodically investigate our clients’ symptoms in search of a “culprit”—the source of their... Read more
High-Stakes Therapy
Eating Disorders Can Be a Matter of Life or DeathWhen it comes to eating disorders, therapy can be a matter of life and death. Read more
Uncovering the Source of Suicidality with Brain Science
Are Serotonin Levels the Key Factor in Suicidal Depression?I'm at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in northern Manhattan. My guide, Victoria, has been studying the brains of people who committed suicide, and... Read more
The Power of Paying Attention
What Jon Kabat Zinn Has Against SpiritualityJon Kabat-Zinn is acknowledged as one of the pioneers in mind-body medicine--a field that integrates ancient spiritual traditions like yoga and meditation with... Read more
Discover How DSM-5 Will Affect Your Practice
Martha Teater on One of the Major Changes in DSM-5Martha Teater discusses a huge change in the DSM-5 that many therapists are still adjusting to—diagnosis-specific severity scales. Read more
Editor's Note: January/February 2011
Eating To Live, Not Living To EatThe old maxim "You should eat to live, not live to eat" may sound wise, but it's based on a profound misreading of the fundamental facts of human biology. Read more
It's Not About The Food
The Truth About Eating DisordersThe key to working effectively with eating disorders is understanding that starving, bingeing, and purging aren't simply bad habits. For treatment to work, it... Read more
Beyond the Diet Mentality
Empowering Clients Through Attuned EatingAttuned eating can take people beyond the dead end of the diet mentality. Read more