Understanding the Experience of Intermittent Dissociation and How to Support It
Intermittent dissociation is common in eating disorder treatment and often mistaken for resistance. Learn how to recognize it.
January Diet Culture & Eating Disorder Recovery
January diet culture can undermine eating disorder recovery. Learn how to protect your recovery, reduce pressure, and stay grounded.
Non-Coercive Eating Disorder Treatment: Why Collaboration Supports Recovery and Practical Tools for Outpatient Care
Eating disorder treatment continues to evolve as research highlights the importance of not only...
A More Honest Holiday: Support for Anyone Navigating an Eating Disorder
The holidays are often described as a time of celebration, connection, and joy. For many people living with an eating disorder, the season can feel far more complicated. Routines shift, expectations grow, and the usual support systems may not feel as accessible. This is not a guide about pushing through [...]
Rewiring the Brain: 8 Neural Strategies and Digital Nudges That Improve Outcomes in Eating Disorder Treatment
Digital media influences far more than thoughts or emotions. It activates neural circuits involved in attention, reward processing, motivation, and self-monitoring. For clients with eating disorders, who already experience vulnerabilities in these same systems, algorithmic content can intensify rigidity, compulsive checking, and appearance-focused rumination. The encouraging truth is this: the [...]
Digital Media and Eating Disorders: What Clinicians Need to Know
Digital media and eating disorders are more intertwined than ever. For many adolescents and young adults, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat shape emotional regulation, body image, attention, identity development, and symptom maintenance. Algorithms, aesthetics, and online communities influence how clients think, feel, relate to their bodies, and engage [...]
Finding Freedom Together: The Transformative Power of Equine Interactions in Eating Disorder Recovery
What Is Therapy with Equine Interactions? Equine Therapy Psychotherapy with equine interactions uses guided interaction with horses to support emotional healing, self-awareness and connection. Our groups will cover themes commonly found in process groups, CBT groups, etc. The incorporation of horses is designed to enhance these topics through the relational [...]
Halloween in College: Tips for Body Image, Safety and Enjoying the Night
Halloween on campus is a big deal. Parties, events and costume contests fill the calendar, and for many students, it’s one of the most exciting nights of the year. But for others, choosing or wearing a costume can bring up stress, self-consciousness or anxiety about body image. If you’ve ever [...]
The Silent Kind of Struggle: When Suicidal Thoughts Don’t Look Like You Expect
Mental Health in Plain Sight: Stories of Struggle and Recovery, Brought to Light Mental Health in Plain Sight is a collection of first-person blogs written in the voice of Rea. Rea isn’t just one person—they reflect many voices: our alumni, our community and countless others who have walked through the [...]