8/9/25

The Antidote to the Three False Beliefs of Eating Disorder Treatment

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The three false tenets of eating disorder treatment—blame, “full recovery” and ultimatums—are an unfortunate byproduct of poor clinical deci...
8/2/25

Ultimatums Don’t Work in Eating Disorder Treatment

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Eating disorders are considered difficult to treat. Several factors such as our collective obsession with food and weight, the entrenched na...
7/26/25

Recovery from an Eating Disorder is Different from “Full Recovery”

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For many years, the term recovery described the process of getting well from an eating disorder. The all encompassing concept reflected a pe...
7/19/25

Blame Has No Place in Eating Disorder Treatment

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The inception of blame as a pillar of an eating disorder is rooted in our collective idealization of thinness. Body size and shape has becom...
7/12/25

The Three False Beliefs in Eating Disorder Treatment

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The last few posts outlined my thoughts about how and why the eating disorder epidemic remains so strong and influential over decades. Socia...
7/5/25

The Personal and Societal Parts of Healing from an Eating Disorder

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In recent posts, I reflected on some of the larger social forces that have both led to the incidence of eating disorders in recent decades a...
6/28/25

The Return of Idealizing Thinness at All Costs

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I have written extensively about the GLP-1 medications over the last couple of years because of the impact on people with eating disorders. ...