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All Clients Want to Improve: A Reflection on Cellar Potatoes, Sprouts, and Unfavourable Conditions
Clients want to improve: This is one of several central treatment assumptions in DBT and not one that is widely accepted or believed in general
Is Recovery a Choice?
We know that eating disorders (EDs) are not choices, but is recovery a choice? I spend a lot of time thinking about this because
Increasing Demand for ARFID Treatment in Ontario
All eating disorders are characterized by an inability to properly feed oneself. Difficulties in eating, body image, and digestion are largely rooted in neurobiological and metabolic factors
What is the Difference between Anorexia Nervosa with a Binge/Purge Subtype and Bulimia Nervosa?
Binge eating and purging can be present in both anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). In both disorders, the individual may engage in objective
Treating Suicidality in Eating Disorders: How DBT skills help families navigate suicide and self-injury
This post was originally written for FEAST on Dec 28th, 2020: Given very high rates of suicidal and self-injurious behaviours among adolescents with eating disorders,
On Language and Relational Trauma
Not sure if you are ready for this post, or if I am, but its been brewing….so here it is. Over the past twenty years