Self-care is a common theme in our therapy sessions with clients dealing with eating disorders and food addiction. We often encourage them to put themselves first and take better care of themselves. We understand that you have responsibilities to care for the other people in your life, but it’s our job as therapists to remind […]

We’ve been talking this month about parts – how we’re all individuals who are part of bigger community groups, and how we each have parts of ourselves that drive our feelings, actions and choices. When you enter therapy for an eating disorder, your therapist can help you separate your food issues from your other parts. […]

This month we’re discussing the idea that we’re all made up of many parts. Here are some resources if you’d like to explore this topic further: Internal Family Systems (IFS) (http://www.selfleadership.org) is a comprehensive approach for working with individuals, couples and families; it helps clients relate to their eating disorder as being a separate part […]

We Are All Parts That Make Up a Whole Self It’s common to describe ourselves in parts, especially when they seem to be opposites, e.g., “Part of me wants to make friends, but another part of me really wants to hide out at home alone.” And we are made up of parts – many of […]