For people with an eating disorder or food addiction, eating can be an emotionally charged event. There are certain eating situations that amplify this discomfort, because other people are involved. There may be relationship issues like co-dependency, or unhealthy patterns like mind reading, or fear and anxiety of eating out in the open. Some people […]
Hyde Park Counseling Center – Residential Treatment in Tampa
A residential treatment center located in a complex of Victorian homes – it’s a match made in heaven for a counseling center located in a big old house like White Picket Fence. I recently returned to the Hyde Park Counseling Center in Tampa and had a visit with Clinical Director Louise Wallowitz. On previous trips […]
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Near Chicago
In order to offer resources and options to the clients at White Picket Fence Counseling Center, I regularly visit treatment centers all over the country. This way I can learn about what they offer, tell them more about our center, and build relationships with professionals who are equally committed to helping people recover from eating […]
The Recovery Village Treatment Center in Florida
At White Picket Fence we are grateful to have developed relationships with many excellent treatments centers around the country, many of those I’ve visited recently. June 3rd marked the opening of a treatment center that is very close to us here in Winter Park. The Recovery Village is set in a beautiful town called Umatilla, […]
What to Expect at a Yoga Therapy Group
The yoga therapy program at the White Picket Fence Counseling Center is a powerful combination of traditional yoga with a therapeutic approach that specifically addresses body image issues as a result of an eating disorder or food addiction. (There is another article here with more information about how the principles of yoga can help heal […]
Feedback and Self-Esteem
Author and speaker Brene Brown talks about how shame stops us from speaking up for ourselves. Shame can also trigger overeating, undereating, body image obsession, and feeling like you’re worth less than other people. These harmful behaviors then create more shame, and a devastating spiral can quickly occur. On the other hand, you can set […]
The Trouble With Not Speaking Up
I once heard of an eating disorder recovery group called “Say It or Stuff It.” So many people who have issues with food also have difficulty communicating what their needs are, and they’re not speaking up for themselves. The trouble likely stems from what we were taught as children – spoken or unspoken messages such […]
Relationship Issues Can Contribute to Eating Disorders
Eating disorder behaviors can seem easier than facing potential confrontations or disagreements with people. People speak through the food when they can’t speak with words.
Why You May Have an Eating Disorder
Knowledge is helpful, yet knowledge alone doesn’t give you what you need to make the necessary changes for recovery from an eating disorder, especially without support.
The Love of Friendship
Friendship requires kindness and compassion, qualities that are also very important in how we relate to ourselves.
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