Thirty days in residential. Ninety days in residential. Six months in residential. Clients attend treatment for various amounts of time depending on the severity of their disorder. However, clients cannot stay in treatment forever. What happens when they return home? When they go back to their environment that they were in before treatment what will […]
Peace takes time
My last client of 2014 asked me when I thought she’d be done with therapy. I didn’t have a definitive answer for her, but alluded to the idea that as she is almost free from her binge eating behaviors we are doing good work and she may be getting close to moving on in a […]
My recovery tattoo
Today was a good day, filled with the slightly familiar pain of a tattoo needle on my arm. Over the last year, I’ve been contemplating and designing my first recovery tattoo. For me, it had to be more than just recovery from my eating disorder; it had to reflect my entire journey and outlook on […]
I’m Flying!
Image source: http://kawaiionline.tumblr.com/post/20167670482/optimism Cruising yet again on my favorite website, Pinterest, I came across this little picture. I thought it was so cute and truly shows how a little perspective and optimism can go a long way. Clearly this cute little turtle is not flying (or is he?), but he’s looking at his life […]