By Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS Elite athletes look for total control of their body and mind. For a significant number of those athletes, the drive for their best performance can lead to an obsession with how and what they eat and over-training. The resultant disordered eating and exercise can lead to decreased performance, bone […]
The Body Image Therapy Center to Launch New Eating Disorders Treatment Program in Baltimore City
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release The Body Image Therapy Center to Launch New Eating Disorders Treatment Program in Baltimore City Baltimore, Maryland – June 1, 2018 – The Body Image Therapy Center (TBITC) announced it will open an eating disorders treatment program in the Station North Arts District in Baltimore City in July 2018. […]
Rolling with the wave of resistance
Your kid has an eating disorder. You know it. They know it. Friends and family know it. But your child just doesn’t want to get better. It’s the most common phenomenon in eating disorders treatment. Let me help you understand what this is like for them. Your child, even your adult child, is drowning in […]
A primer on intuitive eating
As a Registered Dietitian (RD) specializing in eating disorders over the last few years, I have worked with a variety of different approaches to the nutrition component of a person’s eating disorder treatment. While each approach had its own pros and cons, there was one approach that I find to stand out above the rest […]