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Fear and My Bicycle

Debbie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:12:19 +0000

When I was a little girl, I suffered a fairly serious foot injury as a result of a bicycle accident at the bottom of my grandparents’ driveway. Fortunately, I healed and have no permanent damage except for a nasty scar, but I spent that entire summer having to soak my foot several times a day. [...]

Family-Based Therapy: Three Steps to Anorexia Recovery, Part 2

Kimberly — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:02 +0000

As we continue our exploration of the application of Family-Based Therapy for recovery from anorexia nervosa, it might be helpful if we first do a quick review. In Part 1 of this series we discussed why parental involvement in a child or adolescent’s recovery process is so vital to recovery success. Children need their parents. [...]

Family-Based Therapy: Three Steps to Anorexia Recovery, Part I

Kimberly — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:47:11 +0000

When I read the words “three steps to…” I usually think, “Oh, here we go. Someone is about to tell me that something very difficult is really very easy.” Rest assured, that is not going to happen here. I am a licensed treating professional with more than two decades of experience treating eating disorders, but [...]

Your Say Yes to Life Monday Motivator: The path to body peace is paved with good intentions

Kimberly — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:00:06 +0000

In this final post of our three part series on examining body peace, it is time to acknowledge that our intentions have always been good. Your intentions have always been good. Not a one of us, when we were small, dreamed of growing up to hate our bodies. I know I didn’t! While in other [...]

Your Say Yes to Life Monday Motivator: Without war, we wouldn’t know peace

Kimberly — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:01:57 +0000

I know what you are thinking – where there is a will to avoid war, there is always a way. I couldn’t agree more. However, after more than two decades working in the clinical field as a trained health professional, it is clear to me that sometimes we are at war before we realize what [...]