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Within Four Walls: December 2013
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Weighing versus Intuitive Eating. Often, weighing yourself is a big part of having an eating disorder. Sometimes many, many times a day. That number on the scale, and the one inside your pants, comes to drive how you feel, what you do, how you eat, and how you view yourself. Suddenly, that number on the scale seems to be driving everything. And how do you know from patient to patient? Because we also teach intuitive eating. And, weig...
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Within Four Walls: Shadow Mountain Equine Psychotherapy and the return of Angela Hicks, PhD!
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Monday, May 12, 2014. Shadow Mountain Equine Psychotherapy and the return of Angela Hicks, PhD! It has certainly been a long time since I have posted. A lot has been going on! Some major changes have happened around here, all for the good! So, I hope you will all check out my new website: shadowmountainequine.com. The other major change is that Dr. Angela Hicks is returning to part-time work with me! So, she will have limited availability until the fall, but then w...
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Within Four Walls: July 2013
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The Job of a Therapist. A therapist's job is an odd one. In fact, my job is officially to work myself out of a job. Weird, huh? In the final session, she tried to give me the primary responsibility for "getting her better." Nope, that wasn't going to happen! It wasn't me. So, what was it? So, what is it that we do? If you look at psychology, and therapy in general, I'd hate to even try to count the number of approaches that us therapists c...
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Within Four Walls: Detachment, without disconnection
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Monday, October 20, 2014. Detachment, without disconnection. I recently completed a training that addressed attachment, detachment, connection and disconnection, and it led me to think of these concepts in a deeper way. Detachment sounds like such a negative thing. But, in reality, we all need to detach sometimes. So, how does connection/disconnection fit in? And how do all four go together? But, can you be attached and disconnected? Can we allow that love to comfo...
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Within Four Walls: But, What Do YOU Want?
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Wednesday, September 10, 2014. But, What Do YOU Want? I'm guessing this won't come as a surprise to anyone, but sometimes there are a number of power struggles involved in our lives. A good number of us really don't like to be told what to do. And, sometimes, this can become a challenge in therapy, as sometimes, the best intended suggestions can end up feeling like we are telling our clients what to do. What are their values, morals, and beliefs? To feel in control?
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Within Four Walls: November 2012
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Wednesday, November 21, 2012. 1 Yes, our society has made Thanksgiving about food. But, you can choose to make it about family, or time off work, or whatever you want to make it about. The food is just food. 4 Use family to support you when you are struggling. Before even getting to the Thanksgiving festivities, identify who is going to be your support person and let them know you have chosen them. When you are having a hard time, pull them off to the side ...5 If ...
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Within Four Walls: Update, a long time coming
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Update, a long time coming. Today, I was asked to write a blog post. Now, I asked the requestor to give me a topic, and her ever-helpful response was, "I dunno; you are the one with a PhD." Well, thanks for that help! So, I will write two blog posts, in a flurry of posting! First, an update:. So, that's the update. Now on to a post about a specific topic, in spite of receiving NO HELP from the person requesting a post!
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Within Four Walls: May 2013
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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Thursday, May 30, 2013. Anger a key part of recovery? Sometimes, things become readily apparent when maybe they were not as clear before. All along, I have known it is likely very important for those with eating disorders to become angry at their disorder. I don't think I realized until tonight, however, how vital it might be to recovery. She threw her arms open wide and said something along the lines of, "Come on in! In a cheerful, welcoming voice. This week, they...
