Dyslexia is a brain-based specific learning disability (LD). It affects a person’s language ability, making it difficult to learn to read, spell, decode, and recognize words. ADD/ADHD is...
There are three things linked to anxiety that get better with supplements: Low serotonin levels: While the role of serotonin is not completely understood, it has been found...
The first step in helping your child deal with anxiety is to recognize the symptoms of anxiety in children. For starters, they vary considerably from child to...
The first step in helping your child deal with anxiety is to recognize the symptoms of anxiety in children. For starters, they vary considerably from child to...
In an article in 2022 in the New York Times entitled ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens writer Matt Rictel made some...
In an article in 2022 in the New York Times entitled ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens writer Matt Rictel made some...
Eating disorders are often the result of trying to avoid emotions through distractions. Mindfulness-based eating disorder therapy is focused not on avoiding emotions through distractions but...
We have talked about ARFID before but let’s review it. Avoidant/restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder characterized by food avoidance or restriction that results...
Figuring out if you have an eating disorder, and if so, which eating disorder it is, is not always as easy as it may sound. It gets...
Teamwork in therapy is the key to creating a therapeutic dream team. However, there is one key component to teamwork that can make or break the treatment...
Last week I covered how my approach to treating eating disorders differs from other treatment plans. This week I want to dive deeper into how working as...
Yesterday I explained what makes eating disorders so difficult to treat. With this, it is also important to explain that just as not all patients with eating...
My colleagues often ask me why I chose to specialize in the treatment of eating disorders. The point they are making is that an eating disorder (ED)...
In our series describing eating disorders in terms that make it easier for loved ones to identify them, we have thus far covered Anorexia, Bulimarexia and we...
Sometimes it’s very hard to diagnose or identify disordered eating. Especially for family members. Did you know that when it comes to bulimia or Bulimarexia, there are...
