The Eating Disorder Therapist

A Perspective to Help You Let Go of your Eating Disorder

An eating disorder can feel like a safe life-raft in an uncertain world. It is familiar and known.

How can you shift perspective and genuinely find the desire to change, and find motivation to do this? I talk about one-way to do this. I hope that you find it helpful.

 

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Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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Developing Innovative and Personalised Treatment Programmes for People with Eating Disorders, with Professor Melainie Rogers (BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center™)

Today I’m talking to internationally recognised eating disorder expert and nutritionist Melainie Rogers, who is founder and CEO of Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Centre in New York City.

Melainie is a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD) and Supervisor.  She is the Founder and CEO of Manhattan-based BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center™, now Joint Commission Accredited as a Centre of Excellence with the facility receiving The Gold Seal of Approval® – an internationally recognised symbol of quality and safety in behavioural healthcare. There she leads a team of medical clinicians, therapists, counsellors, nutritionists, dietitians, social workers, coaches all dedicated to whole body and mind recovery for clients of all ages, races and genders seeking to overcome both eating disorders and disordered eating.  Among her many affiliations: founder and past president of the New York City chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation, an Advisory Board Member at the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, and a former Board Member of the Binge Eating Disorder Association.

Renowned for creating unique treatment and recovery programs derived from a philosophy based on the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size, Melainie regularly presents internationally on the latest scientific research and treatment paradigms within the eating disorder recovery community.  BALANCE eating disorder programs utilise an integrative therapeutic approach that incorporates evidence-based treatments into individualised recovery plans that include behavioural therapy, nutrition counselling, group therapy, and meal support to empower clients to develop a sustainable neutral relationship with food, body acceptance and positive self-esteem.

In the episode today, Melainie talks about her journey into working in eating disorders, including her own lived experience. She explains the unique approach that BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center offers including a focus around personalised nutrition, Intuitive Eating Principles and Health At Every Size.  She explores vulnerabilities towards eating disorders in the LGBTQ community; exposure therapy around fear foods; healing from binge eating disorder and much more. I hope that you enjoy the conversation..

 

To find out more about Melainie and Balance Eating Disorder Center:

Website: https://balancedtx.com/

Instagram: @balancedtx

 

This week's sponsor:

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Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

 

Overcoming Mental Restriction in Eating Disorder Recovery

Today I talk about mental restriction around food. Something that many people struggle with. I explore: -

What is mental restriction?

What are the negative costs of mentally restricting food?

How can you move to stop this?

I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

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Childhood Adversity, Diet Trauma and Gastric Surgery with Safi Abdi

Today I’m talking to Safi Abdi, a qualified Hypnotherapist, coach, and a trainee Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, dedicated to transforming lives through helping people to change their mindset and heal from diet trauma. As the host of the Gastric Mindset Podcast, Safi delves deep into the psychological roots of yo-yo dieting, empowering people who have had struggled with food and with insights and strategies for sustainable change.

From battling childhood obesity to undergoing weight loss surgery in 2015, Safi intimately understands the struggles of the journey to a healthier lifestyle. Her personal experiences have fuelled her mission to help others break free from the vicious cycle of dieting.

Drawing from her own journey and her ongoing training as a therapist, Safi offers personalised 1-2-1 coaching, providing clients with the tools and support they need to break free from destructive habits and cultivate lasting success on maintaining their weight loss after Bariatric surgery. 

Excitingly, Safi is launching the Mind-Over-Diet community, offering accessible support for individuals navigating the challenges off recovering from, chronic dieting, disordered eating patterns and food addiction.

In the episode today, Safi shares openly about her childhood and teenage years, delving into the early trauma and later diet culture that profoundly impacted her. Safi explores the years of yo-yo diets and preoccupation with food, weight and body and the devastating impact on her wellbeing. She also talks about gastric surgery and her work in supporting others. Safi is an incredible inspiration, navigating the ups and downs of her healing journey. I’ll be inviting her back to talk more about gastric surgery and the aftermath of managing weight loss and relationship with food later this year. I hope that you enjoy it.

Follow Safi on Instagram @gastricmindset on all platforms and tune in to her podcast on YouTube and TikTok for invaluable insights and inspiration. For more information about Safi visit www.therapybysafi.com

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Using Inversion Mindset: 10 Things NOT to do in Eating Disorder Recovery

Are you motivated by the 'carrot' or 'stick' approach when it comes to change? Reading up on the inversion mindset (something that is used by many people in personal development to bring about effective change), I thought I would apply this to eating disorder recovery. I talk about 10 things NOT to do in recovery. Let me know if you find this helpful, or not! I hope that you enjoy it.

James Clear - about Inversion: https://jamesclear.com/inversion

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

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How to Break Free from Binge Eating, with Marcelle Rose

Today I have a returning guest to the podcast and I am talking to Marcelle Rose, founder of Marcelle Rose Nutrition. Marcelle specialises in helping women beat binge eating, bulimia, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting so they can make peace with their body and heal their relationship with food. She acknowledges that for many people that this is a transformational experience, so they can reclaim their life.

Marcelle is a BANT registered nutritionist and health coach with specialist training in eating disorders and behaviour change, being a Master Practitioner from the NCFED, plus having undertaken further training in Socratic Questioning for ED’s and body image.

Today, Marcelle is going to do a deep dive into binge eating. She’s going to explore common factors that contribute to people developing binge eating behaviours. Marcelle will talk about what distinguishes ‘normal’ eating from disordered eating. She’s also then going to give you some practical steps to begin the process of overcoming binge eating and healing your relationship with food.

So much packed into this conversation. I hope that you enjoy it.

 

To get in touch with Marcelle: -

Break the Cycle Binge Eating Guide

Website: http://www.marcellerosenutrition.co.uk

Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/marcellerosenutrition

The FOOD FREEDOM COLLECTIVE free Facebook community

Supporting women to find peace with their body & build a happy relationship with food

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Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/marcellerosenutrition/

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

 

Diet Pills and Eating Disorders

In this episode, I explore the use of diet pills and eating disorders. It's a topic that is not talked about enough. I'm aware that many people may be struggling with a physical and mental dependency to these pills.

I explore the link between diet pills and eating disorders; how these pills are so easily accessible and 'normalised'; different types of pills and how to begin to come off them. Please do consult with your medical doctor before making any changes around diet pill usage. I hope that you find this helpful.

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

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12 Suggested Topics to Focus On in Eating Disorder Recovery

Today I talk about 12 suggested target areas in eating disorder recovery.

I include: -

1. Exploring your past and working on motivation.

2. Escaping from diet culture and finding your values.

3. Regular eating and stabilising blood sugar.

4. Breaking free from compensatory strategies.

5. Emotions - awareness, dysregulation and building emotional intelligence.

6. Self-compassion - something we all need!

7. Developing a master mindset around food.

8. Introducing forbidden foods.

9. Developing a better body image,

10. Finding your voice through assertiveness skills.

11. Boosting self-worth and feeling good enough.

12. Managing inevitable relapse and reframing this

 

I hope that you find it helpful.

 

This week's sponsor:

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

If you are interested in joining the waiting list for the Bulimia and Binge Eating courses, please email me: harriet.frew@gmail.com

 

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Psychological and Mindset Shifts in Recovery (Part 5): Control as Coping and Eating Disorders

Although eating disorder recovery requires behaviour change and a focus on food, it also requires psychological and mindset work. If this part of recovery is not addressed, you are at risk of being stuck in a quasi-recovered place or simply thinking that 'recovery doesn't work for me'. 

This is part five on all things psychology and mindset in eating disorder recovery. Many people with eating disorders consciously or unconsciously find that a focus on food and body can bring a sense of safety and control, when life has felt overwhelming and out of control. In this episode, I explore how this plays out and how you can begin to let go of control and surrender, not only with food but in relationships and wider life.  I hope that you find it helpful.

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

 20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN

 

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Eating Disorder Recovery, A Cancer Diagnosis and Finding Greater Meaning and Purpose, with Cindy Spratt

Today I’m talking to Cindy Spratt, who's a holistic & functional nutritionist that specialises in eating disorder recovery. Cindy speaks about an all-encompassing approach that teaches fundamentals of nutrition, listening to the body, learning how to respect and love the body, and rebuilding a loving and joyful relationship with food, so that people can thrive long term and feel good about food and in their body.

Cindy has been on her own healing journey. As a young girl she loved being in the kitchen and creating and connecting through food. Her first job was at a local tea house, aged 11, and with a local catering company soon after.

Throughout her teenage years, however, Cindy’s relationship with food morphed into something different. She spent almost a decade as a competitive gymnast, where weight and body image were of heightened focus. When the time came to step away from gymnastics, the drastic drop in exercise, along with puberty and the complex mental/emotional challenges of adolescence, her once loving, and rather normal relationship with food, was replaced by something deeply dysfunctional.

From Cindy’s teens well into her twenties, her food journey became her biggest struggle. She found herself in the throes of bingeing and purging, starving, dieting, over-exercising, and popping pills. She describes the shame and guilt that engulfed her during those years as devastating, and the loneliness, unbearable.

In her mid-twenties, Cindy came to the realisation that her health was suffering, that there was more to her than an eating disorder, and more to this life than struggle. Determined to find a way to bring back her love of food and turn her life’s journey into something positive, she aligned herself to a new path and began to look to the health world for guidance.

And then…Cindy’s life was turned upside down

At 32, as a young wife and mother, and well on her way to being fully recovered from the eating disorder, doctors found a cancerous tumor in her colon. She endured a life altering colon resection and was advised to endure several rounds of chemo.

Opting out of chemo, Cindy set out to up her health game. She went back to school, turned to exercise for therapy, and opened up her spirit to life’s teachings.

What she found was a calling: to help others find their own positive food journey and to be the help she didn’t have when she was younger.

Since then, Cindy has spent years in school becoming a nutritional enthusiast, a kitchen muse, and a food and body advocate, receiving certifications in Holistic Nutrition, Functional Nutrition, Culinary Nutrition, Eating Psychology, and Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching. Her kitchen is now a joyful and creative space, once again. She has learned how to listen to her body, reuniting it with athleticism, dance, and the wondrous outdoors.

Cindy’s life story with food has taught her endless lessons: to embrace every moment with gratitude and compassion, to listen to life’s teachings, and that believing in oneself is half the battle. She hopes to pass this along to others.

In the episode today, Cindy explores her healing journey with food, and the ups and downs along this tumultuous path. She talks about getting started in recovery with nutrition and also shares some of her best tips for addressing psychology and a bigger picture of recovery. It's an inspiring episode and I hope that you enjoy it.

To find out more about Cindy: -

Website: - https://www.cindyspratt.com/

Instagram: - @cindysprattnutrition

 

This week's sponsor:-

Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

 

 20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN