Is Therapy Political? With Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC
Is it a therapist’s responsibility to advocate for social justice, to take a stance on political issues that impact the lives of their clients and/or minoritized groups? Or are therapists supposed to ...
26 Nov 202553min
A Bariatric Psychologist's Story
Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that modifies a person’s stomach and sometimes intestines to help them lose weight. In the eating disorder recovery world, this topic isn’t discussed often bec...
11 Nov 202553min
Adoption, Trauma in Infancy, and Eating Disorders
In healthcare, we know that the same set of symptoms can reflect different underlying causes. The more we understand the range of causality and underlying dynamics in eating disorders, the more we can...
28 Okt 202556min
Anti-Racism in Group Psychotherapy
In this episode, Dr. Marcia Nickow talks about anti-racism, DEI, and white privilege.Marcia shares how her upbringing as the child of Holocaust survivors influenced her interest in these topics. She d...
16 Sep 20251h 15min
Decentering Weight in Eating Disorder Treatment
So much of Western medicine has been tied up with body weight. Weight is often disproportionately and inaccurately associated with health. Weight loss is a common recommendation for many health condit...
6 Aug 202555min
Symptom Management vs. Root Causes in Eating Disorder Treatment
In eating disorder treatment, do we focus on managing symptoms or addressing root causes?There are so many issues tied into this question, at both a theoretical and very practical level. Treatment foc...
28 Jul 20251h
Spirituality in Eating Disorder Recovery: Crystals, Sound Healing, and Biofield Tuning
How do you know?So many challenges to any particular position boil down to this question. How do you know that what you're saying is accurate? How do you know that the modality you're using is effecti...
21 Jul 20251h 4min
Connecting through ideological divides: An introduction to dialogue
In this episode, Elka Cubacub provides a framework for understanding the "what, why, and how" of dialogue in this podcast.To participate in dialogue, please complete the following interest form https:...
16 Jul 202540min
