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Residential Eating Disorder Treatment: What to Expect on Your First Day
Entering residential eating disorder treatment can be an overwhelming experience. Here’s what to expect your first day and why feeling nervous is normal.
In the Media | The Best Holiday Gift? Keeping Your Mouth Shut About My Body
The holiday season often means family and friends get free rein to critique our bodies, weight, and lifestyle choices. Dr. Sam DeCaro, PsyD discusses the impact of these comments and ways to redirect or shut them down altogether.
In the Media | Promoting ‘Heroin Chic’ Bodies as a Trend Endangers Mental and Physical Health
The declaration that ‘heroin chic’ bodies are back in style has reignited discussion of bodies being deemed trends. Dr. Sam DeCaro discusses how these messages can be especially harmful to those struggling with eating disorders.
In the Media | How to Deal With a Partner Who Body Shames You
Body Shaming is defined as any comment that implies that your body needs to be “fixed.” Dr. Sam DeCaro, Psy.D discusses how body shaming can be a form of emotional abuse and the dangers of these comments.
Negative Body Image: 9 Tips for Improving Body Esteem [UPDATED]
Negative body image continues to be a problem for most Americans owing to harmful media biases and unrealistic beauty standards. Let’s change that.
In the Media | How to Avoid Body Shaming During a Day of Feasting on Thanksgiving
Dr. Erin Wentroble, PsyD, Site Director of the Renfrew Center of Pittsburgh, provides insight on surviving the holidays and advises how to avoid triggering conversations based around food.
Thanksgiving & Eating Disorder Recovery: 3 Useful Tips for Navigating the Holidays
If you are navigating treatment or recovery from an eating disorder, you may start to feel some stress or anxiety as Thanksgiving approaches, a season marked by food-centered events and invitations to spend lots of time with family, friends, and colleagues. Here are 3 tips to help you manage.
In the Media | For the Last Time: Body Types Are Not Trends
Dr. Sam DeCaro, PsyD, discusses the dangers of treating bodies as commodities and how to reject the concept of trending body types.
Affirmations & Journaling: 8 Tips for Rewiring Negative Thinking & Improving Your Mental Health
Affirmations and journaling can help shift how we think and feel about ourselves. Here are some helpful tips to better prioritize your mental health.
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