Eating
Disorders
You
Know
Your
Relationship
With
Food
Is
Not
Normal
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 Suffering
from
an
eating
disorder
is
agonizing
and
frustrating.
I
specialize
in
working
with
overeaters
and
bulimics.
Whether
overweight,
visibly
evident
to
others
or
bulimic,
usually
secret
from
all,
you
probably
have
suffered
enormously
and
experienced
repeated
failed
attempts
to
change
your
behavior.
A
common
misconception,
which
you
yourself
may
hold,
is
that
you
simply
need
more
willpower
or
discipline.
But
the
problem
runs
much
deeper.
You
feel
controlled
by
food
itself
and
your
thoughts
about
food.
You
are
out
of
control.
Overeating,
bingeing,
bingeing
and
purging
(whether
by
vomiting,
laxatives,
diuretics,
over
exercising,
restrictive
eating
following
an
episode
of
overeating,
or
ongoing
restrictive
eating),
severe
discomfort
with
the
way
your
body
looks,
low
self-esteem
or
self-hatred,
social
withdrawal,
perfectionism
or
chaos
are
all
symptoms
of
these
eating
disorders.
Your
life
is
full
of
regrets
and
broken
promises
to
yourself.
Your
life
is
controlled
by
your
problem
with
food.
I
approach
the
treatment
of
eating
disorders
through
a
combination
of
education,
support,
guidance,
and
gentle
confrontation.
I
combine
a
cognitive/behavioral
approach
with
a
psychodynamic
model
and
a
family
therapy
perspective.
This
means
together
we
design
a
concrete
plan
of
action
while
uncovering
the
underlying
meaning
of
these
self-destructive
behaviors.
The
systems
view
of
family
therapy
explores
the
dysfunctional
roles
you
have
taken
on
in
your
family
and
social
world
which
may
contribute
to
maintaining
your
eating
disorder.
Once
understood,
these
unhealthy
thoughts
and
beliefs
must
be
corrected.
This
is
happens
through
interpretation,
clarification,
reframing,
behavior
modification
and
ongoing
encouragement
and
gentle
confrontation.
Self-help
groups,
such
as
Overeaters
Anonymous
or
Weight
Watchers,
can
sometimes
be
helpful.
But
to
overcome
an
eating
disorder,
your
thinking,
your
feelings,
your
behavior
all
must
change.
While
this
is
asking
a
lot
of
yourself,
with
my
guidance,
you
will
have
the
chance
to
redefine
yourself
in
your
world
and
truly
change
your
relationship
with
food. |
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©
2010
Linda
Charnes
New
York,
psychotherapist,
therapist,
counseling,
individual,
couple,
family,
weight,
loss,
eating
disorder,
bulimia,
overeating,
parenting.
Linda
Charnes,
Psychotherapy,
Therapy,
212.772.1695
Updated on 12.24.2009
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