Eating disorders are often talked about as something a person struggles with on their own. In reality, they tend to reach into nearly every relationship in someone's life, romantic partners, friendships, family, and often quietly reshape how a person shows up socially. Understanding this relational...
When people think about eating disorders, they usually picture behavior around food. Skipped meals, binges, calorie counting, rigid rules. What's talked about far less is what happens inside the brain while all of this is going on. An eating disorder doesn't just change what someone...
It is rare to work with someone in trauma therapy without some history of substance use entering the picture. And it is equally rare to work with someone around substance use without finding trauma somewhere in the background. The two are not always spoken about...
When someone develops a problem with alcohol or drugs, the explanation that gets offered most often is a personal failing - a lack of willpower, poor decisions, or a character flaw. But that framing misses something important. For many people, substance use begins as a...