Crazy times. We are all experiencing hardships of one sort or another during the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic and for anyone struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, it may be making your challenges even harder. Isolation, social distancing, PPE and m...

In psychology, egosyntonic refers to the behaviors, values, and feelings that are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image. One of the reasons Anorexia, Orthorexia and other restrictive food behaviors ar...

The pies just came out of the oven and the wafting aroma of pumpkin spice and pastry follows me up to our attic bedroom.  I am looking forward to our family gathering tomorrow, my niece Jessi is preparing a Korean pork dish as an alternative to the traditional turkey....

I recently relocated to Des Moines from Austin, Texas and I am establishing my psychotherapy practice here as a specialist in the treatment of Anorexia, Orthorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and related body image concerns.  I am close to the Drake campus and have...

A young client of mine recently asked me how I got interested in treating eating disorders.  I explained to her that my graduate work at The University of Texas in Austin involved extra training in the field of addictions, with multiple internships at facilities that t...

I love coffee.  Especially on a March morning when there's a light snow falling.  I love to meet friends for lattes (and yoga) and spend time talking about the things that are important to us. 

Lately I've been pondering how much I value healthy...

 Winter is upon us here in the more northern part of the country. It was seven degrees this morning as I took my first phone call to talk about recovery with one of my clients recovering from an eating disorder.  As a psychotherapist (musician and yoga teacher) I work...

I can hardly believe it's that time of year again and we're having conversations about self-care over the holidays.  Everybody knows this is a stressful season under the best of circumstances, but it's really hard if you are going through extra struggles.  For many of...

Most of the people I've worked with as a therapist in the last twenty-five years have been going through some kind of change in their life.  Maybe it's the transition from teen to young adult, or maybe they just graduated from college or were recently divorced. These a...