Miami, FL. - Oliver-Pyatt Centers Creating Multidisciplinary Treatment Team

Multi-disciplinary treatment program offering high quality, comprehensive Day Treatment and Intensive Outpatient programs for the treatment of eating disorders seeks enthusiastic and psychologically minded clinical team, for both full and part time positions. Our treatment settings are intimate, with a high staff to client ratio, and a maximum of eight clients in each of the two programs. We emphasize individual therapy, and a highly individualized treatment plan for each of our clients. We are creating a team of dedicated professionals for our June 2008 opening. All disciplines are encouraged to apply. We aim to create a flexible work environment which supports a balanced lifestyle and professional development for our Clinical Team. Competitive salary/benefits package. For more information on our programs, please visit www.oliverpyattcenters.com. To apply, please contact Vicki Kroviak, at vkroviak@oliverpyattcenters.com.

Would you like to participate in a research study?

Research Study using MRI to examine Bulimia Nervosa in adolescent girls.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

12-21 yrs old

Females

All ethnic groups

WHERE?

The study will take place at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive in Manhattan.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

Participation in our study will include a visit that will require 5-6 hours of your time and include interviews, games and puzzles, and an MRI.

The total compensation will be $100 per person. For more information please call the Eating Disorders Clinic at 212-543-5316 and mention the BN MRI study.

thanks!

name: Rachel Marsh, Ph.D.

telephone: 212-543-5384

Share Your Letter to Your Eating Disorder Here.....

Dear Eating Disorder,

You have been a miserable enemy destroying my life and also my knot at the end of my rope when life seems overwhelming. Life OFTEN seems overwhelming! So, giving you up was not an option for a long time. I needed you to just get through my life.

To deal with all the uncertainty, self doubt, self rejection, rejection by others, etc…all the stuff that generates highly uncomfortable feelings of pain, sadness, loss, despair, hopelessness, loneliness, abandonment and shame. You, ED, are the poster child for my former complete rejection of myself! A sort of sick detour from accepting the reality of who I am, what I am, the circumstances of my life, etc. You lied to me and told me it could all be different and so much better if I lost weight and looked as beautiful as the media images constantly plastered in front of me. Then you further confused me by offering comfort and solace in food. So, you owned me, eating or fasting, fat or thin, I always turned to you.

Only my work with a wonderful therapist & God saved me from your complete destruction of my life. I borrowed the therapist’s unconditional acceptance and approval for myself until I could begin to offer some of this to myself. We faced my demons, we restructured a lot of erroneous conclusions I had drawn about life, and slowly pulled me out of the hell of my eating disorder. That being said, the biggest and far most powerful thing that pulled me from you, Eating Disorder, was God. I now turn to my faith in a loving, omniscient, omnipotent God who has it all under control. I accept I do not have it all figured out, under control, or even necessarily understand all the painful things that happen in life. Rather, I make the knot at the end of my rope, my faith in God, not food, thinness, or image. This was nothing short of a miracle considering I had been willing to sacrifice my health, my relationships, my future and more to be thin.

I now know that I do not need you Eating Disorder. You are an illusion, a lie, possibly straight from hell. I know that God loves me, created me for a purpose, and that I am beautiful and perfect just as he designed me. I do not need to be anything other than who I am, that is good enough…..

-Anonymous

Excellent YouTube ED Recovery Story...Inspiring..Authentic!

myartisfashion said...

My "search for happiness" in my eating disorder recovery documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqvFME5Nn0A

Eating Disorders Unit of University Medical Center at Princeton hiring…

The Eating Disorders Unit of University Medical Center at Princeton invites applications for a full-time primary therapist position. The Therapist will work as a professional member of an interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment team in a general medical setting, providing individual, group and family psychotherapy for inpatients and partial hospitalization patients.

Qualified applicants will possess a Masters Degree in social work, psychology or a related field, be licensed or license-eligible in New Jersey, and have previous experience in treating eating disorders or working in an inpatient setting.

To apply contact Erica Saunders, esaunders@princetonhcs.org, or fax a resume to 609-297-9114. You can also visit our website at www.princetonhcs.org

CENTER FOR CHANGE ANNOUNCES NEW MID-TRACK INTENSIVE PROGRAM™

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Contact: Tamara Noyes, Business Development Director

Company Name: Center For Change

Voice Phone Number: 801-224-8255

Fax Number: 801-224-8301

Email address: tnoyes@centerforchange.com

Website URL: www.centerforchange.com

CENTER FOR CHANGE ANNOUNCES NEW MID-TRACK INTENSIVE PROGRAM™

Center For Change now offers a specialized intensive treatment track for clients that are currently in residential treatment and will be returning to the referring facility. Clients that have recently completed an inpatient or residential treatment program are also eligible for this specialty track. We have a 45 to 60 day program designed to aggressively treat the client’s eating disorder in a specialized and caring environment. Our goal is to stabilize the client’s maladaptive behaviors and provide her with new approaches to food and body image that will enable her to successfully complete treatment at your facility and regain her life. Clients will receive comprehensive medical, psychiatric, psychological and dietary interventions during the course of treatment. Clients will initially have four individual therapy sessions per week with our highly trained therapists and also have weekly visits with a psychiatrist, medical doctor, and dietitian; we also provide 24 hour nursing coverage. We work in conjunction with the referring facility and have weekly updates and phone sessions with the referring facility to ensure a smooth transition of care. We provide a comprehensive aftercare and dietary plan for the client that is tailored to the environment that she is returning to. We also will be available for weekly follow-up consultations once the client has been discharged from our program and returned to the referring facility to help promote a full recovery.

The key components of our specialty program include:

• Extensive evaluation and assessment process
• Medical stabilization and monitoring
• Ongoing laboratory checks and medication evaluation
• Specialized structure for managing eating disorder symptoms and patterns
• Body image and body movement groups
• Weekly dietary sessions, real-life dining experiences, and nutritional counseling
• Intuitive eating model
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Specialty groups focusing on trauma, abuse, anxiety and depression
• 12-Step group for addictive patterns
• Life skills training including cooking classes
• Art and experiential groups

Please contact Pam Kidd, our Admissions Director, at 888-224-8250 if you have any questions or need additional information. We look forward to working together to bring hope and healing to these incredible adolescent and adult women.

Normal-Sized Models and Health for Bigger Bodies

Normal-Sized Models and Health for Bigger Bodies ...article by Don Altman, MA, LPC @ Mindfulpractices Here's some positive news. The company behind Skippy Peanut Butter and Lipton Tea (Unilever) announced recently that it would no longer use "super slim" actors and models in its advertising. The company is advising its advertising agencies to use models who fall into the BMI range from 18.5 to 25. Having more normal sized models and actors selling products can only be beneficial for those who are vulnerable to the idea that thin is "in" and the only standard of beauty. There's more good news about not being thin that has been in the news lately from the Imperial College in London, England... Molecular imaging professor Dr. Jimmy Bell and his research team have done MRIs on over 800 people since 1994 in an effort to create "fat maps" of where fat is stored in the body. His research shows that those who maintain weight through diet as opposed to exercise have major deposits of fat surrounding internal organs-- even if they have an externally thin body. In response to the findings, Dr. Bell says, "the whole concept of being fat needs to be redefined." The good news here is that exercise and an improved diet helps to burn off internal fat that can surround and streak throughout vital organs. This is supportive of the health at any size movement, where long-term activity has been shown to be important to health and fitness. Here's where mindfulness can help. Being aware of how and when "convenience" reduces our activity can be one factor towards changing habits that make us sedentary. Parking the car further away from the store, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, and making time to spend 20 minutes walking after lunch can integrate activity and health into our busy lives.

Recovery vs. Recovered Debate...

The debate over whether someone can fully recover from an eating disorder continues to rage on...Some prominent leaders in the eating disorder treatment community are adament that one call fully recover.........as in RECOVERED. As for me, I am not sure what I believe... In my own recovery from an eating disorder I can say that I am around 95% recovered, and that is after working on becoming healthy for about 25 years.....It has truly been a 2 steps forward, 1 step backward process of improvement over the years. Sometimes, seeming like it would never end. However, just hanging in there, and going back to the recovery tools that I know work for me has been my saving grace.....

What do you think? Is it possible to fully recover?

Pregnancy Can Trigger Binge Eating in Some Women

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Death By Anorexia

A colleague of mine, who has specialized in the field of eating
disorder treatment, recently lost a client to anorexia The client was
a woman in her mid-30’s who had been through 6 inpatient treatment
centers and engaged in outpatient eating disorder treatment with a
team of a psychologist, nutritionist, cardiologist, and physician.
She also struggled with alcoholism and attended AA periodically.

It appears that the cause of death was heart failure. This young woman
lived a very isolated life and was not discovered dead in her home
until a week after her death. She had a family that was able to
provide her a very comfortable lifestyle and financial security. She
was smart, attractive and kind.

I know we have all seen cases like this over and over again. In
hindsight, it is apparent that even with the best of care, this woman
simply could not choose recovery over her anorexia. She was a strong
woman; full of discipline…I do not fault her for lack of
determination…but rather am sad to acknowledge we do not yet know
enough of the physiological/neurological causes of eating disorders.

This woman’s death is a tragic loss. However, we will continue to
research and uncover the genetic, environmental, familial and social
factors that contribute to eating disorders.

I take my sadness over this loss and use it to fuel my passion to
continue to explore and promote eating disorder recovery.

Please share any other known deaths by eating disorders here. Perhaps a site visitor will read it as a wake up call, and hopefully those who have lost a loved one or patient
to an eating disorder will find comfort in knowing they are not alone.

Jacquelyn Ekern, MS
www.EatingDisorderHope.com