We’re all familiar with irrational thoughts—those ideas that originate in the darker parts of our mind and that when exposed to the light of awareness, are clearly unhealthy. Unfortunately, as we find with the people we work with at our teen eating disorder recovery center, we sometimes accept those irrational thoughts as valid even when they aren’t. It’s especially easy to do when you are battling an eating disorder. Read more from this blog: http://bit.ly/2m8YLme

Teen Eating Disorder Recovery Center Explains Guided Imagery Therapy

Guided imagery therapy involves the use of visualization to promote healthier behaviors and thoughts in people with eating disorders and other conditions. At our teen eating disorder recovery center we know that the images you create and hold in your mind can have a powerful influence on your emotional and mental health.

How Does Guided Imagery Therapy Work?

There is a strong correlation between what we picture in our minds and what we feel in our bodies. This is due to the direct connection between the visual cortex in our brains and various areas of our nervous system. Guided imagery therapy seeks to stimulate these paths in ways that produce positive improvements in the participant’s emotional and physical states. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2sGha9v

4 Tips for Facing Your Fears from an Anorexia Treatment Center in Roseville

People battling anorexia or other eating disorders often struggle with a wide range of negative emotions. One of them is fear—fear of the outcome if they can’t beat the disease, fear of what they’ll have to do beat the disease, fear of relapse once they are on the road to recovery, etc. At our anorexia treatment center in Roseville, we believe that there’s no such thing as actually eliminating your fears. A more realistic goal is to learn to manage them.

Are They Brave or Just Better Able to Handle Fear?

Most people who have a reputation for being brave will admit that they definitely aren’t fearless. They have simply learned how to deal with their fear in a more positive way than others. It’s a skill, not an inherent trait. The beauty of that revelation is that it means you can learn to be more courageous too. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2sG83Wt

Eating Disorder Treatment Center in California Advises: Be Confident but Not Overconfident

When it comes to “spectrums” of any kind, it seems that it’s generally wise to aim for a spot somewhere between the two extremes. That’s what we recommend to the people we work with at our eating disorder treatment center in California when it comes to recovery and their degree of confidence.

The Wisdom of the Middle Way

For people struggling to overcome an eating disorder, confidence is hard to come by. However, it is essential to success. You have to believe you can recover in order to recover. The path to a more healthy relationship with food is littered with speed bumps, roadblocks, and pitfalls. When you encounter them, you have to be able to find the self-assurance to get over, around, or out of them in order to keep making progress. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2sG7wnc

Bulimia Recovery Center in Roseville Describes Drama Therapy

In our culture, “drama” is a word that has developed a negative connotation, as in, “Oh, the drama!” But drama therapy uses the more theatrical meaning of the word. Drama therapy is what is referred to as an experiential therapy, meaning it involves participation in an experience. Art, music, play, writing, and movement therapy are other forms of experiential therapy. At our bulimia recovery center in Roseville, we love that there are so many effective ways to address eating disorders.

How Does Drama Therapy Work?

Drama therapy can involve just an individual, but more often there are a group of participants. It is led by a trained therapist who typically has both mental health counseling expertise and background in arts-based therapies. The goal of the therapy is to promote understanding, growth, and change in the participants. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2s6GEQc

5 Tips for Helping Kids Develop a Positive Body Image from an Adolescent Binge Eating Disorder Treatment Center

Whatever a child’s shape, they can have either a positive or negative image of their body. Unfortunately, body image disorders in which a child has a persistently negative view of their body can start as early as preschool. And as we tell the parents and young people we work with at our adolescent binge eating disorder treatment center, once those negative views are established, they are difficult to correct.

Promoting a Positive Image

The key to helping kids grow up with a confident appreciation for their body is to start promoting the importance of a positive body image at an early age. Here are five tips for helping young people live happily in their body, whatever its shape and size:

1. Emphasize health not weight. Is your child able to run and play with the energy and endurance they want to have? If not, what kinds of foods and eating habits would help fuel their body better? These are the kinds of food-related conversations you should have with your child. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2s6Z2bZ