Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, M.A. - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Certified Eating Disorders Specialist
Posted by in Blog Times are changing! France just passed a law banning unhealthy, thin models—models now have to have medical clearance to work. Employers who break this law risk fines and possible jail as penalties. Also, advertising images that have been Photoshopped will need to be noted as such. Do I think this will prevent eating disorders? No.…Read more »
Posted by in Blog An ongoing hot topic seems to be eating disorder therapists self-disclosing a personal history of having had an eating disorder. Some in the field of eating disorders support this self-disclosure to clients; it can help ofter hope. Some in the field have discouraged clinicians from self-disclosing personal recovery from an eating disorder; various reasons are offered as to why.…Read more »
Posted by in Blog In September, 2016, I had the privilege of speaking at the Cincinnati NEDAwareness walk and bringing #ShakeIt for Self-Acceptance! to Ohio. You can watch the speech right here (and/or selected parts are pasted below). For short (2-3 minute speeches) that help inspire about self-acceptance, visit www.ShakeItforSelfAcceptance.com ******** I am enough. You are enough. We are…Read more »
Posted by in Blog A while ago, my colleague and friend, Dr. Lauren Muhlheim, and I wrote a paper (Eating disorders and scope of competence for outpatient psychotherapists). While researching potential medical consequences of different eating disorder behaviors, we came across something that is supposedly not common and there is very few articles on it: acute massive gastric dilatation.…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Quite a few months ago, I read “Habit learning and anorexia nervosa: A cognitive neuroscience hypothesis,” by Steinglass and Walsh. This research revealed that a person with anorexia nervosa might actually make food decisions from an area of the brain associated with the habit. This may help to explain why it can be so difficult for…Read more »
Posted by in Blog The following blog is intended to help loved ones to understand what having an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, other specified and unspecified feeding and eating disorders, and likely avoidant/restrictive feeding and eating disorder) can/might feel like for the person who is afflicted. Please feel free to see if it helps…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Thoughts… Last week at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, two themes stood out. First, our LIVED EXPERIENCES matter along with how those can get missed in eating disorders research, data, and generalizations. Second, our LANGUAGE/LANGUAGING matters along with how we can bolster or limit by the choices of words we use as professionals in…Read more »
Posted by in Blog I felt honored to write a guest blog with Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., CEDS, for Kantor & Kantor, Eating Disorder Legal Assistance. If you are curious about how someone might seem a specialist on an insurance list, check out this blog: Consumer beware: What you should know about in-network provider lists
Posted by in Blog The following continues to be the most influential combination of words in my life. This hung on a plaque in my childhood home (Thank you, Mom and Dad). I remember being so young and fascinated by it–sounding out the words. I remember going to the family room dictionary (Yes, a big, big paper one with…Read more »
Posted by in Blog OK, this has to be a short blog today, but the topic is so important… Here I shout: “Between Sports Illustrated and Barbie, it has been an exciting time of change!” And of course, with all positives, there are usually also challenges. AND, to see body diversity in our influential images may help to normalize…Read more »