Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, M.A. - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Certified Eating Disorders Specialist
Posted by in Blog Procrastinating can be a positive thing to do. Yes, you read that correctly. People who do it and judge themselves poorly will benefit by looking at how procrastinating helps them. That said, those who don’t know how to do it might want to learn how, too. (Click for full article)
Posted by in Blog Waiting tables was my steady gig throughout my teens and young adulthood, and I dreaded every Mother’s Day. I prided myself on making sure my tables had a positive experience. However, that was too often not possible on Mother’s Day. I recall the patterns. Families either got along great or acted cranky, tense, dismissive, demanding,…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Your social media may be baiting you to watch content that can exacerbate body dissatisfaction. That’s according to a new review by Harriger and colleagues in the Body Image journal (published early online, 2022, April 1). Body dissatisfaction contributes to various problems, such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, eating and body image struggles, eating disorders, and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. (Click for full article)
Posted by in Blog According to Study Finds,1 over a fifth of people admitted to eating while in the bathtub and 18 percent on the toilet. In the UK, 2,000 people were polled by OnePoll, and they revealed some of the strangest places they like to snack in private. Contrary to a lot of the press that’s been capitalizing on…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Research published in the Journal of Eating Disorders on December 24, 2021, “Case Reports of New-Onset Eating Disorders in Older Adult Cancer Survivors,” counters the popularly held belief that young people exclusively suffer from these illnesses. Further, considering the mental and physical dedication it takes to become a cancer survivor, it also spotlights the heartbreaking influence of…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Many of us make resolutions we won’t meet or maintain. For example, refer to past years when you’ve said, “It’s going to be different this time.” And then, once again, it ended up a resolution shmesolution. This year, before you set your promises in stone in your mind or on paper, I invite you to…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Although “Happy holidays!” is usually intended as a kind, warm wish to another human being, it doesn’t always feel that way to receive or give. For someone in emotional pain, “Happy holidays!” can: Seem like a command they’ve failed to fulfill: “Be happy, it’s the holidays!” Be experienced as emotionally negating (similar to someone saying to you,…Read more »
Posted by in Blog COVID has given us a solid run with online therapy. I’ve heard many therapists say they prefer virtual work and are “never going back” to offices. I’ve seen many articles that declare that online therapy is as effective as (or even superior to) in-person. And, that might be true. Supporting the claims, 2020 research revealed that thus far,…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Just in time for the 2021 holiday season, a new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders on November 11, 2021, provides in-depth, data-driven feedback on subjective binge episodes. “Lived experiences of subjective binge eating: An inductive thematic analysis” expands our understanding of this binge type. There are two main types of eating binges: objective…Read more »
Posted by in Blog The media has portrayed the looks of the three most well-recognized eating disorders—anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder (BED)—as distinct, and judgments are often made about the severity and social stigma of each. OSFED, which stands for “other specified feeding and eating disorder,” is the catchall term for behaviors and attitudes almost fit one of the other three. It, too,…Read more »