Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, M.A. - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Certified Eating Disorders Specialist
Posted by in Blog I rarely intensely focus on “body image” or “body dissatisfaction.” Why? Well, let’s think about this. If we try to find love for “it” or focus on parts of “it” or the size or “it,” I see these attempts as further splitting us from our wholeness. A body, to me, isn’t an “it” that separates…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Because anyone can state they specialize in eating disorders, this can leave a struggling human in a vulnerable position. Those who advertise that they treat eating disorders need to have received specialized training. Basic higher education is not enough, typically, to work competently with people who have eating disorders. Yet, the public may not know…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Welcome to anxiety 101! A friend (Samantha!) and I were chatting about the power of anxiety and how it affects lives. So I decided to write a blog about it. Here is some info about anxiety from a therapist’s perspective. (I’m experimenting with writing conversationally, so this might seem incredibly casual—it’s meant to.) There are…Read more »
Posted by in Blog So you’ve tried magnesium, “improving” your diet, therapy, and even meds, but nothing works. So frustrating! I “get” it. Are you willing to look at this from a potentially different point of view? If yes, please read on. Bravo for having attempted so many methods! That tells me you must have the qualities of persistence…Read more »
Posted by in Blog As I write this today, we are heading towards more freedom from this quarantine. For some, this Safer at Home experience hasn’t been too bad. For others, it’s been PAINFUL. For countless people, the fear of illness and anxiety about both unknowns and losses have been tormenting. We are truly in unprecedented times… GROWTH Extreme…Read more »
Posted by in Blog I’m feeling like I HAVE to talk about the Superbowl halftime in a different way than what is being said! I keep hearing about JLo’s over-50 amaze-body and Shakira’s over-40 blah, blah, blah. Here’s the deal: They spend hours and hours DAILY working on their bodies. And even if we all were millionaires with top-of-the-line…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Blog on the Fourth of July. Random thoughts, and not of the professional ilk. Though, I will tie in eating and body image issues at the end, since I usually blog about eating disorders/disordered eating. WHY ROAD TRIPS ARE IMPORTANT So on this Fourth, I have a different appreciation of our Country. Just spent DAYS…Read more »
Posted by in Blog We live in a diet-minded culture. The annual revenues of our diet industry exceed $60 billion. About 90 million people in the United States are on a diet each year, which is almost one-third of our nation’s population. Daily, our technology and media offer a relentless flow of messages: we need to “lose weight,” “get…Read more »
Posted by in Blog In a treatment team setting, I was recently working with a medical doctor (MD) whom I very much respect. She deeply cares about patients’ mental and physical wellness. Because our mutual patient, who was considered “obese” according to BMI, had not shared their weight history of struggles with their size and diets, the MD had…Read more »
Posted by in Blog During a time when nearly everything private goes public on social media, acts of “quiet kindness” can feel rare. According to kindness researchers, Binfet and Enns, quiet kindness refers to a form of kindness where the recipient may not know who initiated the kind act and there is little to no external reinforcement. In other…Read more »