Recovering from Eating Disorder video (part 1)

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Category: Psychotherapy and Recovery Work

This is part one of the two part series of interviews Joanna gave to HealthyPlace.com about the experiences of adult women both seeking and working in psychotherapy specificallly designed for their eating disorder recovery needs.

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Recovering from Eating Disorder video (part 2)

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This is part two of the two part series of interviews Joanna gave to HealthyPlace.com.  Joanna describes challenges of eating disorder recovery for adult women including the experience of making that first call for help.  She continues to describe how a woman rallies her strength and courage to move forward for healing and freedom.

Book writing as recovery journey

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Writing a book about eating disorder recovery seems to parallel the recovery journey itself.

Conari Press liked my book proposal and so did I.  Now that I'm actually working on the book I feel that the proposal left out the heart and soul of recovery work.  I'm rethinking and rewriting and expanding my overall plan so I have a work that integrates tasks, thinking, behaviors and heart and soul.

Well, that's the task of recovering from an eating disorder too. So I believe I'm on the right track.  At least I'm on my track.

Bulimia Recovery: How Long Does It Take?

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A woman suffering from bulimia for three years asks: How long does it take to work the steps and recover from bulimia?

This is such a reasonable question, yet it is not answerable. I remember asking it myself after my first few 12 step meetings.