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CBT Therapy Exercises
Dear Bee, I was given a worksheet a few weeks ago by my therapist, and I am now starting to really look at it, given that I have much more clarity and strength than I did at the beginning of my...
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Anxiety, fear, and avoiding an “unavoidable” binge
Dear Bee, I am experiencing some rough anxiety right now. This is difficult. Normally, by this point, I would have already fallen prey to your intoxicating calls, but things are different now. I have...
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Eating disorder= food addiction?
Dear Bee, I have always been fascinated with the realm of addiction. You sparked that interest in me. See, I knew you had some good in you! Anyway, I studied this field in college and am currently...
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Barely tasting anything at all
Dear Bee, I feel compelled to write to you A LOT these past few days. Hmm. I am choosing to embrace it. I have much to say, and I would much rather channel my emotions through a creative medium than a...
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Following structure in recovery
On a personal level, last night was a wild, eye-opening experience for me. Today, when I woke up, I could not identify exactly how I felt. Admittedly, it can be strange toying with conflicting...
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A year from now, you may be wishing you had started today
Dear Bee, New year and new beginnings. I heard a great quote this morning, “A year from now, you may be wishing you had started today.” This resonated with me, because we often miserably FAIL at...
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Just say no to drugs and alcohol…but what about eating disorders?
Dear Bee, Nobody warned me about you. Growing up in middle-class cookie-cutter suburbia, you were not the potent addiction people feared. You were not campaigned or fought against. Nobody ever told me...
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Getting rid of you doesn’t get rid of problems
Dear Bee, You came into my life because I desperately needed you. You offered me a sense of control, unconditional love, and relief from pain. Just because you’re now gone doesn’t mean I no longer want...
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EDNOS aka the neglected middle child
Dear Bee, In my therapy session, I was sharing how I occasionally feel like I don’t “fit in” with the classic eating disorder symptoms. Technically, according to the current DSM-IV-TR, I meet the...
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late night thoughts on sugar, making excuses, and becoming a therapist
Dear Bee, I need to go to sleep, but I can’t right now. I’m too wired and jittery. There’s actually a million things I can be doing right now (finish homework, put away my laundry, clean my room, prep...
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when your therapist suggests medication
Dear Bee, The past few days have just been up-and-down emotional roller coaster. And I’ll be honest: these emotions scare me. Because the highs feel high and the lows feel so, so low. And the mood...
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a classroom lecture on working with eating-disordered clients
Dear Bee, Was I ready for an entire class devoted to learning about eating disorder treatment for child and adolescents? I thought so. I guess so. Truth be told, I didn’t really know how I’d react....
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Lessons from our lost art of childhood playtime
Dear Bee, I’m taking a play therapy weekend seminar course this month. I actually never intended to work with youth in a therapeutic setting, despite my expansive work experience in children and...
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Certainty of Misery vs. Misery of Uncertainty
Dear Bee, Today, my professor actually used that quote in talking about her own experiences in working with individuals processing trauma. It resonated with my entire class. The doubt and skepticism to...
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annnnnnnd now i’m a therapist
Dear Bee, I have clients. I have a caseload. Real people with real names and real issues and real diagnoses and real personalities. I already called them all, left messages, and am waiting to schedule...
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Guess who had her first client today!?! :)
So anyone who reads this (and really, anyone who’s anyone should be reading my alternating sagas of eating disorder recovery, anxiety, graduate school, therapy, nudity, and contemplations on the...
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why shame keeps you stuck
Dear Bee, Earlier this morning, I told a very distressed client that shame counteracts healing. Thus, to foster the process of healing, one must express the shame. One must become familiar, attack,...
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snapshot of a therapist’s thoughts
Dear clients, Today, you challenged me. Some of you made me laugh. Others completely wrecked me. At times, I felt overly confident. Other times, I felt completely clueless. Just as you are growing as...
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being THAT person
Dear Bee, I am now that person. The one who people frantically call, on a rainy Saturday morning, while I’m still in sweats and typing a literature review, in their perceptions of a crisis. The one who...
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Today is a 7.
Dear Bee, Finally, a week has passed without any eating disorder behaviors. This used to be an insignificant milestone for me. MONTHS was how I tracked it. Lately, however, it has been more of a...
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