Dr. Nicole Siegfried is the Chief Clinical Officer for Lightfully Behavioral Health. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has worked in mental health for over 20 years and has served in national leadership positions for the past 10 years. She is an international speaker and has published research, magazine articles, and book chapters in eating disorders, mental health, and suicide. Nicole believes that recovery is possible for all individuals with mental health disorders, and that all individuals are capable and deserving of a life worth living.

We discuss topics including:

• The high rate of suicide in eating disorders

• Understanding “The Suicidal Desire”

• The two pillars of “The Suicidal Desire”

• What is burdensomeness?

• How feeling unseen, unknown and misunderstood contributes to the suicide desire

• When to take suicide threats seriously

SHOW NOTES:

• www.lightfully.com

• www.suicidology.org

• www.afsp.org

• www.instagram.com/lightfullybh

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Dr. Eva Altobelli, MD is the founder of Home-LA. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Altobelli holds accreditation from the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) to administer MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. She has extensive experience in working with MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine.

Dr. Altobelli is committed to setting the highest standards of safety, ethics and efficacy.

We discuss topics including:

• What is ketamine assisted therapy?

• Understanding professional assisted therapy/aka: “clinician experiential”

• Psychedelics can increase cognitive and emotional flexibility with eating disorder clients

• How these types of treatments can support personal and spiritual growth

SHOW NOTES:

• www.home-la.com

• www.instagram.com/homela_drevaaltobelli

If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Mike Hinds is the Clinical Director at Avalon Hills, a residential eating disorder treatment center in Northern Utah, one of very few that are privately owned. He has extensively trained and supervised therapists. For years he was a primary practicum site for students in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Utah State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in human development, parenting, counseling theories, supervision in counseling and psychotherapy, and human sexuality.

Mike joined Avalon Hills in 2015. Before then he worked in various areas, including couples therapy, domestic violence, sex offender treatment, and family therapy, but his primary specialty had been working with youth and their parents. The fact that he worked extensively with many who needed treatment but didn’t always like being in treatment helped to prepare him to work with eating disorders.

We discuss topics including:

• Power differences with families

• Helping parents understand patterns develop without getting blamed

• Issues that we all learn from

• It’s ok to not be ok

• Shame and Guilt

• Trends that are noticed in treatment

SHOW NOTES:

• www.avalonhills.org

• instagram.com/avalonhills

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.