Stephen Reeder, MA, NCC, LPCC, CEDS is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who has been working in the mental health field for over a decade. He has held a variety of clinical and leadership roles ranging from Primary Therapist to Regional Director of Operations. In addition to eating disorders, his clinical experience includes working with individuals struggling with problem gambling, sex and love addiction, and chemical dependence.

Stephen incorporates his experience as an Acceptance and Commitment Therapist into his leadership style. He has worked with teams to develop a value-centered culture aligned with their core values. Stephen believes in empowering individuals to live a balanced life through mindfulness and committed action by helping them connect to their own personal values.

We Discussed the following:

• Understanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Acceptance we have little control over thoughts and feelings and we have control over how we respond

• The focus on what is truly important to us

• Understanding our values

• Developing intentional awareness

• The language we speak in is the language we feel and think in

SHOW NOTES:

www.stephenreedercounseling.com

https://www.eatingdisorderfoundation.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/stephen-reeder-denver-co/1091878

instagram.com/SReederCounseling

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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.

David Laramie, PhD is a health psychologist who strongly believes in systemic and integrative approaches to healing and wellness. He draws on psychoanalytic, emotion focused, psychedelic, energetic, and somatic approaches in his psychotherapy work. In both his personal life and professional work, he finds considerable value in mind-body practices such as breath and energy work, biofeedback, meditation, and non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is a long time board member and past-president of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.

We discuss topics including:

• The science of progressive ideas

• The “nocebo effect”

• Create more openness in your expectations

• How studies can “shock” us with thoughts in our mind

• How to help clients be unstuck

• Curiosity about psychedelics

SHOW NOTES:

www.davidlaramiephd.com

http://home-la.com/

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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.

Adina Silverman, MS, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.

She is passionate about helping adolescents, teenagers, and adults heal their relationships with food and their bodies. She supports her clients to have the courage to cultivate the relationship with food that feels best to them and reject mainstream diet culture messaging. Her thorough and compassionate approach has impacted many individuals and families and distinguished her as a leader in her professional community.

Carolyn Karoll, LCSW-C, CEDS-S, is a highly regarded therapist dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders. Carolyn's insights are featured in various media outlets, including her Psychology Today blog, "Eating Disorder Recovery: Understanding and Overcoming Eating Disorders."

Adina and Carolyn are co-authors of the book, Eating Disorder Group Therapy: A Collaborative Approach, published in April 2024. Adina and Carolyn co-facilitate the “Thrive” eating disorder recovery group, which they have been leading together since 2016.

We discuss topics including:

• How to screen for group therapy

• The importance of screening for people that are “recovery focused”

• Understanding when cognitive defusion strategies are used and what are they?

• The importance of hearing about other people's lived experience

• Being aware the one’s “stuck point”

• Tools of ACT

SHOW NOTES:

Book: Eating Disorder Group Therapy A collaborative Approach

www.karollcounseling.com

instagram.com/karollcounseling

www.adinasilverman.com

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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.