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The Sun and Wind Dispute: Navigating Motivation and Readiness for Change in...
written by Clementine Miami Pinecrest Clinical Director Bertha Tavarez, PsyD. Bertha discusses treating an adolescent who is resistant to care. She offers some strategies to help strengthen the...
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How is New Haven Different?
Written By Shea Rodriguez of New Haven Residential Treatment Center For many years New Haven has been known as the most clinically sophisticated program in the country. While we still believe this to...
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An Open and Informed Medical Approach
Written by Clementine adolescent treatment programs Medical Director Dr. Lauren Ozbolt, MD. Dr. Ozbolt is board certified in adolescent, adult and child psychiatry and oversees the psychiatric care and...
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Listening In: Recovery and Body Positive Podcasts
Written by Alexa Riobueno-Naylor, MEDA Undergraduate Intern Sometimes, it’s nice to be able to take a break from reading, put in your headphones, and listen to content related to recovery or body...
View ArticleNew Haven RTC’s Adaptive Family Systems Model and Eating Disorders
Written by Stacey Koller at New Haven Residential Treatment Center At New Haven Residential Treatment Center, we believe that family involvement during treatment is key to long term success and...
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22 Instagram Accounts You Can Follow to Incorporate More Body Positivity into...
Written by Alexa Riobueno-Naylor, MEDA Undergraduate Intern In a recent article on the Eating Disorder Hope blog, “Is Instagram Helping or Harming My Recovery Efforts?”, contributing writer and author...
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Yoga and Eating Disorder Recovery
Written by MEDA undergraduate intern, Patty Atkinson Many people, including myself, have turned to yoga for help and guidance in the recovery process. The skills practiced in yoga are highly valuable...
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The Recovery ABC’s
Written by Clinical Director of Clementine Miami Pinecrest, Bertha Tavarez, PsyD The “Recovery ABC’s” is a framework used by the Clementine Miami Pinecrest team to help guide adolescents on their...
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Before You Read: Roxane Gay’s “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body”
written by MEDA undergraduate intern, Alexa Riobueno-Naylor I’m a huge Roxane Gay fan. Her writing is honest, elegant, and powerful. So naturally, I was extremely excited when I found out her new book,...
View ArticleThe Father-Daughter Relationship at New Haven RTC
Written by Stacey Koller of New Haven Residential Treatment Center Each June, New Haven sends several father-daughter pairs to Alaska. These attendees escape Utah’s early summer heat to enjoy the lush...
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Review of the Documentary Embrace
Written by MEDA High School Intern, Siri Kazilionis I’ve found it very hard to find documentaries that honestly comment on the struggles of body image and weight in a way that also promotes health at...
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The Female Athlete Triad
Written by Patty Atkinson, MEDA Undergraduate Intern As a collegiate cross country runner, I have seen eating disorders affect both my teammates and myself, due to the psychological and physiological...
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The Impact of Social Media
Written by Dr. Melissa Coffin, PhD, CEDS, Senior Director of East Coast Clinical Programming at Clementine Dr. Coffin discusses some of the difficulties facing adolescents when it comes to technology...
View ArticleMindfulness for Binge Eating Disorder
By Shiri Macri, MA, LCMHC, Clinical Director, Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating To understand why mindfulness can help treat Binge Eating Disorder (BED), let’s...
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MEDA Interns Weigh In: Thoughts on Netflix’s “To the Bone”
Written by MEDA Undergraduate Intern, Alexa Riobueno-Naylor with fellow Undergraduate Interns, Julia Kassman & Patty Atkinson It’s been almost three weeks since members the MEDA community came...
View ArticleBack to School: A Dangerous Transition?
written by Shari Rogers, LCSW, Therapist, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Change is a part of life. As adults, we know that things rarely remain the same. Conversely, normal transitions...
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The Positivity Playlist—Songs That Will Lift You Up
written by MEDA Undergraduate Intern, Alexa Riobueno-Naylor Need a break from negativity? Want to jam out to tunes that will make you feel powerful, uplifted, and remind you about how wonderful you...
View ArticleFamily Relationships with an Eating Disorder
Written by Stacey Koller from New Haven RTC When an adolescent is struggling with an eating disorder, the effects are not limited to her alone. Eating disorders can have great power in a family system,...
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Not Just a White Woman’s Disease: Latina & Black Women and Eating Disorders
Written By Alexa Riobueno-Naylor, MEDA Undergraduate Intern Over the course of the summer as an undergraduate intern at MEDA, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct preliminary research for my thesis...
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Dear Loved One, Sometimes It’ll Be The Whole Cake
Written by by Shiri Macri, MA, LCMHC, Clinical Director, Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating An open letter to loved ones supporting women who struggle with...
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