Shame: The foundation of eating disorders and trauma

Coping skills, Eating Disorder, Self Care, Support, TraumaLevana SlabodnickAugust 26, 2021shame, healing, eating disorder, trauma, trauma work, childhood trauma, guilt, binge eating disorder, body acceptanceComment

Three ways that trauma and binge eating are connected

Eating Disorder, TraumaLevana SlabodnickFebruary 16, 2021fatphobia, binge eating disorder, binge eating, eating disorder, int, health at every size, CPTSD, childhood trauma, childhood abuse, complex traumaComment

Do as I say, not as I do... Confessions of a Health at Every Size therapist

Anxiety, Coping skills, Eating Disorder, empowerment, people pleasing, TraumaLevana SlabodnickNovember 13, 2020health at every size, eating disorder, binge eating disorder, fatphobia, haes, medical fatphobia, chronic illness, trauma work, developmental trauma, CPTSDComment

Dear Therapist, you didn't make me feel welcomed

Have you ever felt that your therapist didn’t understand you or offended you? Read this open letter addressing the various ways in which therapists have made people feel excluded.

empowerment, Psychotherapy, Trauma, Transgender, POC, TherapistsLevana SlabodnickSeptember 24, 2019Silverlinings Counseling + Hypnosisinclusion, kink, poly, trauma, columbus ohio, eating disorder, educationComment

Ending the Eating Disorder Shame Spiral

Many people envision a frail, emaciated young woman who is wasting away to nothing. You might be surprised to know that many people with eating disorders look just like you.

Eating Disorder, Self Care, Psychotherapy, people pleasing, hypnosisLevana SlabodnickJuly 16, 2019columbus, therapy, eating disorder, intuitive eating, health at every size, shame, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, orthorexiaComment

How do you feel about the "F" word?

Are you comfortable with the word FAT? Do you use it? Is it positive, negative or neutral for you? If you are like most people, describing yourself or someone else as fat is an insult of the worst kind. Read about how neutralizing the word can help you as well as society.

Eating Disorder, empowermentLevana SlabodnickMarch 14, 2019Silverlinings Counseling + Hypnosisfat, fat acceptance, eating disorder, intuitive eating, self care, self love, diet culture, dieting, diet, feminism, health at every size, haes Comment

When was your first diet?

I look at myself in old photos and see a beautiful, innocent and healthy girl. I wonder what my relationship with food and my body would be like today if I was told that I was beautiful and encouraged to love my body.

Eating Disorder, Anxiety, Coping skillsLevana SlabodnickFebruary 27, 2019Silverlinings Psychotherapyeating disorder, diet, diet culture, self acceptance, body acceptance, health at every size, intuitive eatingComment

Five Reasons Why Hypnotherapy is AMAZING!!

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