Thanksgiving Tips for Eating Disorders
Holiday Support. The Holidays mark a season of tradition, family gatherings, and meals. For someone experiencing an Eating Disorder, this can become an uncomfortable time of year. Thanksgiving poses multiple triggers for anxiety, struggles with food, and stressful family dynamics. Eating Recovery takes hard work, self-compassion, and support from [...]
Kristen Dickens: Therapist in Savannah
Therapist Spotlight: Kristen Dickens, PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC Kristen Dickens offers therapy for individuals, families, and couples for adolescents and adults (ages 15+). She has focused her career on helping others find ways to empower themselves. She has extensive training in Marriage and Family Therapy as well as Eating [...]
Bonding Tips For Couples
It Takes Two. Couples experience challenges throughout the natural course of the relationship. The times when each person feels mutually in love are the most important phases! These are the “good times” that carry us through the “bad times.” Not everyone feels completely in love constantly over the span [...]
The Five Priorities of Recovery
Keep It Simple. Addiction touches many people and their families. This brain condition does not discriminate and develops from a combination of genetics and environmental factors such as trauma. Humanizing addiction helps reduce stigma. People experiencing Substance Use Disorder can be high functioning at times during active use: parents, [...]
What Are The Basic Emotions?
Feelings 101 Emotions carry so much power. They have the ability to carry our internal worlds through a wild adventure, a terrible storm, and into a smooth landing of calm all within moments. Feelings have the power to overwhelm, confuse, exhilarate, infuriate, and provide relief. In the myriad of [...]
Binge Eating Disorder: Why Can’t I Stop Eating?
The Struggle is Real. Food serves many purposes. Ideally, it nourishes our bodies, provides fuel for energy, and makes our taste buds happy! For some, eating can feel like a double-edged sword: it can be a source of comfort and relief because it provides an escape from stress. And, [...]