Hi, Michelle,
Thank you so much for replying to my post. As I read your story I recognized the dangerous ground upon which you were treading just one decade in your past. Reading of your recovery, I am inspired. I am 53 and have been in psychotherapy since the age of 25. Still, it was me, myself, who recognized that I have an eating disorder when I was in my thirties. My therapist at the time heard me, recognized the emergency, and got me within a couple of weeks into a five day "intensive" program in an eating disorders treatment center. The women I saw there in the long-term program made me realize where I was headed if I did not get a handle on this disorder, but the center was an entire day's drive from my home, and I have not yet met a therapist whom I found to know what to do to guide me to healing. I don't have time to educate a therapist; I need someone who understands that It is not just about eating! I do, however, continue my quest; I have seen my current therapist twice. The assignment she has given me is to "eat by the clock". Well, duh. I know "of" the book you read by Dr. Schwarzbein. It is mentioned in Aimee Liu's book Gaining, which I am now reading, and HIGHLY recommend to anyone with anorexia and/or bulimia, AND to the therapists who seek to help us. Michelle, you have already begun what you can do to help and support me, by answering my post. I need a support group, and I hope to find it among other women on EmpowHer. Do qualified therapists/counselors ever make themselves available via EmpowHer?
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Hi, Michelle,
October 22, 2009 - 4:53pmThank you so much for replying to my post. As I read your story I recognized the dangerous ground upon which you were treading just one decade in your past. Reading of your recovery, I am inspired. I am 53 and have been in psychotherapy since the age of 25. Still, it was me, myself, who recognized that I have an eating disorder when I was in my thirties. My therapist at the time heard me, recognized the emergency, and got me within a couple of weeks into a five day "intensive" program in an eating disorders treatment center. The women I saw there in the long-term program made me realize where I was headed if I did not get a handle on this disorder, but the center was an entire day's drive from my home, and I have not yet met a therapist whom I found to know what to do to guide me to healing. I don't have time to educate a therapist; I need someone who understands that It is not just about eating! I do, however, continue my quest; I have seen my current therapist twice. The assignment she has given me is to "eat by the clock". Well, duh. I know "of" the book you read by Dr. Schwarzbein. It is mentioned in Aimee Liu's book Gaining, which I am now reading, and HIGHLY recommend to anyone with anorexia and/or bulimia, AND to the therapists who seek to help us. Michelle, you have already begun what you can do to help and support me, by answering my post. I need a support group, and I hope to find it among other women on EmpowHer. Do qualified therapists/counselors ever make themselves available via EmpowHer?
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