Kari Thielke works with patients and their families encouraging them to invest the time in regular evening meals together.

Cognitive restructuring or “thought challenging” is the identification and correction of “errors” in thinking that create anxiety.

As part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2010, Rogers Memorial Hospital sponsored an art exhibit at the inaugural NORMAL in Schools gala event on February 27. Tina Szada, MS, ATR-BC, an art therapist at the residential eating disorder center, displayed donated artwork from past patients at the event. In this article, she shares some [...]

It is often difficult to treat an individual’s eating disorder without addressing the high levels of anxiety that accompany it.  

Entering group therapy can be an anxiety provoking experience, especially for those who bring interpersonal patterns that collide with getting their needs met.

About once a month, we take patients in our adolescent and young adult partial hospitalization program on supervised meal outings. This allows them to have real life exposures to eating in restaurants and process the experience with the support of our staff members. A recent outing revealed the need for strong support in an environment [...]

Did you know that youth sports can lead to eating and weight problems with certain individual kids or teenagers?