Articles by Sheira Kahn, MFT
These articles contain recovery information from both profesional and personal experience. The focus is on the psychological patterns that give rise to eating disorder behaivors.
Articles
Eating Disorders - An Overview
This article summarizes the causes and treatment of eating disorders—anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating » read more...
Facing the Inner Critic
This article explains how confronting the inner critic supports eating disorder recovery. » read more...
Eating From the Body
This article describes the power of listening to our hunger and fullness signals. » read more...
Expressing Feelings
This article summarizes the importance of expressing feelings in eating disorder recovery. » read more...
Why Overeater's Anonymous Doesn't Work - As featured in the November/December 2009 edition of The Therapist magazine (p. 71)
Article about why the OA 12-step approach is ineffective in treating eating disorders » read more...
To Parents
This article offers guidance for parents with children battling an eating disorder » read more...
To Doctors
An article discussing how medical doctors can most effectively help in treating individuals with eating disorders by Sheira Kahn, MFT » read more...
Note to a Colleague: Anorexia
Note to a colleague summarizing best practices with clients who have anorexia. » read more...
Ten Things to Say for Your Inner Critic
The next time your inner critic says something mean to you, try one or more of these handy disengagement techniques:
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Eating in a Supported Way
Tips for eating in a calm, supported way that will help you start when you are hungry and stop when you are moderately full. Then your head doesn't have to decide - your stomach does! And it is more reliable. » read more...
Eating Disorder Anthology - Stories from Professionals Who Have Been There
Writing guidelines for submissions to an anthology of stories from eating disorder professionals who have had an eating disorder themselves. » read more...
