Holistic Therapy OC
Katie Goode, LMFT
Holistic Therapy OC - Anxiety and Eating Disorder Treatment

Spain to Ban Some Diet, Beauty TV Ads Before 10 PM

Spain to Ban Some Diet, Beauty TV Ads Before 10 P.M.
Government Hopes Move Will Help Halt Growth of Eating Disorders 
adage.com - by Emma Hall on 01.20.10 @ 04:38 PM
adage article photoLONDON (AdAge.com) -- Marketers in Spain could be banned from advertising certain beauty products and services before 10 p.m., as the government attempts to stamp out the growing number of eating disorders and improve the mental health of young women fixated on their weight and appearance.
Corporacion Dermoestetica, a national chain of cosmetic surgery clinics, is the biggest advertiser in the about-to-be-banned category.
Ads for diet products, some beauty treatments and plastic surgery are now officially considered more dangerous for young people than commercials for alcohol, which can be advertised from 9 p.m.Read More

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30 Day Challenge

Each night, for the next 30 days, write a list of at least 5 of you achievements or successes for the day (big and small). How does focusing on achievements/successes change your mood, self-esteem, and confidence?

Often, we're so focused on our perceived failures or shortfalls that we completely ignore or minimize all of the things we accomplish each day. What would life be like if you spent as much time and energy focusing on the positive as you do the negative?

Think about it and give it a try. What do you have to lose?

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Fashion Photographer Works to End Eating Disorders

A Renowned Israeli Fashion Photographer Changes the Rules of the Game  - New Tang Dynasty Television - January 21, 2010 Adi Barkan

Adi Barkan is a renowned Israeli photographer who also runs a modeling agency. He has witnessed the harsh results of eating disorders exhibited among some of his models, and it shook him badly. It became evident to Barkan that the current concept of beauty in the modeling world is in serious need of alteration.
 "When I just started photographing those talents, their size was 37, 38... during the past ten or twelve years the size shrank to 24, 25, meaning we've lost two sizes within a decade or so. These 2 sizes are exactly what set a healthy, slim and sexy model apart from the plague of eating disorders."Read More 

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Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2010

Eating Disorders Awareness Week
It's Time to Talk About It!
 
NationalEating Disorders Awareness Week 2010 is coming up, February 21-27, andregistration is free! You can make a difference: NEDA invites you to dojust one thing to raise awareness about eating disorders in yourcommunity.  Register today to access NEDA's free online resources andnetworking group; download the electronic Educator Packet; sign up tobe, or host, a Volunteer Speaker; post your event on NEDA's Website;and get your discounted NEDAwareness Week Kit and Resource and PlanningGuide CD-ROM. Visit www.NationalEatingDisorders.org to register and learn more about how you can get involved!
 
If we all do just one thing, together we'll have a huge impact! 
 
Click here to register now! 

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The False Self: When Feeling Bad Feels Real


Symposium 2010 =Sunday, March 14, 2010: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Swan 2 (The Walt Disney Swan Resort )
Jenni SchaeferAsclients who struggle with eating disorders move into recovery, they mayfeel anxious about feeling good. Often they state "I don't feel like me" and do not feel "right" or authentic because feeling good feels sounfamiliar. This workshop will focus on the issue of identity and howto help attendees move clients through a figure/ground shift inAdriennewhich the negative self moves into the background and the authenticself emerges as the foreground. Attendees will learn strategies forworking with body boundaries and mirror work. This presentation isbeing taught from both a clinician's and client's perspective.  Join Adrienne Ressler and Jenni Schaefer for this exciting presentation.  Read More

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Conformists at more risk of eating disorders: study


By Bob Beale - University of South Wales Faculty of Science
January 14, 2010
Girl in Mirror
Youngwomen who conform to the expectations of others and follow the crowdare more likely than non-conformists to have a negative image of theirbodies and signs of eating disorders, a new psychological studysuggests.
Being conformist appears to be a risk factor for suchdisorders and may provide a target for therapeutic efforts to treatthem, says Dr Lenny R. Vartanian of the UNSW School of Psychology andMs Meghan M. Hopkinson, a student in the Department of Psychology,Syracuse University, in a report published in the journal Body Image.  Read More

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Cindy Crawford: 'Don't Buy Magazines If You Don't Like Skinny Models'


nymag.com - Nov 1009
cindy crawford
French lawmakers are mulling passing laws to regulate Photoshopping. One reason for the proposed legislation is to try to combat eating disorders in young women. Cindy Crawford has other ideas for people who want to see change. We as the consumers, we as the women, have the power. If you don't like something, don't buy it. Don't buy the magazine if you don't like what it says. If you don't like the image a brand is putting out, don't buy it. What I really don't agree with is people who complain about it but still support it. You're giving your power away. If people don't want skinny models, stop buying the magazine with the skinny model, and believe me those magazines will change fast. It's business.  Read More

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Eating Disorders in the News 12-14-09


Eating Disorders in the News
Antidepressants May be Missing the Mark According to Study Using Advanced Brain Imaging to Measure Levels of Brain Protein 
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 9, 2009 Psychcentral.com
A new study suggests most antidepressants do not target a key brain protein believed to be of importance in maintaining mood. Read More

Personality Profile of Medical Students Can Predict Their Success
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 10, 2009
Psychcentral.com
A
new study by industrial-organizational psychologists evaluates if
giving personality tests to prospective medical students would help
predict which applicants will be successful.
"Our findings show that
personality factors do have a predictive value as to the success rate
of admitted medical students. Considering personality of applicants can
be quite helpful to medical school admissions programs," said Deniz
Ones, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of
Minnesota who conducted the study with colleagues Filip Lievens at
Ghent University in Belgium and Stephan Dilchert from City University
of New York's Baruch College.  Read More
India is the Diabetic Capitol of the World with 50.8 Million Diabetics (2007) 
Puducherry, India, December 8
-- According to a new study, fear of gaining weight has forced many
diabetic women and teenagers in limiting their use of insulin, which
can cause damage to their health.Read More

The Dual Diagnosis of Eating Disorder and Diabetes Mellitus   iaedp Symposium 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM  Ovidio Bermudez, MD
This
presentation will review what is currently known about the association
of diabetes mellitus and eating disorders. Recommendations for
comprehensive care approaches will be presented. Specific aspects of
inpatient care in an eating disorder residential setting will be
discussed. We will describe the clinical consensus in nomenclature,
epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and management of
the dual diagnosis of eating disorder and diabetes mellitus. This is an
important association for clinicians to recognize due to the increase
risk of eating disorders in patients with diabetes, increased morbidity
and mortality in the dual diagnosis.  Read More

Katie Goode, M.A., MFC 45129
Eating Disorder and Anxiety Specialist
4199 Campus Drive, Suite 550, Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 395-7161
www.HolisticTherapyOC.com

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Inspiration for Getting Through Difficult Times

        All too frequently we relate like timid birds who don't dare to leave the nest. Here we sit in a nest that's getting pretty smelly and that hasn't served its function for a very long time. No one is arriving to feed us. No one is protecting us and keeping us warm. And yet we keep hoping mother bird will arrive.
        We could do ourselves the ultimate favor and finally get out of that nest. That this takes courage is obvious. That we could use some help is also clear. We may doubt that we're up to being a warrier-in-training. But we can ask ourselves this question: "Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?" - Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Katie Goode, M.A., MFC 45129
Eating Disorder and Anxiety Specialist
4199 Campus Drive, Suite 550, Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 395-7161
www.HolisticTherapyOC.com

Follow me on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/KatieGoode

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Learning Non-Judgmental Awareness


One of the core Mindfulness skills is non-judgmental awareness. Here are a few techniques to help you accept the moment without judging:

  • See but don't evaluate. Take a nonjudgmental stance.
  • Just the facts.
  • Focus on the "what", not the "good" or the "bad", the "terrible" or the "wonderful", the "should" or the "should not."
  • Unglue your opinions from the facts, from the "who, what, when and where."
  • Accept each moment, each event as a blanket spread out on the lawn accepts both rain and sun, each leaf that falls upon it. Acknowledge the helpful, the wholesome, but don't judge it.
  • Acknowledge the harmful, the unwholesome, but don't judge it.
  • When you find yourself judging, don't judge your judging.


Katie Goode, M.A., MFC 45129
Eating Disorder and Anxiety Specialist
4199 Campus Drive, Suite 550, Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 395-7161
www.HolisticTherapyOC.com

Follow me on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/KatieGoode




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