by Emily Becker | Jul 26, 2018 | Weight & Shape
All of us have eaten too much at one point or another. Super Bowl Sunday or Thanksgiving Dinner comes to mind. However, Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) is different from periodic binging or overeating. Binge-Eating Disorder is a serious, but treatable mental health... 
by Emily Becker | Jul 24, 2017 | Adulting, Family Matters, Mental Health
watch to the bone… or not The release of To The Bone, an original feature film on Netflix about a young woman with anorexia nervosa, has generated a lot of attention. Is it triggering? Is it thinspiration? Should you even watch it? As a mental health provider... 
by Dr Aletta | Feb 25, 2017 | Good Therapy
It makes me so happy to welcome Emily Becker, LMSW, and Christine Frank, LMSW, to EWN! ~Dr. Aletta Christine works with people who suffer from past trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and low self-esteem. Christine is easy-going, friendly, empathetic,... 
by Dr Aletta | Jun 10, 2014 | Anxiety, Self-Esteem
Eating disorders are plagued by twisted thinking. In my business we call this twisted thinking cognitive distortions. Others might call it Eating Disorders & Cognitive Distortions. You know, those thoughts that all sound right in your head but you would never say... 
by Dr Aletta | Nov 9, 2009 | Body/Mind, Self-Esteem
Two months ago I wrote Eight Mental & Physical Fitness Principles I Can Live With. I just re-read them because I needed a reminder. For whatever reason I am forever slipping and picking myself up again. Maybe the lesson here is that that's not so bad. Maybe...
