Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Dec. 21-23: All groups are running as usual except Yoga. It is cancelled but you can attend Nutrition Group instead.
Thursday, Dec. 24: ALL GROUPS ARE CANCELLED but ACE is open for individual, family and couples sessions.
Friday, Dec. 25: All groups are cancelled and ACE is closed. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Saturday, Dec. 26: Groups can only run if three or more members are planning to attend. Please let us know your attendance plans ASAP.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 28-30: All groups are running as usual except Yoga. It is cancelled but you can attend Nutrition Group instead.
Thursday, Dec 31: ALL GROUPS ARE CANCELLED but ACE is open for individual, famiy and couples sessions.
Friday, Jan. 1: All groups are cancelled and ACE is closed. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday, Jan 2: Groups can only run if three or more members are planning to attend. Please let us know your attendance plans ASAP.
Please be sure to leave a note or a voice-mail message with the front desk about any absences you know you'll have in the next few weeks. It helps us a lot to know in advance who will and who won't be around in groups. Thanks!!!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday Oct 12th Update
Heavy storms are expected all this week, but there are no plans at this time to cancel any Groups.
If you do not feel safe to drive in these storms, please call 770-458-8711 x0 as soon as possible. You will be asked to discuss this cancellation further with your Individual therapist during your next appointment.
If you do not feel safe to drive in these storms, please call 770-458-8711 x0 as soon as possible. You will be asked to discuss this cancellation further with your Individual therapist during your next appointment.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
After the Rain
Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders is OPEN today. We urge caution in picking your route to our office. We understand that many major highways are still closed. Please check your normal route before leaving your house and give yourself extra time if possible.
If you have any concerns, please call us as soon as possible.
(770) 458-8711 x0
If you have any concerns, please call us as soon as possible.
(770) 458-8711 x0
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
There is No Freshman 15…It's the "Freshman 2!
A huge fear of college freshmen, especially women, is the "Freshman 15," the mythical average weight gain during the freshman year.
This is the cause of a great deal of self-induced misery, fear of food, body preoccupation and hours of over-exercise. At it's worst, severe food restriction results in binging, diet-binge cycles, purging, or life-threatening anorexia.
What is tragic is that there is no Freshman 15. It is an urban legend, a college bogeyman repeated year after year for decades. Little scientific evidence exists to substantiate or rebut this commonly held belief. The few studies who have examined weight gain among freshman college students are equivocal.
However, a recent study of 137 freshman women at the University of Oklahoma did show an average weight gain of 2.4 pounds. Hardly the 15 pounds of legend that, research suggests, drives many freshmen to panic around food, obsess about weight and categorize themselves as overweight and ugly.
Here are some ways to have a healthy, successful year and to avoid the Freshman 2:
1. Take a food plan to college, not a diet. With so many changes in your life, it is not the time to try to lose weight. Have a plan that enables a healthy, enjoyable relationship with food.
2. Eat intuitively. Eat when you are hungry, stop when you are mildly full. Period. This is difficult at college where there is a lot of recreational eating and a lot of eating to medicate stress. It is worth the effort.
3. Eat mindfully. Enjoy every bite. Use your senses. Avoid unconscious eating.
4. Move your body. Enjoyably. Keep up a similar activity level to high school.
5. Stop comparing your body. Do not create a daily mandatory beauty contest in your head. Your college awards diplomas, not tiaras. There is nothing constructive about comparing your buttocks to every other pair in the room.
6. If you have an active eating disorder, stay home. Take a deferment for a semester to enter recovery. Any addiction in college is a set-up to crash and burn. Most colleges would prefer you take time off and return when you are not a liability. If your eating disorder escalates - and it likely will - you may be asked to leave school. If you are already struggling with food and body image issues, ask for a deferment, stay home, get treatment and start college when you are at full strength mentally, emotionally and physically.
7. If you are already at school with eating or body image issues, put up a safety net fast. Meet regularly with a registered dietitian who has eating disorder experience. The dietitian can be your food coach. Your college has a free counseling center. Do not isolate and try to go it alone. Addictions love that.
8. Enjoy your only freshman year. You needn't worry about the "Freshman 2" if you remember to listen to your body, feed it intuitively and move it enjoyably.
Rick Kilmer, Ph.D.
www.eatingdisorders.cc
(article may be reprinted in its entirety without previous permission)
This is the cause of a great deal of self-induced misery, fear of food, body preoccupation and hours of over-exercise. At it's worst, severe food restriction results in binging, diet-binge cycles, purging, or life-threatening anorexia.
What is tragic is that there is no Freshman 15. It is an urban legend, a college bogeyman repeated year after year for decades. Little scientific evidence exists to substantiate or rebut this commonly held belief. The few studies who have examined weight gain among freshman college students are equivocal.
However, a recent study of 137 freshman women at the University of Oklahoma did show an average weight gain of 2.4 pounds. Hardly the 15 pounds of legend that, research suggests, drives many freshmen to panic around food, obsess about weight and categorize themselves as overweight and ugly.
Here are some ways to have a healthy, successful year and to avoid the Freshman 2:
1. Take a food plan to college, not a diet. With so many changes in your life, it is not the time to try to lose weight. Have a plan that enables a healthy, enjoyable relationship with food.
2. Eat intuitively. Eat when you are hungry, stop when you are mildly full. Period. This is difficult at college where there is a lot of recreational eating and a lot of eating to medicate stress. It is worth the effort.
3. Eat mindfully. Enjoy every bite. Use your senses. Avoid unconscious eating.
4. Move your body. Enjoyably. Keep up a similar activity level to high school.
5. Stop comparing your body. Do not create a daily mandatory beauty contest in your head. Your college awards diplomas, not tiaras. There is nothing constructive about comparing your buttocks to every other pair in the room.
6. If you have an active eating disorder, stay home. Take a deferment for a semester to enter recovery. Any addiction in college is a set-up to crash and burn. Most colleges would prefer you take time off and return when you are not a liability. If your eating disorder escalates - and it likely will - you may be asked to leave school. If you are already struggling with food and body image issues, ask for a deferment, stay home, get treatment and start college when you are at full strength mentally, emotionally and physically.
7. If you are already at school with eating or body image issues, put up a safety net fast. Meet regularly with a registered dietitian who has eating disorder experience. The dietitian can be your food coach. Your college has a free counseling center. Do not isolate and try to go it alone. Addictions love that.
8. Enjoy your only freshman year. You needn't worry about the "Freshman 2" if you remember to listen to your body, feed it intuitively and move it enjoyably.
Rick Kilmer, Ph.D.
www.eatingdisorders.cc
(article may be reprinted in its entirety without previous permission)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Looking For….
We are looking for more referrals for Physicians and Psychiatrists who understand Eating Disorders.
If you think that your personal Physician or Psychiatrist is someone you would refer another eating disorder patient to, we would like to know.
If you could provide us with the name, phone number and location of your Physician or Psychiatrist, we would really appreciate it.
Please contact the Front Desk either in person, at gethelp@eatingdisorders.cc or (770) 458-8711 Ext.#0.
If you think that your personal Physician or Psychiatrist is someone you would refer another eating disorder patient to, we would like to know.
If you could provide us with the name, phone number and location of your Physician or Psychiatrist, we would really appreciate it.
Please contact the Front Desk either in person, at gethelp@eatingdisorders.cc or (770) 458-8711 Ext.#0.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Join the Breakfast Club
Presented by Nutrifit, Sport, Therapy.
The Breakfast Club is FREE for anyone who struggles to eat a healthy breakfast on a regular basis. This monthly meal group offers a time to work on eating, making balanced choices, trying more challenging foods, adding more variety to your menu plan, and selecting appropriate portions. The meeting time will help you stay committed to eating breakfast at a regular time.
You'll meet with Page Love, MS, RD, LD, a registered dietitian nutrition therapist, who will provide coaching to help you push through food fears with peer support. She will also help you master intuitive skills like eating slowly, tuning into your hunger and fullness, and responding two cravings.
Become a Breakfast Club regular!
Meetings are every other Thursday or Saturday of the month, 8:30am - 9:30am
NEXT MEETING:
Date and Time: Saturday, July 25th at 8:30am
Location: IHOP, 6120 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 404-256-4639
Please call Page Love at 770-457-1457 with any questions.
The Breakfast Club is FREE for anyone who struggles to eat a healthy breakfast on a regular basis. This monthly meal group offers a time to work on eating, making balanced choices, trying more challenging foods, adding more variety to your menu plan, and selecting appropriate portions. The meeting time will help you stay committed to eating breakfast at a regular time.
You'll meet with Page Love, MS, RD, LD, a registered dietitian nutrition therapist, who will provide coaching to help you push through food fears with peer support. She will also help you master intuitive skills like eating slowly, tuning into your hunger and fullness, and responding two cravings.
Become a Breakfast Club regular!
Meetings are every other Thursday or Saturday of the month, 8:30am - 9:30am
NEXT MEETING:
Date and Time: Saturday, July 25th at 8:30am
Location: IHOP, 6120 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 404-256-4639
Please call Page Love at 770-457-1457 with any questions.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Experiential Yoga Group starting July 22 at Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders will be restarting its Experiential Yoga group as part of our group therapy programs. This group will be held every Wednesday from 4pm to 5:30pm.
This group uses gentle Hatha yoga and yoga nidra (meditation/relaxation) to integrate themes of recovery into a yoga practice focusing on breath work, postures and body awareness. Participants identify intentions for each group such as balance, flexibility, acceptance or being gentle with yourself. Often what shows up in this practice (our reactive patterns and judgments) has implications for the over all recovery process. Gaining insight and awareness into our self defeating patterns will help us transcend our misperceptions and achieve greater self acceptance.
If you are interested in joining this group, please talk to your individual therapist. If you are not currently a patient at the Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders, you may call us at (770) 458-8711 x0 and we will be happy to give you more information about our therapy programs.
This group uses gentle Hatha yoga and yoga nidra (meditation/relaxation) to integrate themes of recovery into a yoga practice focusing on breath work, postures and body awareness. Participants identify intentions for each group such as balance, flexibility, acceptance or being gentle with yourself. Often what shows up in this practice (our reactive patterns and judgments) has implications for the over all recovery process. Gaining insight and awareness into our self defeating patterns will help us transcend our misperceptions and achieve greater self acceptance.
If you are interested in joining this group, please talk to your individual therapist. If you are not currently a patient at the Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders, you may call us at (770) 458-8711 x0 and we will be happy to give you more information about our therapy programs.
Monday, July 6, 2009
New Children's Group
Beginning July 11th the Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders will be offering a group for children who are struggling with eating issues and/or body image issues. This group is designed for ACE participants aged 9-12. The children's group is an activity-oriented group focused on developing age-appropriate social and problem-solving skills. The activities will encompass both individual and group work to promote healthy behavioral changes and a positive self-image.
Additionally, a free parent support group is offered through ACE, as well as family therapy. The children's group will be held on Saturdays.
Other services available at The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders include:
• Intensive Outpatient Therapy
• Partial Hospitalization Therapy
• Residential Bed and Breakfast (for patients over 18)
• Nutrition Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Family Therapy
For more information about our services, please call (770) 458-8711 x0 or visit our website at http://www.eatingdisorders.cc
Additionally, a free parent support group is offered through ACE, as well as family therapy. The children's group will be held on Saturdays.
Other services available at The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders include:
• Intensive Outpatient Therapy
• Partial Hospitalization Therapy
• Residential Bed and Breakfast (for patients over 18)
• Nutrition Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Family Therapy
For more information about our services, please call (770) 458-8711 x0 or visit our website at http://www.eatingdisorders.cc
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Happy 4th of July
Due to the Holiday on Saturday, July 4th, The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders will be closed on Friday, July 3rd.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Office Closed for Memorial Day
In Observance of Memorial Day on May 25, 2009, The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders has canceled all Monday groups. If you normally see your Individual or Family Therapist on Monday, and you have not made alternate arrangements, please contact your therapist as soon as possible.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Breakfast Club this Saturday (5/16)
Free meal group for anyone who could use the extra support. It will be held at the Waffle House on Chamblee-Dunwoody. Call the front desk for more details.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Welcome Hannah Rose Finger!!
On Friday, May 8th at 12:08 am, Dr. Rachel Rose gave birth to a 5 lb., 11 oz baby girl. Last report has mother and daughter doing fine.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wednesday,May 6th - All Groups still meeting
Heavy storms are expected today, but Groups have not been cancelled.
If you do not feel safe to drive in these storms, please call 770-458-8711x0 as soon as possible so that you will not be charged for a missed appointment.
If you do not feel safe to drive in these storms, please call 770-458-8711x0 as soon as possible so that you will not be charged for a missed appointment.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Free Mother-Daughter Cooking Class on Mother's Day
From EDIN - Eating Disorders Information Network
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Celebrate Mother's Day with EDIN's FREE Mother-Daughter Cooking Class!
WHEN: Saturday, May 9th from 5:00-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Salud! Cooking School, Harry's Farmers Market
1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell 30076
Bring your daughter (age 7-17) to this demonstration cooking class with chef Abbatt Story, instructor at Salud! Cooking School. You and your daughter will learn to prepare and enjoy delicious, healthy delights and learn more about how to have a positive relationship with food!
Register early as space is limited!
E-mail marisa@myedin.org or call (404) 455-0779 to confirm your spot.
Deadline for Registration: Friday, May 1st
* Many thanks to event sponsors: Harry's Farmers Market & Skirt! Magazine
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dunwoody
We haven't moved our location, but Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders main office, and ACE House, our therapeutic bed and breakfast, are now part of the new city of Dunwoody.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Spring Break
The Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders is open for all scheduled group therapy sessions (unless otherwise notified) during the various weeks that different schools have Spring Break this April.
If by any chance one of your groups is canceled due to lack of attendance, you will be notified as soon as possible.
If by any chance one of your groups is canceled due to lack of attendance, you will be notified as soon as possible.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Essay Contest sponsered by NEDA
Essay contest due March 27th. See details below.....
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NEDA Essay Contest!
What should you write?
We are accepting essay submissions inspired by the quote:
“What if you didn’t have to change anything about yourself?”
Your essay can be any true story, fictional story, interpretation, analysis, or other thoughts on this topic.
What are the requirements?
· Your essay can be no longer than 750 words.
· There is no minimum word requirement.
· The deadline for submitting your essay is March 27th, 2009.
· Before you submit your essay, please review the Guidelines for Sharing Stories of Recovery and Tips for Responsible Media Coverage. If your essay does not follow these guidelines, it will not be eligible for this contest.
How do you submit your essay?
Please email your submissions to essay@myneda.org. The deadline for sending in your essay is March 27, 2009.
How will the winner be chosen?
After March 27h when submissions close, we will review each and every essay we received. Volunteers in the NEDA office will choose one essay they feel is deserving of recognition. The winner will be chosen and notified after all essays have been reviewed.
What do you get if you win?
If you are chosen as the winner of this contest, we will send you a NEDA journal, t-shirt, and pair of flip-flops of your size! Your essay will also appear on our website and highlighted on our homepage!
Have fun and happy writing!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
March Newsletter
The March Newsletter is now available on our website
http://www.eatingdisorders.cc/200903mar.pdf
Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
If you would like to sign up to receive your own copy of the newsletter by email, please visit our sign up page.
Feel free to submit ideas to include in the newsletter, things like Inspirational Vitamins (helpful affirmations, sayings, etc), Recovery Recipes you'd like to share with others, suggested readings or websites that will help others towards recovery, exciting news, anything you think would be good in the ACE newsletter. If there's room and it's okay to we'll be happy to include it!
http://www.eatingdisorders.cc/200903mar.pdf
Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
If you would like to sign up to receive your own copy of the newsletter by email, please visit our sign up page.
Feel free to submit ideas to include in the newsletter, things like Inspirational Vitamins (helpful affirmations, sayings, etc), Recovery Recipes you'd like to share with others, suggested readings or websites that will help others towards recovery, exciting news, anything you think would be good in the ACE newsletter. If there's room and it's okay to we'll be happy to include it!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Congratulations Ace House!!
ACE House was just successfully surveyed by the Department of Human Resources for Licensure. In addition to our Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Programs, the Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders is now able to offer Residential Treatment.
For more information on ACE House
For more information about our eating disorder programs
For more information on ACE House
For more information about our eating disorder programs
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