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This episode is an interview Hadley had with Cindy Cole, LMFT, LPC. Cindy is the Director of Individual and Family Therapy, with the organisation Timberline Knolls in the USA. ?In her role, Cindy oversees the therapy staff, which consists of 40 clinicians. She also works with management to focus on issues related to compliance, program development and interdepartmental collaboration.Prior to Timberline Knolls, Cindy was the Intake Clinical Supervisor at Gateway Foundation in Aurora, IL and a part of a group private practice. She worked at The Larkin Center, a group home for foster children and adolescents. Cindy was also affiliated with Community Youth Network, where she provided individual and family therapy to children and adolescents in the DCFS system.? Cindy received her undergraduate degree in Sociology/Criminology from Northern Illinois University and her Masters in Marital and Family Therapy from Northwestern University’s The Family Institute. Cindy is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. ?On the podcast we spoke about the family’s role in the recovery process.
In this episode Helen chats to an inspirational, energetic and passionate advocate, speaker and campaigner for Father’s Mental Health; Mark Williams.
?Mark developed post-natal depression following the traumatic birth of his son 13 years ago – a diagnosis he attempted to hide and self manage and that went unrecognised for some time. Finally, Mark received treatment for his mental health and at the age of 40 years of age was also given a diagnosis of ADHD.
Following Mark’s experience he came to realise how little screening or support there was for father’s or other family members involved following the birth of a child so he set up an organisation called Father’s Reaching Out to provide a support network for other fathers. This work quickly took off and Mark went on to do much more work in this field.
Mark has written about Fathers' mental health in several publications and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV NEWS, Good Morning Britain and Channel 5. His story has been told in USA, Australia New Zealand, Canada, Africa, Asia. He has also appeared in television documentaries concerning mental health including Channel 5's My Secret Past on Postnatal Depression with Jennifer Ellison.
?To date, Mark has spoken around the World at over 150 conferences and events
Mark has also set up many projects and organisations including Fathers Reaching Out and Dads Matter UK and now works as a consultant to help other organisations build better Men's Mental Health groups.
?Marks is the Founder of International Father’s Mental Health Day and won the Local Hero Award at the Pride of Britain Awards and Inspirational Father of the Year in 2012. In 2016 he was chosen to meet the Royal Family on World’s Mental Health Day.
?In the conversation Mark speaks openly and honestly about his experiences -from growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, to the events surrounding the birth of his son and supporting his wife with post-natal depression; moving on to discuss his own experience with depression and mental ill health, reflecting then on why he was driven to do the work he does now and why this work is so important.
?http://www.reachingoutpmh.co.uk/
?Twitter: @MarkWilliamsFMH
Within this episode Helen chats to Emily Troscianko PhD.
Emily Troscianko is a researcher and writer who has studied and worked academically for a number of years at the University of Oxford.
Emily also has a history of anorexia nervosa -an illness that affected her from the age of sixteen and from which she grew increasingly unwell for the next ten years. In 2008, Emily embarked on a recovery treatment attempt with a course of cognitive behavioural therapy, and at this point started the process to reaching a full recovery.
?In 2009 Emily started to write a blog called, A Hunger Artist, about her experience with an eating disorder and has written many posts to date on this topic for the Psychology Today website.
?Emily’s academic work now focuses on the interactions between fiction reading and eating disorders, while she has also written about consciousness and has plans for future ventures in the eating disorders field.
?During the conversation we talk about Emily’s personal history of having an eating disorder and her recovery. We discuss the importance of persisting with weight gain in recovery from an eating disorder and why target weights are not helpful.
Emily offers her insight and knowledge about the concept of overshoot in recovery and her personal experience with this; while offering advice on how to get started in making those first steps in a recovery attempt.
Within the conversation Emily also tells us about her future ventures, including a recovery app for an eating disorder and writing a book from her experiences and subsequent research.
?Link to Emily's blog 'A Hunger Artist':
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hunger-artist
?Link to Emily's website:
?https://www.hungerartist.org
Today Hadley spoke with Roseann Rook.
?Roseann is a Clinical Addictions Specialist responsible for conducting psycho-educational and process groups as well as providing individual counseling for addiction treatment including co-occurring disorders such as Eating Disorders and Mood Disorders at Timberline Knolls. She specializes in Process Addictions with a strong focus on Relationship Addictions.
?Roseann was instrumental in the development of Timberline Knolls’ Addiction Program and the implementation of addressing Process Addictions into the curriculum. As a member of Timberline Knolls’ Clinical Development Institute, she has presented locally and at National conferences.
?Roseann has worked in the addictions field since 1993, starting at Aunt Martha’s Youth Service as an addiction counselor moved on to counsel MISA clients at Grand Prairie Services followed by working for the YMCA Network for Counseling and Youth Development as an Addictions Counselor and Crisis worker. She returned to Grand Prairie Services for a brief stint to develop and implement an out-patient program before joining Timberline Knolls in 2006.
?Today we spoke about Roseanne’s role at Timberline Knolls and how men and women differ when it comes to addiction. We spoke about asking for help and what it is like to recover from addiction as a woman in today’s society. We talk about the myths about recovery and what types of addictions there are.
http://www.timberlineknolls.com/
In this episode, Hadley sat down with Victoria Read an adult case manager at the Family of Woodstock.
Family of Woodstock is an organization in Ulster County NY and is a network of paid staff and volunteers, whose mission is to provide confidential and fully accessible crisis intervention, information, prevention, and support services to address the needs of individuals and families.
?The scope of the agency’s vision allows them to bring to bear resources to address a broad spectrum of human problems:
?"We believe that the common ground which unites us, both helper and helped, is greater than the differences which divide us, and that everyone deserves the respect and support of our larger community. We seek to embody and model the qualities of caring and respect within our organization and with those whom we serve. We maintain an attitude which is non-judgmental and non-directive, so that all individuals are encouraged to resolve problems in a way that honors their own cultural, religious, socio-economic and value systems. We endeavor to empower each person to find their own solutions to the challenges before them. In this work, we are committed to search all avenues for assistance, creatively combining resources, as needed. In addition to assisting individuals, we continually seek to improve the quality of life in our community by addressing gaps in services and by advocating for more comprehensive, effective, culturally appropriate and humane responses to people’s needs”.
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You can find out more about Family of Woodstock and the services they provide at:
?http://www.familyofwoodstockinc.org
This episode of Mind Matters Matter is with Jacqueline Allan talking about Diabulimia – not yet recognised as an official diagnosis, Diabulimia is nevertheless a critical, serious and life limiting illness that is affecting people with Type One Diabetes today.
?Having been featured as the subject of a recent BBC documentary in which it was called ‘the world’s most dangerous eating disorder’, diabulimia is starting to get some more much needed attention and public and professional awareness.
To find out more about this illness, Jacqueline Allan, who in 2009 started the organisation Diabetics with Eating Disorders (or DWED) which today remains the only charity in the UK that advocates for and represents those with type one diabetes and eating disorders, spoke to us.
Jacqueline is the current Director of DWED and is also an associate lecturer at Birkbeck University of London where she is carrying out research for her phD into the subject of Diabulimia.
Jacqueline has a huge amount of knowledge and insight into this condition and it’s affects.
?During the conversation we talk about what Diabulimia is; the common symptoms and the acute consequences of this serious illness. We talk about the work Jacqueline is doing within the UK to help get Diabulimia recognised as a diagnosis in it’s own right and subsequently ensure that appropriate treatment is available for those with this condition.
We also chat about what appropriate treatment might look like and why this needs to differ from standard eating disorder management. Jacqueline also offers hope for people with this condition that recovery is possible.
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To find out more about Diabulimia and the organisation, Diabetics with Eating Disorders, please visit their website:
www.dwed.org.uk
?Twitter: @diabeticswithed
In this episode Hadley sits down with Ellen Pendegar to discuss suicide prevention.
Ellen is the CEO of the Mental Health Association in Ulster County, NY. The Mental Health Association is a not for profit organization who’s mission is to engage all people in achieving their optimal mental health by providing innovative and compassionate services that educate, advocate, prevent and heal. To achieve it's mission, the MHA sponsors a variety of educational, advocacy and service programs, including mental health education, rehabilitation, residential services, family and youth support services, and therapeutic foster care.
Ellen provides information about what to do if you feel suicidal and to help people to be suicide aware.
She gives practical information on how to help someone who maybe at risk for suicide.
LINKS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION:
National Suicide Hotline in USA 1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
https://save.org/
Ulster County Programs Ellen refers to in Ulster County, NY
http://ulstercountyny.gov/health/ulster-county-suicide-prevention-education-and-awareness-committee
http://www.familyofwoodstockinc.org/emergency-services-hotline-walk-in-centers/
United Kingdom
http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/united-kingdom-suicide-hotlines.html
https://www.samaritans.org/
Canada
https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/
Australia
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
International Suicide Prevention Information
http://suicideprevention.wikia.com/wiki/Europe
In this episode Helen speaks to Kirsten Haglund.
?Kirsten had an eating disorder when she was in her teens from which she recovered and went on to become Miss America in 2008 – a platform opportunity she used to speak out about eating disorders.
Kirsten now serves as the Community Relations Specialist for Timberline Knolls (a US based treatment provider for eating disorders) and is an Ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association.
?Kirsten also currently works as a television personality and commentator on Fox News Channel, HLN, CNN and Fox Business Network – commenting on politics, women’s health issues, celebrity culture, social issues and women’s empowerment. She is also an international speaker on women’s health (with a focus on eating disorders) and has blogs featured regularly on various sites including the Huffington Post and Forbes.com.
Kirsten founded the Kirsten Haglund Foundation in 2009 which raises funds for treatment scholarships for people seeking recovery from eating disorders in the United States.
?In this episode we discuss her life and illness; we talk about her competing in the Miss America competition while in recovery from an eating disorder and the impact this had. Kirsten also offers a great deal of her insight into eating disorders, body image issues and other issues affecting women and young girls today and the work she does now.
?Links:
?www.kirstenhaglundfoundation.org
?www.kirstenhaglund.com
?www.timberlineknolls.com
Hadley had the pleasure for this episode to speak with Dede Beasley about Experiential Equine Therapy.
Dede has been a professional counselor for 30 years. She holds a masters degree in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University and completed post-graduate training with The New Symphony Center for Integrative Group Psychotherapy. She has trained with Albert Pesso, originator (with Diane Borden) of psycho-motor psychotherapy, and with Barbara Findiesen, founder of the STAR Foundation.
Dede was among the first practitioners to be certified by the North American Handicapped Riders Association (NAHRA) as an equine-assisted psychotherapist; has been certified by the Council of Horsemanship and Safety for thirty years and is certified as a riding instructor by the Certified Horsemen Association. She is also certified as an Equine Interactional Professional (CEIP-MH) and is a member of the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH), The Council for Horsemanship and Safety Association (CHA) and the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor Association (TLPCA).
Dede works with clients of all ages (children, adolescents, adults) in individual, group and family therapy settings, primarily focusing on the areas of addictive/compulsive disorders, dual diagnoses and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Her Experiential Equine Counseling model is a blend of traditional equine-assisted psychotherapy philosophies and methodologies with her unique talents and skills as an experiential counselor, strongly influenced by her training in developmental psychology and the work of Albert Pesso and Diane Borden (psychomotor therapy).
Dede worked with the Recovery Ranch, an extended care treatment program in Nunnelly, Tennessee, from it's inception in 1998. She developed The Ranch's equine therapy program and continued in that role since 2015. Her unique approach to equine therapy was featured, along with other Ranch programs, in a BBC Documentary in 2007. As The Ranch's equine therapist, Dede was a significant contributor, along with other original staff, to The Ranch’ approach to treatment of trauma and dual diagnosis.
Dede has been published in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Newsletter, and her work with The Ranch's EAP Program has been featured in Counselor Magazine and The Substance Abuse Letter. One of Dede's client stories (The Promise) is included in The Horse Healers, an anthology published by Adams Media (2006). She has presented her Experiential Equine Model for regional and national conferences, including the annual conference of The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA), and the U.S. Journal's Spirit Recovery Conference in Los Angeles. She was asked to present her work at Virginia Tech Veterinary College, emphasizing the human-animal bond she celebrates.
Thirty years ago Dede began her own journey of recovery. She openly shares her personal experience in her client work and she delights in sharing the equestrian journey with audiences and workshop participants.
CONTACT DEDE for more info:
https://www.dedetherapy.com/
?PONYPEOPLE@EARTHLINK.NET
In this episode Helen really enjoyed talking with James Withey – founder of an incredible project called ‘The Recovery Letters’ - a project in which letters are written by people in recovery from depression to people currently experiencing a depressive episode.
The Recovery Letters has been a global website and internet based project since 2012 and earlier this year James produced a book containing many of the letters he has collected.
?During our conversation we talk about the Recovery Letters project, how James came up with the idea; as well as speaking about his own experiences with depression and how he manages his mental health.
?James has created such a great project and I hope you find it is as interesting and positive as we do.
?Links to Recovery Letters:
?www.therecoveryletters.com
?James on Twitter: @RecoveryLetters
?Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRecoveryLetters
In this episode of Mind Matters Matter Hadley had an enjoyable interview with Julie Duffy Dillon, a nutrition specialist and eating disorder therapist.
In today's interview we speak about anxiety and Julie shares her own experiences with this.
We bust some myths about eating disorders. We discuss how to cope with anxiety, and how Julie helps people with their food journey.
A little about Julie: she is a Fat Positive Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert who partners with people along their Food Peace journey. She owns a group nutrition therapy private practice in central North Carolina using only weight inclusive and attuned eating approaches. Julie supervises dietitians and other health care providers to move them away from weight normative approaches and instead focus on promoting healing and health.
Julie also began specializing in treating Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in 2005 after noticing the connection with weight bias and eating disorders. She sought training on the physiology and endocrinology from pioneering experts willing to not focus on weight loss and diets to treat this complicated condition. This insight has helped women with PCOS to advocate for their physical and emotional health without torturing themselves with diets. She launched an e-course A Step-by-Step Guide for PCOS & Food Peace in September 2017.
Julie hosts the weekly podcast Love Food - a Dear Abby show for those with eating concerns hoping to rewrite their fate. Listeners pen a letter to food outlining their complicated relationship. Julie and sometimes a guest discuss solutions before Food writes back.
Julie has spoken at the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, and EDRDPro Symposium. She was also the featured expert dietitian on TLC's documentary My Big Fat Fabulous Life.
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Julie's website for more information:
?www.juliedillonrd.com
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In this episode of Mind Matters Matter Hadley had an enjoyable interview with Julie Duffy Dillon, a nutrition specialist and eating disorder therapist.
In today's interview we speak about anxiety and Julie shares her own experiences with this.
We bust some myths about eating disorders. We discuss how to cope with anxiety, and how Julie helps people with their food journey.
A little about Julie: she is a Fat Positive Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert who partners with people along their Food Peace journey. She owns a group nutrition therapy private practice in central North Carolina using only weight inclusive and attuned eating approaches. Julie supervises dietitians and other health care providers to move them away from weight normative approaches and instead focus on promoting healing and health.
Julie also began specializing in treating Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in 2005 after noticing the connection with weight bias and eating disorders. She sought training on the physiology and endocrinology from pioneering experts willing to not focus on weight loss and diets to treat this complicated condition. This insight has helped women with PCOS to advocate for their physical and emotional health without torturing themselves with diets. She launched an e-course A Step-by-Step Guide for PCOS & Food Peace in September 2017.
Julie hosts the weekly podcast Love Food - a Dear Abby show for those with eating concerns hoping to rewrite their fate. Listeners pen a letter to food outlining their complicated relationship. Julie and sometimes a guest discuss solutions before Food writes back.
Julie has spoken at the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, and EDRDPro Symposium. She was also the featured expert dietitian on TLC's documentary My Big Fat Fabulous Life.
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Julie's website for more information:
?www.juliedillonrd.com
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This episode features Helen chatting with Lisa Rodrigues, CBE.
?Lisa is a writer, coach and mental health campaigner who worked as a health professional in the NHS for a number of years before becoming Chief Executive of a large NHS mental health trust – a position she held for 13 years before retiring in 2014.
Lisa was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to the NHS and work in helping to address mental health stigma and promote evidence based practice.
Lisa has also had her own experiences with depression since the age of 15 – an illness that she kept hidden until shortly before her retirement when she experienced a major depressive episode.
?Lisa works now in continuing to speak out about mental illness and challenge stigma; aiming to reduce the negativity associated with mental illness. She writes and speaks at conferences and in the media.
?Lisa also does a great deal of work with two charitable organisations – Grassroots Suicide Prevention and the Samaritans.
?During the conversation with Lisa she discusses many things!
She talks about her work life and her illness; why she chose to speak out about her own illness and her feelings about doing so. She discusses issues around mental health services currently and talks about her work with Grass Roots Suicide Prevention and the Samaritans.
?Lisa’s website:
?www.lisasaysthis.com
?Twitter: @LisaSaysThis
In this episode Helen had the privilege of speaking to Dr Danny Penman.
Danny Penman is a qualified meditation teacher and an award-winning writer and journalist, having worked for the BBC and he writes for British national newspapers.
He co-wrote the international bestselling book ‘Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World’ with Professor Mark Williams in 2011 and since then has continued to work in the field of mindfulness and has written 3 more books on the topic.
In 2014, his book, ‘Mindfulness for Health: A Practical Guide to Relieving Pain, Reducing Stress and Restoring Wellbeing’, won the British Medical Association’s Award for best book in popular medicine.
His books have been translated now into over 30 languages.
In our conversation, we talked about what mindfulness is and how Danny became involved in it before discussing the many benefits of practising mindfulness and how people can go about doing so.
Link to Danny’s website:
www.franticworld.com
The Art of Breathing by Dr Danny Penman – available now in the UK and to be published in the USA in Spring 2018.
Everyday Mindfulness forum recommended in the interview:
https://www.everyday-mindfulness.org/forum/
This week Hadley had the pleasure to speak with Jennifer Rollin.
Both Hadley and Helen have been impressed with the active role Jennifer has taken in speaking and educating the public about eating disorders and self compassion.
Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C is a therapist in private practice in Rockville, Maryland, eating disorder and body image specialist and an expert writer and speaker.
She is passionate about helping people to find freedom from eating disorders and body-hatred, and to discover self-compassion.
Jennifer has completed certificates in CBT-E for Eating Disorders, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is a member of The Junior Board of Directors for The National Eating Disorders Association.
Her articles have reached thousands of people through print and online media including, The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.
She offers eating disorder therapy in Rockville, Maryland and eating disorder recovery coaching to people worldwide.
To connect with Jennifer, check out her website:
www.jenniferrollin.com
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This week Helen was very excited to have the opportunity to talk to Gwyneth Olwyn – somebody whose work she has been following for several years and found very helpful in managing her eating disorder.
Gwyneth lives in Canada, is the founder of the Eating Disorder Institute and describes herself as a patient advocate.
Gwyneth developed an interest in eating disorders some years ago and over the past 8 years has worked tirelessly intensively researching and synthesising information about eating disorders and the recovery process to formulate the ‘Homeodynamic Recovery Method’.
This year Gwyneth has published her first book ‘A Step by Step Guide to Recovery from Eating disorders’ that presents all her years of research and concisely talks the reader through the recovery method she recommends.
The conversation this week is slightly longer as Gwyneth had so much excellent information to share. Within the podcast we talk about her new book, exploring issues in recovery such as being weighed, set point theory, the concept of overshoot, extreme hunger, exercise, juggling life and recovery and the potential for recovery in older adults as well as younger people.
The links to more information about Gwyneth are as follows:
https://www.edinstitute.org/
Twitter - @gwynolwyn or @ED_Institute
Book link – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recover-Eating-Disorders-Step--Step/dp/1500828254/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Today Helen had the opportunity to talk to Rosie.
Rosie is a young British woman who is a Masters student of Medical Humanities and a qualified primary school teacher. Rosie also has a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
She describes herself as an imaginative, empathetic, passionate, caring and friendly person and having chatted to her today I would agree with that! Rosie is also a writer and lover of creative expression in spoken word and drawing.
Rosie recently made the decision to talk out about her diagnosis to help raise awareness of BPD and break stigma and stereotypes and she has a blog entitled, “my journey from silence to talking about BPD…”.
In the conversation Helen and Rosie talk about what BPD is and how it affects Rosie in terms of symptoms and experiences; how she came to her diagnosis; the difficulties accessing the right treatment and support and issues around her experience of stigma and stereotyping.
Rosie then explains why she has now chosen to bravely speak out.
The links to Rosie’s website and blog and her twitter handle are below:
Website - http://talkingaboutbpd.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter - @TalkingAboutBPD
With special thanks to Jo Scari for the kind contribution of her music used for our introduction segment.
Today Helen had the opportunity to talk to Rosie.
Rosie is a young British woman who is a Masters student of Medical Humanities and a qualified primary school teacher. Rosie also has a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
She describes herself as an imaginative, empathetic, passionate, caring and friendly person and having chatted to her I would agree with that! Rosie is also a writer and lover of creative expression in spoken word and drawing.
Rosie recently made the decision to talk out about her diagnosis to help raise awareness of BPD and break stigma and stereotypes and she has a blog entitled, “my journey from silence to talking about BPD…”.
In the conversation Helen and Rosie talk about what BPD is and how it affects Rosie in terms of symptoms and experiences; how she came to her diagnosis; the difficulties accessing the right treatment and support and issues around her experience of stigma and stereotyping.
Rosie then explains why she has now chosen to bravely speak out.
The links to Rosie’s website and blog and her twitter handle are below:
Website - http://talkingaboutbpd.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter - @TalkingAboutBPD
With special thanks to Jo Scari for the kind contribution of her music used for our introduction segment.
Today Helen had the opportunity to talk to Rosie.
Rosie is a young British woman who is a Masters student of Medical Humanities and a qualified primary school teacher. Rosie also has a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
She describes herself as an imaginative, empathetic, passionate, caring and friendly person and having chatted to her I would agree with that! Rosie is also a writer and lover of creative expression in spoken word and drawing.
Rosie recently made the decision to talk out about her diagnosis to help raise awareness of BPD and break stigma and stereotypes and she has a blog entitled, “my journey from silence to talking about BPD…”.
In the conversation Helen and Rosie talk about what BPD is and how it affects Rosie in terms of symptoms and experiences; how she came to her diagnosis; the difficulties accessing the right treatment and support and issues around her experience of stigma and stereotyping.
Rosie then explains why she has now chosen to bravely speak out.
The links to Rosie’s website and blog and her twitter handle are below:
Website - http://talkingaboutbpd.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter - @TalkingAboutBPD
With special thanks to Jo Scari for the kind contribution of her music used for our introduction segment.
In this episode Hadley is talking to Thom Rutledge.
?Thom has been a practicing psychotherapist in Nashville, TN for more than 30 years and he has written many books in that time, including Embracing Fear, The Self-Forgiveness Handbook and The Greater Possibilities.
Thom has a new book scheduled for release next month; a gift book called What Love Is.
Thom has been featured on NBC's Today Show, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, Australia's Channel 10 and he has consulted with The Dr. Phil Show. Thom's political commentary has appeared in The Indianapolis Star, The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
?In the interview we speak about Thom’s recovery from alcoholism and his work with addictions and Eating Disorders. Thom’s approach to Eating Disorders is intra-personal. He uses the word ‘Ed’ when referring to Eating Disorders as a personification and to help people separate out the person's Eating Disorder voice from the voice of their true self.
Thom worked with Jenni Schaefer in her recovery from an Eating Disorder and co-authored with Jenni the book, Life Without ED.
When Thom refers to Jenni or Jen in the interview he is talking about Jenni Schaefer.
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Warning - please be aware there is swearing within this episode.
?You can find out more about Thom at his website:
?https://www.thomrutledge.com
?This includes information about Thom; his books; his one to one work including the journal service he provides; eating disorders and much more.
There is also a free download page there:
?www.thomrutledge.com/free-downloads