DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
Addressing Triggers and Cravings During a Binge Eating Program: 5 Strategies that Help With Binge Eating
Whether you live in London, Manchester, or Birmingham in the UK, or whether you live in San Diego, Houston, or Washington DC in the US, or anywhere in between, it can be so helpful to join a binge eating program that helps you reduce and eliminate binge eating episodes. Such binge eating programs also teach you to manage obsessive thoughts: Imagine what it would be like to go from thinking about food, eating, and body image 90% of the time to 10% of the time. It’s amazing! I know. I’ve lived it. I’ve also created an online, self-paced binge eating program to help you get to that place, too. Regardless of what binge eating program you join, it’s really about finding freedom with food and with your body. Throughout such binge eating programs, you still may struggle with triggers and cravings. Don’t worry—I’m here to help! Here are five strategies on what to do when such triggers and cravings come up.
Navigating Social Situations: Overcoming Binge Eating Challenges
Whether you live in San Diego, London, NYC, or elsewhere, navigating social situations when you are in recovery from binge eating takes a delicate touch. People may not realize that even choosing a restaurant or deciding what takeout to eat as a group or cooking altogether can be fraught with anxiety. It’s important to cope ahead in order to overcome binge eating challenges when you’re with friends, family, or even in work settings.
A Deep Dive into Dissociation and Binge Eating with Dr. Danielle Hiestand
I’m so excited for you to hear from San Diego trauma and eating disorder specialist, Dr. Danielle Hiestand, LMFT, CEDS on the topic of dissociation and binge eating. Danielle was actually a former doctoral student of mine from long ago, and she did amazing research on eating disorders. She has since become one of the top eating disorder therapists in San Diego, known especially for how she integrates eating disorder treatment and trauma therapy. Plus, she’s going to be a guest speaker for my Summer 2022 Freedom From Binge Eating class! Winning!
Emotional Eating, Guilt, and How Grieving Can Help
Have you been feeling tired? Not just the tired that prompts you to go to bed early or take a nap (although you likely have been feeling that too), but the bone-deep fatigue that makes you wonder how you’re going to get through your day? I’ve also been feeling that tired.
This coronavirus situation, the one that many thought was going to be over in a couple of weeks, is dragging out longer and longer, and in many ways the end doesn’t seem in sight. Returning to normal in San Diego and elsewhere isn’t even on the radar anymore—it’ll be a new normal, one that we don’t know what will look like.
Let's Talk About Binge Eating! Meet UCSD CHEAR Director Dr. Kerri Boutelle
Hi everyone! I’m so excited to discuss innovative approaches to binge eating treatment that’s happening right here in San Diego! I’ve interviewed Dr. Kerri Boutelle, licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics, Family Medicine and Public Health, and Psychiatry at University of California San Diego (UCSD). She is the founder and director of the Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR), and is affiliated with Rady Children’s Hospital. Dr. Boutelle is also the senior supervising psychologist at the UCSD Eating Disorder and Treatment Program. I went to a training at CHEAR by Dr. Boutelle, and I was impressed with how dedicated she is to eating disorder research and treatment. I also really appreciated CHEAR’s focus on binge eating recovery.
***Trigger warning*** This blog post interview does include the terms weight loss, overweight, and obesity in the context of explaining CHEAR’s integrative binge eating and weight loss treatment program. I do believe that Dr. Boutelle does articulate how their approach is very different than “dieting” and absolutely does NOT advocate extreme behaviors that could trigger eating disorder symptoms.