DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
How My Freedom from Binge Eating Class Can Help You Redefine Your Relationship with Food and with Your Body
You struggle with binge eating or emotional eating in San Diego or elsewhere. You eat “right” during the day, and then as soon as you get home (or as soon as you put the kids to bed), you head to the refrigerator and the pantry to begin eating. At first you feel relief—like you’ve been holding your breath all day and can finally let it out and gulp in fresh, clean air. Then the numbness or detachment settles over you. It is a welcome respite from the pent-up stress, frustration, and anger. You don’t end the binge until you feel really, really uncomfortable—then the shame seeps in. You can’t believe you did it again. You had promised yourself that you would never binge again—that you would follow your diet or meal plan perfectly and give up binging once and for all. Yet here you are, feeling nauseous, extremely uncomfortable, and hopeless.
Food in Eating Disorder Treatment: Meet Alsana's Director of Culinary Services Jennifer Batchelor
Food is a big part of eating disorder treatment. Whether you receive eating disorder care in San Diego or elsewhere, it is important to work with people and programs that have an intentional nutrition philosophy that integrates with their overarching approach to eating disorder treatment. I had the great experience of interviewing Alsana’s National Director of Culinary Services Jennifer Batchelor. She described how Alsana, an eating disorder treatment program, provides diverse eating experiences that help people recover from eating disorders.
Battling Binge Eating? Amy Ornelas, RD on How Eating Disorder Dietitians Can Help
Grappling with binge eating in San Diego is so freaking hard. It consumes your waking thoughts and hijacks your brain. All you want to do is enjoy your life and see the amazing sights in San Diego and elsewhere, but you just can’t seem to turn off the obsessive thoughts, the constant urges, and the shame—and there can be so much shame. I have worked many years with San Diego eating disorder dietitian Amy Ornelas, RD. She is SO GIFTED at what she does—it’s like magic how she helps people recover from binge eating. Check out her approach to binge eating in this interview!
ARFID and Neurodiversity: Hear from San Diego Therapist Dr. Panicha McGuire
It is so difficult to live in sunny San Diego and have a child who struggles with picky eating and has ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). You just want to go outside and enjoy the beach and the fantastic weather, but you have to worry about your kid’s next meal, next snack, etc. If your child has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), it is even more complicated and stressful. Dr Panicha McGuire, LMFT, is a San Diego psychotherapist who specializes in both children and adults with ARFID (selective eating) and ASD. In this interview, Dr McGuire provides excellent information on how she treats these challenging conditions. She actually was a graduate student of mine back in my former life as an academic in San Diego. I’ve seen her do therapy both live and on video—she is incredibly gifted and her clients love her. Enjoy! :)
Do Dancers Often Struggle With Eating Disorders? Hear from Registered Dietitian Dr Nasira-Burkholder-Cooley
Are you a dancer and you struggle with an eating disorder in San Diego, Southern California, or elsewhere? Do you have a child or family member who is in ballet or another type of dance and overly focuses on food, eating and body image? Dr Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, RD, is a nutritionist who specializes in dancers. Having a ballet background herself, she understands the unique challenges dancers face when they look at mirrors all day and feel pressure to achieve the “perfect dancer’s body.” I’ve been collaborating with Nasira for almost two years, and she is caring, compassionate, and dedicated to help people both in and outside of the dance/ballet world. I look forward to you getting to know her!
Benefits of Eating Disorder Support Groups--San Diego Psychologist Dr. Jennie Wang-Hall
Feeling lonely and struggling with an eating disorder in San Diego and don’t know where to turn? I’ve interviewed Dr. Jennie Wang-Hall, eating disorder psychologist in North County San Diego, on the benefits of eating disorder support groups. We also discussed the two affordable San Diego eating disorder support groups that she currently provides.
Three Steps to Start Your Eating Disorder Recovery in 2024
Dealing with an eating disorder in San Diego and beyond in 2024 is so challenging. The last two years have been especially difficult for San Diego adults and teens grappling with binge eating, restrictive eating, compulsive exercising, picky eating, as well as anorexia and bulimia. There’s something about the various waves of COVID pandemic that has pushed people past their tolerance limits. You may have called numerous San Diego eating disorder therapists and multiple San Diego eating disorder treatment programs. They all have weeks-long waiting lists or may even not treat your particular type of eating disorder. It’s so hard to know where to turn. I’ve outlined three steps to get you started on your pathway to eating disorder recovery, waiting list or not.
Struggling with Bulimia? Five Tips from an Eating Disorder Dietitian
Having bulimia in San Diego and elsewhere is so difficult. You just want to be out in the sun, but you’re struggling with the shame and preoccupation that accompany bulimic behaviors. I’ve interviewed San Diego eating disorder dietitian Theresa Carmichael, RD, for five amazing tips to help you with nutrition-related issues that come with bulimia recovery.
Feeling Unworthy of Help? Meet Eating Disorder Dietitian Maddie White McClean, RDN
It is common for people who struggle with eating, food, and body image issues to feel unworthy of getting help. Maddie White gets that. I’ve recently worked with Maddie, who is a registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist in San Diego. She is an incredibly compassionate and conscientious dietitian who loves working with eating disorders. A San Diego native, Maddie is recovered from disordered eating herself, so she has a a lot of empathy for people going through similar struggles. I’m thrilled that you get to know her!