DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
How Does Binge Eating Disorder Differ from Bulimia Nervosa?
Fighting binge eating in San Diego is hard enough. Struggling with urges to get rid of the food afterward adds another challenge. When binge eating or bulimia is present, it’s more difficult to grab life by the horns and hang on for a wild, fun ride. As I’m siting in my office in San Diego, California, listening to the baby birds chirp in the nest outside my window, I’m thinking about how binge eating and bulimia really hijacks people’s lives. Whether you live in California, or anywhere else in the world, I hope that my message is coming directly to you—the message that both binge eating disorder and bulimia are complex brain disorders. They have similarities and differences. Despite how hard it is to have bulimia and binge eating disorder, people CAN recover from both of them. I promise.
Treating ARFID with San Diego Eating Disorder Dietitian Maddie McClean, RD
Grappling with ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder) is really hard. Whether you struggle with ARFID yourself, or whether it’s one of your kiddos, there is SO much anxiety. You feel frustrated because food choices are limited. You may fear choking or vomiting. You struggle with how food looks or dislike how it feels in your mouth. Plus, you experience shame and embarrassment because you don’t eat the same as your peers. ARFID is incredibly complex, and not a lot of people really get it. One person who understands ARFID is San Diego eating disorder dietitian Maddie McClean, RD. She does amazing work helping folks of all ages get on the road to ARFID recovery.
Weight Inclusivity and Athletes: Hear From San Diego Dietitian Suzanne Smith, RD
A lot of times people assume that athletics and being thin go hand-in-hand. After all, how can you run down a San Diego beach or hike up a trail in California when you’re in a fat body? San Diego eating disorder dietitian Suzanne Smith disagrees. She takes a weight-inclusive approach when working with athletes. Her journey to this stance is fascinating—I’m so glad you’ll get to know her!
Childhood Trauma and Eating Disorders
Being in California or anywhere else in the world while struggling with an eating disorder really, really sucks. It is especially difficult when you’ve experienced childhood trauma. No matter what your trauma was, or how long it lasted, its effects often carry into adulthood and can manifest through eating disorder behaviors. In this blog post, I’ll not only explore what childhood trauma means, I’ll also identify signs that you’re experiencing a trauma response, and how your eating disorder may have served as a protective (yes, I said protective) mechanism for you over the years.
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!
My Binge Eating Recovery Story
It’s time to get real, folks. I’m going to talk about how binge eating is part of my eating disorder recovery story and how I overcame binge eating to live a full life in San Diego. It may be a little controversial, it may feel a little emotional, and I’m going to dive in and share anyway because it is so important for me to let you know that you CAN recover from binge eating.
Are You A High-Performing Person? Hear From Therapist Chris Rabanera, LMFT
Are you a high-performing person from California, Michigan, or Nevada? Do you constantly push yourself to the limit, aiming for the next promotion, the bigger bonus, the larger house? Being a high-achieving individual is a common characteristic in people with eating disorders. It is also a typical trait for many medical professionals, who have been especially struggling these last few years. Trained in San Diego, California, therapist Chris Rabanera, LMFT, really gets the complexities of the drive to perform. He provides online therapy in California, Michigan, and Nevada. Chris is so passionate about what he does. I’m so glad that you’ll get to know him!
How Does Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders Intersect? Hear From San Diego Therapist Natalia Addona, LPCC
As an eating disorder therapist in San Diego, California, I have been wanting to connect with a San Diego therapist who specializes in substance abuse for a long time. I was so grateful to hear about Natalia Addona, LPCC, who is a top San Diego therapist who has extensive experience with substance abuse. Plus, it was wonderful getting to know Natalia because she is so down-to-earth and authentic. You can tell that she feels so passionate about helping people. Learn from her about how eating disorders and substance abuse can intersect!
Get to Know Eating Disorder Therapist Katie Bongiorno, LMFT
Weeks ago, I was sitting in my San Diego, California eating disorder office and connected with Pennsylvania-based eating disorder therapist and eating disorder educator Katie Bongiorno, LMFT. She and I instantly clicked. She is so authentic! Not only am I impressed with her passion for helping people recover from eating disorders, I also connect with her own recovery story in that I’m recovered from an eating disorder as well. I found recovery in a San Diego eating disorder therapist’s office; she did with an east coast therapist. We both recounted how freeing it has been to have the eating disorder long behind us, and we love how called we both feel to get people on the pathway to recovery, no matter on which coast we live.