Blog posts in October, 2017

Susan Kleinman, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, CEDS,Dance/Movement Therapist for The Renfrew Center of Florida Leaning Into Life October 15, 2017

Before you came to Renfrew, you engaged in various eating disorder behaviors that you thought helped you cope with life stressors. You were leaning away from life. While at Renfrew you learned the importance of l...

Adrienne Ressler, LMSW, CEDS, F.iaedp, Vice President, Professional Development, The Renfrew Center Foundation Beat the Body Image Blues October 09, 2017

"It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, or concern must be to live while we're alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade des...

Rachel Karitis, Alumna I Am Not My Eating Disorder October 02, 2017

I am not my eating disorder. Over the course of my life, I have loved it, hated it, ignored it. For a long time, I thought we were inextricably intertwined. We are not. My DSM code is not tattooed on my skin, ran...