August 2024

The dominant treatment model for eating disorders largely ignores the body – but what if we centred it? A small but growing variety of somatic therapists have a radical recent vision In the event you’re fearful about your individual or another person’s health, you may contact Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, on 0808 801 0677 or beateatingdisorders.org.uk. Or find US-based resources from the National Eating Disorders Association here. Ani Waggoner has battled anorexia for 28 years. She’s been to seven different treatment facilities, and cycled out and in of recovery for her entire adult life. It wasn’t until her last residential stay, on the Renfrew Centre in Florida, that she hit a breakthrough....