Carolyn Costin talks about her work with Eating Disorders and EMDR

Carolyn Costin is an eating disorder clinician, author, and international speaker 

acclaimed for her expertise, passion and accomplishments. 

In her early twenties, Carolyn recovered from anorexia nervosa, earned two masters degrees, became a teacher and began her career as a psychotherapist. A passionate and dedicated educator Carolyn taught high school and community college for 8 years and brought teaching to her role as an eating disorder therapist.

After successfully treating her first eating disorder client in 1979, Carolyn recognized this was her calling. Her continued success led her to develop and direct several inpatient eating disorder facilities during the period of 1987 to 1996.

In 1996, Carolyn created Monte Nido, the first licensed, residential eating disorder treatment facility in a home setting. She was the first to combine state of the art eating disorder treatment with eastern healing modalities, such as yoga and meditation. She was first to speak out that people with eating disorders could be fully “Recovered” and first to openly hire recovered therapists. Knowing that role models, trust and relationships matter, staff and clients shopped, cooked and ate meals together like a family. Carolyn created a healing environment where professionals delivered expert care and clients acquired the knowledge and skills necessary for long-term recovery.

Carolyn’s past eating disorder, her humanistic relational approach, her acclaimed speaking engagements, her six books and Monte Nido’s highly successful outcome study (Brewerton & Costin, 2011) have resulted in her being one of the most respected and sought-after leaders in the eating disorder field. 

A large percentage of Carolyn’s career has been lecturing, training, teaching and supervising clinicians, dietitians and physicians. As early as the mid 1980’s she ran study groups for professionals.  Carolyn is an official continuing education provider on through her online institute and in her internationally travels, educating professionals and the public about eating disorders.

Leaving Monte Nido in 2016 Carolyn remains active in the eating disorder field on many fronts. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders and stays involved in many professional eating disorder organizations, as a member, speaker, consultant, or a collaborator on projects, such as her work with Project Heal.

Opened in 2017 the Carolyn Costin Institute is the first program of its kind to train and certify eating disorder coaches, filling a gap in current services. Carolyn also trains clinicians and staff consulting with treatment centers around the globe.

In 2022 Carolyn was awarded, from the government of Australia, a distinguished talent visa for her work in eating disorders. She currently spends time in Australia training eating disorder clinicians, running groups, consulting on various eating disorder cases and projects, and working as an independent contractor for Wandi Nerida, the first eating disorder residential treatment program in Australia.

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