Recovery Deep Dish
Recovery Deep Dish is hosted by Kate Sutton, a licensed therapist in private practice specializing in eating disorders and complex trauma. This podcast provides a deep dish of facts, stories, and guidance for long term eating disorder recovery from Kate's personal and professional experience. It takes folks beyond basic cognitive behavioral therapy approaches to eating disorders and explores the deeper issues beneath them. If you've ever felt alone in recovery or expert help has fallen short, this podcast is for you.
Each episode delves into topics that often remain unaddressed in traditional treatment, providing insights from neuroscience, somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems, and attachment theory. You'll also get actionable strategies to help you choose recovery day after day. Join Kate as she shares her hard-won wisdom and invites guests to offer their unique perspectives on the complex realities of the recovery process.
Whether you're in recovery yourself or supporting someone who is, this podcast offers a compassionate space for honest conversations and practical guidance. Discover the power of getting curious about the underlying issues and embrace the profound transformation that awaits you on the other side of an eating disorder.
Recovery Deep Dish
7: The blurry line between eating disorders and disordered eating and what ambivalence really says about your recovery
In this episode, we explore the often blurry line between eating disorders and disordered eating and the nuance between having a clinical diagnosis or not. I’ll share about how many so-called "healthy habits" are normalized eating disorder behaviors. Finally, I’ll share insight about how ambivalence in recovery connects to deeper psychological issues underlying eating disorders. Whether you're early in recovery ready to learn some basics or struggling to identify the deeper issues keeping you stuck, this episode offers clarity on how to recognize when wellness behaviors cross into disordered territory and what’s really driving them in the first place.
Key Points
- [00:05:00] The difference between eating disorders and disordered eating
- [00:07:44] Questionnaire to determine if you or someone you love has disordered eating
- [00:9:43] Eating disorders can happen at any weight, body size, or shape
- [00:10:53] Examples of normalized disordered eating
- [00:13:05] Factors and rates of disordered eating turning into a full blown eating disorder
- [00:17:16] The deep dish - what comes up from taking responsibility for your recovery
- [00:25:43] Recommendations for looking for support
Resources Mentioned
- Recovery Deep Dish Episode 5 - The nervous system in recovery
- Psychology Today
- Therapy Den
- Look for somatic experiencing therapists at Somatic Experiencing International Directory
- Attachment therapists - AEDP Directory
Episode Links
- Website: counselorkate.com
- Instagram: @counselorkate
- Email: podcast@counselorkate dot com
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