Eating disorders
Difficulties in which food and the body become the main way of regulating emotion and control.
How it shows up
It is rarely really about food. More often about control, shame and worth measured by the body. Because of the physical complications, medical monitoring is essential with eating disorders.
What we do with it in therapy
I work with the relational and family background — with roles, expectations and shame. I don’t replace specialist treatment; when that is needed, I say so clearly.
Therapy is not emergency care. If you are in severe distress or at risk, call 112, an on-call doctor, or the Slovenian mental distress helpline Klic v duševni stiski, 01 520 99 00 (7 pm to 7 am).
See also
Parental burnout
Exhaustion, emotional disconnection from your child and the feeling that you're not a good parent — a state the field recognised relatively recently.
Phases of therapy
The sequence the process usually follows: establishing safety, working through, integrating and ending.
Self-compassion
The ability to treat yourself in distress as you would a friend — without sugar-coating and without judging.
