By: Abby Emmert, M.A. When I was recovering from my eating disorder, I saw relapse and slips as the same thing, and they both meant this:...

Gabby Morreale MA LPC. Hey there! Did you know there are four different types of hunger? As an eating disorder therapist it is usually...

By: Hannah de Groot MEd. June is one of the best months of the year - the weather is warming up, school is out, and most importantly, it is PRIDE MONTH! Pride is a time to highlight and celebrate self-affirmation, equality, and visibility of our LGBTQIA+ community members. It is also time for heterosexual, cisgender people to celebrate our friends, family members and neighbors in the LGBTQIA+ community by advocating for their equal rights and protection. At Recovered and Rest

By: Abby Emmert & Gabby Morreale No matter what kind of eating disorder you have, you probably know that buying clothes, trying on clothes, going through your clothes that you currently own in recovery is so frustrating. Mostly because you know that your body is going to be different, but we promise that's ok!! Also knowing you may have outgrown or may need to outgrow some of these clothes in the future can feel stressful. This unknown or unpredictability can be really frust

By Hannah de Groot MEd. & Gabrielle Morreale M.A. LPC. We’ve officially entered May and the end of the semester is right around the corner! Whether you’re graduating high school (yay!) or gearing up for another semester in college, it’s time to talk about eating disorder culture on college campuses. More importantly, how seemingly normalized disordered eating habits are. So normalized that comments about food, diets, bodies and weight pass by ordinarily in everyday conversati

By: Abby Emmert & Gabby Morreale Diet Culture and Eating Disorders This topic seemed to repeat itself a lot this week. Many clients we work with struggle in their recovery as they find themselves surrounded by a culture obsessed with the thin ideal. Often they find themselves trying to maintain their recovery in a world that is pushing them back into their eating disorder. We live in a world where disordered eating, diet culture, beauty standards, and so many disordered tho

By Gabrielle Alyse Morreale M.A. LPC. Hi everyone this is Gabby The owner and clinical director of Recovered and Restored Eating Disorder Therapy Center! For our first blog I wanted to share with you where this name came from and why I hold it close to my heart. As someone who struggled on and off with anorexia and bulimia for almost 18 years of her life to finally call myself recovered is a true joy and one of my most proud accomplishment. Being recovered comes with so much