The Chaos of Recovery

<p>Episode Title: The Chaos of Recovery with Stacy Schilter-Pisano, LMFT, CEDS</p> <p>In this episode of “Calming the Chaos,” we’ll be talking to Stacy Schilter-Pisano, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist at The Emily Program in Washington State. The Emily program offers a variety of different ways to help those who struggle with eating disorders find recovery.</p> <p>Stacy and I are both passionate about treating eating disorders in our local, national and international communities. And so now, during National Eating Disorders Awareness week, let’s listen to Stacy and I talk… as two Certified Eating Disorders Specialists….about the chaos that can happen in the minds and bodies of those who are struggling with eating disorders, and especially in those who decide that they want to enter into a program to find recovery.</p> <p>Let’s listen in!</p> <p>Stacy’s Introduction – The Emily Program</p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Emily program offers Intensive Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient or Partial Hospitalization services to treat clinical Eating Disorders and Body Image Dissatisfaction.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Their goal is to help those who struggle with food, eating and body image recover from behavior patterns that they have been using for coping with stress, and find recovery.</li> </ol> <p>The steps to recovery: When the environment changes – Chaos Happens!</p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Intake: Just getting the courage about an eating disorder creates chaos</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Their mental health experience, their lived experience and experience with food</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Am I sick enough to admit? Or downplaying or minimizing their sickness</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">People experience some chaos with being vulnerable talking about their behaviors that have been secret</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Fear: People might find out about me…is th