Here are some linkson eating disorders
and related topics. If you know about a great website that you want me to
inlcude in this list, feel free to contact
me. I am looking forward to hearing from you!
Something Fishy
- Website on Eating Disorders - Dedicated to raising awareness and providing support
to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones.
Eating Disorder
Hope - Eating Disorder Hope offers hope, information and resources to those
suffering from eating
disorders, their treatment providers and loved ones by providing
information, groups, articles, virtual library, books, treatment options and events
for individuals struggling with bulimia, anorexia and binge-eating disorders.
Pale Reflections
- A complete online community for everyone affected by eating disorders. Wheter
you are
looking for support for yourself, help for a friend/loved one, or
simply browsing for information.
Bulimia.com (Gurze.com)
- This website specializes in information about eating disorders, plus
related topics such as body image and obesity. Bulimia.com offers books and
articles on eating disorders, newsletters, links to treatment facilities, and
much more.
Eating Disorders
& Disordered Eating is a website dedicated to providing information, help,
news and research on eating disorders and related conditions.
Eating Disorders
Guide is a resource guide about eating disorders, causes of eating disorders,
symptoms, treatment methods, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorders, bulimia,
pica eating disorder, and more.
EDA - Eating Disorder
Association - Here you will find information and help on all aspects of eating
disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and
related eating disorders.
NEDIC - National Eating
Disorder Information Centre: Information on Eating Disorders and Weight Preoccupation.
NEDA -
The National Eating Disorder Association is the largest not-for-profit organization
in the US working to prevent eating disorders and provide treatment referrals
to those suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder and those
concerned with body image & weight issues.
ANAD.org - (Anorexia Nervosa
and Associated Disorders) - This website offers hotline counseling, a
national network of free support groups, referrals to health care professionals,
and education and prevention programs to promote self-acceptance and healthy lifestyles.
EatingDisorderExpert.co.uk:
This site provides extensive information on the signs and symptoms of eating disorders,
diagnosing an eating disorder, the causes and risks along with treatment options.
Caring Online -
A comprehensive online eating disorders resource to help you, or someone you love,
who suffers with negative body image or Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Compulsive
Overeating.
The Joy Project is
a non-profit, grassroots organization that aims to provide support, information,
resources, and advocacy for those recovering from and affected by eating disorders.
This website offers a lot of helpful information for individuals struggling with
eating disorders, and also their loved ones who support them.
Healthy
Genius Anorexia - Anorexia is life threatening, the sooner treatment is started
the greater the chances of recovery.
about Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Over Exercising, plus a list
of treatment options around the world, current news, info on recovery, and a forum
for online support.
Empowered Parents
- This website - from the author of "When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder:
A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers" - is an interactive
site that educates, motivates, and counsels parents in their effort to prevent
or heal an eating disorder in their child.
The Payson
Road Organization is a global organization providing resources, tools, information,
support groups, workshops and creative outlets in support of expanding awareness
and prevention of eating disorders and advancing recovery through the art of creative
expression. This is a community - a place to explore
your creativity and let it guide you toward recovery.
Personal Websites: Women
affected by Eating Disorders share their Stories
Shannon Cutts is a
professional singer and survivor of a fifteen year battle with anorexia, bulimia,
depression and anxiety disorder. Shannon wants to reach out through music to build
bridges of hope and encouragement to those who need it.
EatingDisorderVoice.com
is committed to inspiring and encouraging others to express their emotions through
Words, Art and Images -- founded by Monica Ibarra-Robbins, a survivor of a 27year
battle with eating disorders.
Kate Le Page,
author of "Goodbye
Ana" - a poetry collection, is passionate about reducing the stigma and
widespread ignorance surrounding eating disorders.
Leslie Lipton - As
a freshman in high school, Leslie fell into anorexia. Today, fully recovered,
Leslie has become an advocate for eating disorder awareness and prevention,
helping those people who are either suffering with an eating disorder or are
involved with someone who is afflicted.
Discovering The Monster
Within by Pat Burkley, who struggled with anorexia and bulimia for 40 years,
and today, she is recovered!!! She wrote a book about her 40-year battle with
eating disorders and her amazing recovery -- "Discovering the Monster Within".
Since undergoing treatment and the start of recovery, Pat has had a passion to
reach out, teach, help, support and encourage anyone with the disease or anyone
treating this disease. teach, help, support and encourage anyone
with the disease or anyone treating this disease.
One Life, Sharing
The Key To Hope - One life offers a place to come, receive and give encouragement
to others through the process of overcoming the eating disorder.
We have only one life to live and spending that time in an eating disorder
limits our ability to truly enjoy life.
Dare To
Hope - Hope To Transform is a website by a recovering anorexic named Tina,
who is a true inspiration! She speaks out about her eating disorder and supports
others. In order to raise eating disorder awareness, she designs, paints, and
sells T-shirts around her campus and online. Keep up the wonderful work you are
doing, Tina!!
Anna
Paterson's Site offers ideas and positive encouragement to help beat eating
disorders.
These are not just “out of control diets” and in fact are not actually
about food and weight at all. They are about low self-esteem and confidence, as
well as abuse, control and communication within families.
A Body To Die For
- by a recovering anorexic and bulimic - "A Body to Die For is based
on research and my own experience with the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and
bulimia. My purpose for writing this book was to help young women who are
battling the eating disorders, like I was-- am."
Andrea's Voice -
A site about a young girl who lost her battle against an eating disorder, but
her spirit, words and goals in life (educating people about eating disorders)
are carried out through
this webiste. It has plenty of useful information, whether you are
a sufferer or know someone who is.
Dreamer-Girl - A
great website with poems and artwork plus information on eating disorders and
the media from a recovered eating disorder victim.
Live
Out Loud is a wonderful website from a young woman who has recovered from
an eating disorders. Thank you so much for sharing your inspirational story and
for showing others still struggling that eating disorders can be beaten! "I
used to wish
for
things to change, and then I realized for things to change, I had to do the changing."
Her story is also featured in "You Are Not Alone - The Book Of Companionship
For Women Struggling With Eating Disorders."
Anorexia:
Getting Better Step By Step - help with recovery from this eating disorder
through information, advice and tips, plus support from other (recovering) anorexics.
Kim's Recovery
Website - Kim shares her personal experience with having an eating disorder.
"Living without anorexia controlling my life is such a wonderful feeling,
and an even better feeling, knowing I have control of my life!!"
Eating with
Your Anorexic - A supportive place for parents with eating disordered children
- How one family learned to treat a daughter's anorexia nervosa with a medicine
universally available: food. Plus some love, common sense, and a few laughs.
Real Recovery from Bulimia
& Binge Eating - Sharing freely the miracle guidance that enabled me to recover
easily from 14 years of severe bulimia. "I'm now commited to supporting and
helping others to do the same."
Learning To Be Me
- A place where anyone directly or indirectly touched by bulimia or any eating
disorder can come to feel some support and comfort in community. "Learning
To Be Me" the book tells the story of one woman's battle with Bulimia with complete
honesty and openness.
If you, or someone you love, suffer from eating disorders, abuse,
depression or addiction issues, this music is just for you. People from all over
the world have felt hope and understanding from Geri's inspirational song lyrics.
Jenni Schaefer
is a singer, songwriter, speaker and author of the book 'Life Without Ed: How
One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too',
an autobiography, which tells Jenni's own struggles with an eating disorder. Jenni
Schaefer is an amazing person and a true inspiration!
Life Without Ed Jewelry
by Sue Gillerlain ---- Sue designs "Life Without Ed" jewelry to raise
eating disorder awareness and to help and support those with eating disorders.
A portion of all sales are donated to NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association).
Laurie Daily is a
professional singer and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who
has dedicated her music to eating disorder recovery. All of the songs on Laurie's
CDs relate to her own journey from eating disorders to health in hopes to inspire
others to live a life free from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating.
Recovery
Through Art - by amazing artist Mara McWilliams. I f you or someone you
love suffers from bipolar disorder or any other mental illness, you may find Mara's
work to be specially poignant for you. Mara is in recovery with a diagnosis of
bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and anorexia. Mara's ultimate goal is to educate
our society that through proper diagnosis, treatment, therapy, love, support,
and understanding, recovery is possible.
Marya Hornbacher
- Author of the brutally honest autobiography "Wasted- A Memoir
Of Anorexia And Bulimia" which has sold over a million copies in the
U.S. alone, and has also been translated into fourteen languages - Marya now works
as a freelance journalist and is the author of two books. She wrote "Wasted"
at the age of 22, and it was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction 1998.
Lori Gottlieb -
Author of the touching and true autobiography "Stick Figure: A Diary of
My Former Self" - Lori Gottlieb is a medical student at Stanford University,
a former Hollywood executive and her work has appeared in The New York Times,
The L. A. Weekly, Redbook, Poeple, Glamour, Elle, Cosmo Girl, Salon, and Slate,
among other publications.
Skinny Boy - The
first book about anorexia from the male perspective - Many books have been written
about the female experience with eating disorders, but "Skinny Boy" is the only,
first-person account of how a young man overcame anorexia, a growing epidemic
among males.
Gary Grahl was handsome, popular, and his athletic abilities attracted
the attention of the big leagues... that was until “IT,” a shaming inner-voice
convinced him to be ever thinner. His out-of-control compulsion to exercise and
starve himself led to multiple hospitalizations, and a life and death battle to
win control over the pervasive and dangerous “IT.” Skinny Boy is a powerful story
showing how to win the internal battle between mind and body, and triumph over
the out-of-control thoughts and feelings common in many of us.
I Chose
To Live - one brave male in recovery from eating disorders shares his story
and helps others.
Stories
from Men with Eating Disorders - At least one million men in the U.S. have
eating disorders. Most of them go undiagnosed, so they struggle silently. We have
to support
these guys and not add to their pain by diminishing it!
A Place Of Hope -
The Center for Counseling & Health Resources provides an individual,
one-one-one, counseling experience for individuals with eating disorders. Even
with this
individualized level
of care, their Intensive Recovery Programs are offered at a fraction of the cost
of most in-patient, hospital-based programs for Depression, Eating Disorders,
Relationship Issues, and Sexual Addiction. Location: Seattle, Washington.
Harmony
Grove is a non-clinical transitional living house for women overcoming
disordered eating, based in San Diego, California. We work with women overcoming
anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, compulsive eating, and all variations
of eating disorders. It is a recovery based place to stay while learning new eating
and self-care behaviors. Many of our staff members are recovered as well, so we
do understand this challenge.
Alta Mira Sausalito
offers internationally recognized, private, world-class centers in resort settings
for
life recovery and self-discovery.
Alta Mira's Healing Programs are personalized to each individual's needs.
Shoreline
Center provides treatment and recovery services for eating disorders such
as anorexia and bulimia. Accepting international clients. Los Angeles, California.
A Weigh Out
specializes in working with people who struggle with eating disorders. Their goal
is to provide new information, Telephone Coaching Services, Telephone Seminars
and Therapy (therapy offered only in Greater Cincinnati) to people who are looking
for a way out of the self-
looking for a way out
of the self-defeating cycle of diets and out-of control eating. A Weigh Out is
located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Magnolia Creek Residential
Treatment Center is a ten-bed facility exclusively dedicated to treating
adult women who are struggling with anorexia, bulimia, or exercise/eating disorders
not otherwise specified.
Their program is designed to provide a complete treatment experience, addressing
the medical, psychological, nutritional, spiritual, and relational needs of our
residents. Location: Alabama, United States.
Rader Programs
- It's not your fault. You are not alone. We can help. Willpower alone does not
work because it's a disease. - The treatment staff at Rader Programs has been
providing the highest quality eating disorders treatment for over 20 years. Our
staff of caring and experienced professionals, many who are recovering themselves,
assist the affected individual and their family in developing a life long program
for recovery. Calabasas, California.
Walden Behavioral
Care provides a complete "continuum of care" for treating patients with
eating disorders and psychiatric disorders, while also integrating medical, behavioral
and nutritional
care. This whole-health approach helps achieve lasting results for
those who seek a meaningful recovery. Waltham, Massachusetts.
Mercy
Ministries - Valuing Every Young Woman's Future - Mercy Ministries exists
to provide opportunities for young women to experience God's love, forgiveness
and life-transforming power. Mercy Ministries is a non-profit organization designed
to assist and meet the needs of young women who face life-controlling problems
such as drug and alcohol abuse, addictions, depression, eating disorders and unplanned
pregnancy. Mercy Ministries locations: Nashville, Tennessee; Monroe, Luisiana;
St. Louis, Montana.
treatment of anorexia, bulimia and related issues. All program components
are blended with a Biblically-based, non-dominational Christian perspective. Each
resident is treated by a team of professionals including a psychiatric and primary
care provider, registered dietitian, Master's trained therapist, psychologist
and registered nurse. The professional staff equips each resident with the right
tools to live a healthy, productive life. Wickenburg, Arizona.
Milestones
Program provides residential as well as day treatment programs for individuals
suffering with Compulsive Overeating, Bulimia, Anorexia, and related disorders.
We are a therapeutic community whose mission is to offer a supportive environment
from which to begin a new way of life... a life way we refer to as "recovery."
Milestones is located in Cooper City, Florida.
Hopewell Eating
Disorder Support Centre in Ottawa, Ontario - Hopewell offers direct support
services and ongoing programs while working closley with hospital programs, therapists,
and
other agencies that assist people with eating disorders. Hopewell's
mission is to offer support, and information to people affected by an eating disorder
and to heighten the public's awareness of eating disorders.
provides teritiarty and quaternary services for adults (17 years
and older) for the province of British Columbia. Its mandate includes clinical
services, education, research, and outreach activities supporting a network of
services spanning all regions of the province.
Mercy Ministries
- Mercy Ministries exists to provide opportunities for young women to experience
God's love, forgiveness and life-transforming power. Our goal is to create a home
where young women encounter unconditional love, hope for a better life, and
God's merciful kindness — sometimes for the very first time. Located in Surrey,
British Columbia.
Karen Cook
has over fourteen years of counselling experience in private practice working
alongside women in a variety of their life's concerns and difficulties. She is
also specialized on helping women struggling with eating disorders. Langley,
British Columbia.
Westwind -
We provide counselling & treatment for individuals suffering from anorexia,
bulimia and related disorders in
a home-like atmosphere, significantly different from the institutional
format of traditional hospitals and clinics. Treatment is collaborative rather
than imposed, uses various interactive techniques and is individualized and personal.
Located in Brandon, Manitoba.
Beau Cote Centre For Eating
Disorders is a residential centre exclusively devoted to helping women aged
19 and over in their struggle with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating/binge
eating
and other related disorders. Location: Bowen Island, BC.
Counselling
Directory UK is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists,
with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling, fees
and contact details. This service is free, confidential and easy to use. The purpose
of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network,
enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate
for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage
those in distress to seek help.
Hilfe
Fuer Frauen In Not (Help For Women In Need) is about a 22 year old
girl from Germany named Jill. She struggled with anorexia for seven long years,
and managed to successfully
recover! Unfortunatley, shortly after her recovery, Jill got hit
by a car and died. Her mother Inge Hausmann is now caring on with her daughter's
mission - which is supporting individuals with eating disorders and she runs a
website and released two books about her daughter's amazing recovery.
Hungrig-Online
is the biggest german internet-forumon eating disorders. It is
kind of the counterpart to something-fishy in english.
...
und die Sonne geht auf - This website contains information on eating disorders,
sexual abuse, poems, information on therapie centers in Germany, and much more.
Break the silence!!!!
Magersucht.ch
- Aylin battles anorexia and shares her story. This website also contains information
on eating disorders and features poems, personal stories, plus much more and you
can also get in touch with other sufferers!
Whitedoves Nest
- This site is from a survivor, dedicated to survivors of sexual abuse and those
that support them. It provides information on sexual abuse, personal stories,
articles, inspiration and help to those affected by sexual abuse, rape and molestation.
and support group that focuses on aiding both current and past victims
of child abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence. This website is an interactive,
personal support related website dedicated to helping each other through the pain
and fear of an abusive relationship. It provides a comprehensive International
Directory of shelters, hotlines and organizations that can provide help for potential
victims. In addition to the national abuse resource listing is a comprehensive
discussion forum where users can create their own virtual identity within complete
confidentiality.
After Silence
- promoting awareness on rape and sexual abuse - After Silence is a community
designed to help survivors communicate in the recovery of rape and sexual abuse.
Our mission is to support, empower,
validate and educate survivors of rape and sexual abuse, as well
as secondary survivors.
After Silence Forum
- a message board for survivors of rape and sexual abuse. After Silence is a community
designed to help survivors communicate in the recovery of rape, sexual abuse and
domestic violence.
Joshua
Children's Foundation provides information, resources, links and help in the
healing process of victims of sexual child abuse. Whether you are a child or an
adult surviver of childhood sexual child abuse, you can find helpful sources and
suggestions on this website to help in your healing. Bulimia and eating disorders
are often caused from childhood sexual abuse. This website offers how and where
to find healing resources, how to find and select a therapist, recommended books,
and a lending library.
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National
Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization.
RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to
prevent sexual assault, help victims
and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
PANdora's Box
- The Secrecy of Child Sexual Abuse - by Dr. Nancy Faulkner - A great resource
with lots of useful information on sexual abuse, including statistics, stories
and poems, sexual abuse and the law, prevention and protection, and much much
more.
Escaping
Hades - A Rape and Sexual Abuse Survivor's Site from a Survivor of Sexual
Abuse - Here you find lots of information on sexual abuse, how to tell, guilt
and shame, side effects, legal issues, self defense, survivor's stories, poems,
and much more.
Abused Empowered Survive
Thrive - (AEST) - Supporting adult survivors of sexual abuse since March 1997,
60+ support forums for survivors of abuse, multiple chat rooms and
information for survivors of childhood and adult sexual abuse or rape; for
both female and male sexual abuse survivors from the UK and around the world.
Also related subjects such as date rape, male rape, panic attack, eating disorders,
self harm, and inner child work.
A Child's Heart Speaks
- Surviving Sexual Abuse is a heart breaking and compelling true story of
two children who survived severe sexual abuse from a juvenile perpetrator—their
older half brother. The reader gains a true
glimpse into the personality, and tactics used by juveniles and adults
to manipulate children into silence. The story serves as a call to action for
all adults who care about children.
Young People & Self
Harm - a key information resource for young people who self-harm, their friends
and families, and for professionals working with them.
Self-Injury: A Struggle
- website from a self-injurer, with lots of information and resources on self-injury,
plus a support area and forum.
The National Self Harm Network
- has been a survivor-led organisation since 1994. We're committed campaigners
for the rights and understanding of people who self-harm. Our
priority is to support survivors and people who self-harm. We also
support the people it indirectly affects, like family and friends, they can discuss
the issue and gain effective support in our forums.
National Hopeline Network
- If you - or someone you know - are in crisis and are having thoughts about suicide,
please call 1.800.SUICIDE (784-2433) immediatley.
Your call will be connected to a certified crisis center closest to your calling
locationg which is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by highly
trained crisis line workers
Suicidal thoughts and feelings usually occur when one’s
experience of psychological pain exceeds one’s resources for coping with it. Suicidal
thoughts, feelings and impulses are most often due to untreated or under treated
clinical depression. Fortunately, depression responds very well to treatment and
suicide is now preventable. Please take time now to get professional help. 1.800.SUICIDE
(784-2433)
The Glendon Association
- The mission of The Glendon Association is to save lives and help people create
more meaningful lives by addressing the social problems of suicide, child abuse,
violence and troubled interpersonal relationships.
The Dressing
Room Project is a girl-powered rebellion to free girls & women from the bonds
of media-imposed standards of beauty! We’re posting our girl-designed cards on
mirrors in women’s dressing rooms everywhere to help girls and women feel more
comfortable in our uniquely beautiful bodies.
The Dressing Room Project is an initiative of Emerging
Women Projects, a non profit organization for teen girls' empowerment, is
working on compiling the wisdom of people recovering/recovered from eating disorders
as a guide to help concerned friends and family.
To anyone who would like
to contribute: Please include first name, age and state/country and answer
the following two questions.
1)What were the most helpful things anyone
ever said/did to motivate you to start (and continue) your recovery? 2)What
was least helpful? (what you would tell concerned friends/family to avoid saying/doing)
Any other comments/suggestions/stories are welcome.
Eve's Rib Clothing
promotes positive body image in females --- love your body already! A portion
of every Eve's Rib Purchase goes directly to the National Eating Disorders Associatesion
Love Your
Body - Women and girls spend billions of dollars every year on cosmetics,
fashion, magazines and diet aids. "Love Your Body" raises awarness and
self esteem!
BodyPositive - Boosting
Body Image At Any Weight - BodyPositive looks at ways we can feel good in the
bodies we have. Remember, your body hears everything you think.
Adios Barbie - The Body
Image Site For Every Body - This site is for every body; No matter what your
size or background, you will be inspired to love your body through thick and thin!
You are beautiful the way you are!!
American
Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting
reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, research, advocacy, and
community awareness. This website also provides lots of useful information
on pregnancy and eating disorders.
Woman's Passions
- We are a new useful directory of information on various female topics. Learn
lots
of interesting things from a woman's world, such as
pregnancy and parenting, theory and practice of growing a baby, baby's nursing,
woman's health, cooking, psychology, beauty, family, fashion, entertainment and
share your experience and thoughts with others.
GirlShrink.com - Expert
Advice and Counseling For Women - The #1 Advice and Counseling site on the web
as ranked by Google and MSN. Our mission is to inspire & educate women on how
to
make better relationship & life choices.
Women's Health Alive magazine
brings you the latest news on women's health, beauty, weight loss, healthy recipes,
environment reports and wellness.
WomensTreatmentProgram.com
focuses on the individual needs of women. All the programs are known for providing
cutting edge holistic treatment for women.
Self
Help from SelfGrowth.com - SelfGrowth.com
is the most complete guide to information about Self -Improvement, Personal Growth
and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with
articles and references to thousands of other Web Sites on the World Wide Web.
Counselling
Directory UK is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists,
with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling, fees
and contact details. This service is free, confidential and easy to use. The purpose
of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network,
enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate
for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage
those in distress to seek help.
Disorder.org
is a free informational database offering consumers and professionals an extensive
list of information on various types of Disorders.
Counselor.org
is a counseling publication whose sole purpose is to offer a free informational
resource to both the consumer and professional public.
Anxiety.net
is a free informational database offering consumers and professionals an extensive
list of information on various types of Anxieties.
Break
FREE Body - by Camille McConnell, a recovered anorexic, bulimic and overeater.
Since her recovery in 2001, Camille has mentored other girls in the recovery
process and offers programs to help others enjoy the benefits
of a solid eating disorder recovery so they can have more of themselves and enjoy
a life free of addiction.
Bipolar Support
Group - A community of patients, family members and friends dedicated to dealing
with bipolar disorder, together.
My Addiction - Your
Online Addiction and Recovery Website. "MyAddiction.com includes
information on addiction categories such as nicotine, alcohol,
cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, prescription drugs, sex, gambling and eating
disorders.
The Tyra Banks Show
- On a regular basis, Tyra has shows on eating disorders, body image, and other
related issues. Check out her website on a regular basis for more information
and updates on her schedule!
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