Some GREAT resources to surround yourself with!
Due to COVID-19, here are some online eating disorders services and support. Most are free:
- Family Support – free zoom group (Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 PST) – support to families during this time of social distancing: https://www.jdouellette.com/post/free-zoom-support-group
- Liberating Jasper – https://www.liberatingjasper.com – Online support groups HAES and social justice focus!
- Tabatha Farrar offers adult meal coaching
https://tabithafarrar.com/eating-disorder-coaching-adults/ - Eating Recovery Center ““ Online groups: https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/alumni/virtual-support/online-support-groups
- Say It Brave – Online resource through Eating Recovery Center.
Say It Brave is a free, inclusive community supporting mental wellness and honoring the courage it takes to own your story. - Center for Discovery groups : https://centerfordiscovery.com/groups/
- Free Online Support Group for Loved Ones through Center for Discovery for Alumni
- Free Online Binge Eating Support Group through Center for Discovery
- Alsana – https://www.alsana.com
- ANAD Support Groups- https://anad.org/get-help/about-our-support-groups/
- Sage and Spoon – https://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com/sage-and-spoon
Websites of Amazing Folks & Work
- Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations https://fedupcollective.org
- The Body Is Not An Apology www.thebodyisnotanapology.tumblr.com
- About-Face www.about-face.org
- Nalgona Positivity Pride- https://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com
- Adios Barbie http://www.adiosbarbie.com/
- Thick Dumpling Skin http://www.thickdumplingskin.com/
- Be Nourished https://benourished.org/
- Queer Body Love https://www.elizabethjcooper.com
- Dances with Fat https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com
- Jess Baker ““ Militant Baker http://www.themilitantbaker.com
- Marilyn Wann- Fat!so? http://www.fatso.com
- Ifasina (TaMeicka) Clear Young Women’s Freedom Center https://www.youngwomenfree.org/
- Virgie Tovar http://www.virgietovar.com
- Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN- Food Psych Podcast https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/
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Sand Chang, PhD http://sandchang.com/
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SJ Thompson https://www.resilientfatgoddess.com
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Maintenance Phase – https://www.maintenancephase.com
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Dietitians Unplugged – https://dietitiansunplugged.libsyn.com
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Caleb Luna – https://www.caleb-luna.com
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Aubrey Gordon – https://www.yourfatfriend.com/home/book
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National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network https://www.nqttcn.com
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Association of Size Diversity and Health https://www.sizediversityandhealth.org
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Health at Every Size http://haescommunity.com
- Project Heal https://www.theprojectheal.org
- Eating Disorders Resource Center https://edrcsv.org/
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Academy of Eating Disorders www.aedweb.org/
- Eating Disorders Recovery and Support http://edrs.net
- National Alliance for Eating Disorders https://findedhelp.com
- Equip Eating Disorders https://equip.health
- HAES Health sheets- weight -neutral, evidence-based care options for common health conditions: https://haeshealthsheets.com/
- Fat Census: analytical tool created to ask fat people about their experiences for data on fatphobia through an intersectional lens: https://www.freefigure.org
- Anti-diet, fat positive HAES website with some free and low-cost meal planning handouts: www.platebyplateapproach.com
Resources to help with therapy finances for BIPOC
https://nqttcn.com/en/mental-health-fund/
https://thelovelandfoundation.org/therapy-fund/
Live Another Day – Extensive information on mental health and substance use resources for People of Color. Their mission is equal access to life-saving resources.
The Summit Wellness Group– Written and curated by women of color, this guide features over 60 different resources.
BIPOC Eating Disorders Support Groups
Sage and Spoon- https://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com/sage-and-spoon
Eating Disorders Support Group for Black folks- https://www.thesanctuaryinthecity.org/ed
Renfrew BIPOC Support Group – https://renfrewcenter.com/virtual-bipoc-support-group-for-eating-disorders/
ANAD peer support groups – https://anad.org/get-help/about-our-support-groups/
Books
- A Hunger So Wide And So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems (1994) by Becky Thompson
- ANTI-DIET- Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating – Christy Harrison, MPH, RD (2019)
- Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (2018) by Amy Pershing with Chevese Turner
- The Body is not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love (2018) Sonya Renee Taylor
- Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own (2020) by Joy Arlene Renee Cox
- Fearing the Black Body- The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (2019) by Sabrina Strings
- Free to be Me- Self Love for all Sizes (2020) by Lesley Williams https://lesleywilliamsmd.com
- Hunger (2017) by Roxanne Gay
- Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities (1998) by Dawn Atkins
- Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat (2009) by Stephanie Covington Armstrong
- Second Son: Transitioning Toward My Destiny, Love and Life (2013) by Ryan Sallans
- Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders ““ Jennifer Gaudiani, MD (2018)
- Through THICK and Thin and Thick Again: A Black Woman’s Journey with BED (Binge-Eating Disorder) (2016) by Nettie Reeves Lewis
- You have the Right to Remain Fat – Virgie Tovar (2018)
- Belly of the Beast – The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness – Da’Shaun L. Harrison (2021)
Children’s Books
- Ganesha is Gorgeous (2021) Neil Panchmatia
- Ella’s Tummy: A Story of Understanding for All Ages (2016)- Rebecca Jane Weinstein and Joyce Ellen Weinstein
- The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls- Celebrate Your Body (and its changes too!) (2018)- Sonya Renee Taylor
- Amanda’s Big Dream (2015) ““ Judith Manz
Spanish Resources Recursos Españoles Trastornos Alimentarios
Information, community groups, clinicians – Información, grupos comunitarios, médicos
- Alimentación Conectada con Lilia Graue – https://alimentacionconectada.com/spanishresources/
- Fuera Anorexia- https://fueranorexia.com/
- FEAST (Families Empowered and Supporting the Treatment of Eating Disorders) – https://www.feast-ed.org/guia-de-la-familia-hasta-el-plato-version-en-espanol-disponible/
- Maudsley Parents – http://maudsleyparents.org/informaci%C3%B3nenespa%C3%B1ol.html
- ARFID – https://asociacionestima.org/tca/arfid/
- Cuando tu adolescente tiene un trastorno de la conducta alimentaria – https://www.amazon.com/Cuando-adolescente-trastorno-conducta-alimentaria/dp/1716274524/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1654614609&refinements=p_27%3ALauren+Muhlheim&s=books&sr=1-2
- Anorexia y Otros Trastornos Alimentarios: Como Ayudar a su Hijo Comer Bien y Estar Bienpor Eva Musby- https://anorexiafamily.com/espanol-anorexia/?v=7516fd43adaa
- GFTA Guía Familiar para Trastornos Alimentarios:https://www.feast-ed.org/family-guide-series/
- AED’s Medical Guidelines: https://www.aedweb.org/publications/medical-care-standards
- Associació Contra l’Anorèxia i la Bulímia (ACAB) – https://www.acab.org/es/
- Plate by Plate- https://www.platebyplateapproach.com/all-products
Clinicians- Clínicos
- Sally Daganzo, MD FACP – sallydaganzomd.com
- Guadalupe Quijada, LMFT –Core Wellness Living – https://www.corewellnessliving.com/our-team-1