Eating Disorder Therapy LA: A Psychology Group

02/26/2026

Reminder for eating disorder awareness week that ALL eating disorders exist across the weight spectrum. You can’t tell what kind of eating disorder someone has by looking at them and thinking otherwise is due to the false stereotyping of eating disorders. Eating disorders are not a weight disorder and bodies react differently to disordered eating behaviors!

02/25/2026

Atypical anorexia IS anorexia. There is no look to anorexia because it happens across the weight spectrum. It’s so important to break down the stereotypes so that people in all bodies can get the help they need.

02/24/2026

For eating disorder awareness week, let’s talk about the fact that even though only 6% of people with eating disorders are in smaller bodies, they seem to be the only depiction of eating disorders in the media and general public.

People in larger bodies continue to be underrepresented which leads to delay in diagnosis and care. Treatment centers continue to have a fatphobia problem as do many of our eating disorder organizations. Our culture praises those who lose weight by any means necessary, even if it means engaging in eating disorder behaviors.
Eliminating weight stigma IS eating disorder prevention.

(To be clear, eating disorders are multifactorial AND our culture’s view of fatness has a significant impact.)

02/19/2026

We love this reminder from because the way you nourish yourself gets to be unique to you and your needs and eating perfectly is not a thing!

02/17/2026

Hard body image days can be tough. What body image affirmations help you get through challenging body image moments? 👇🏼

02/16/2026

The eating disorder often makes people feel like no matter what, they aren’t sick enough. That they haven’t achieved enough of the eating disorder’s arbitrary goals, that it’s never enough. This is why it’s so important to remember that the time to get help is *now.*

There will never be a time that’s right enough for the eating disorder. It’s okay to be ambivalent AND reach out for help simultaneously. 💜

02/12/2026

A Valentine’s Day reminder that people in all size bodies find love. It shouldn’t be surprising or shocking because not only is body diversity a beautiful thing, but also our bodies are just the vessel that hold all that we are. 💗

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02/10/2026

If you’re hungry but have no food left on your meal plan, that’s just another diet. Eating disorder recovery meal plans should be a minimum, never a maximum! 💜

02/09/2026

Struggling with body image is real and valid.
But language matters.

When we say things like “I feel fat and disgusting,” even if we’re only talking about ourselves, we’re still reinforcing the idea that fat = bad. That belief doesn’t exist in a vacuum — it affects the fat people around us, whether we intend it to or not.

This isn’t about censoring yourself in therapy or private healing spaces, where honesty is necessary and encouraged.

You’re allowed to struggle. You’re allowed to be honest. Having an eating disorder or body image issues doesn’t make you a bad person.

And it doesn’t exempt us from examining the language we use in shared or public spaces.
Saying “I’m struggling with body image today” communicates the pain without turning fatness into something shameful or terrifying. We can express our hurt without reinforcing fatphobia.

Compassion for ourselves and consideration for others can exist at the same time.

02/06/2026

I had a great time talking to Virginia Sole-Smith about both my books: When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder & The Weight-Inclusive CBT Workbook for Eating Disorders (newly released). I hope you'll give it a listen.

Get more from Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith on Patreon

02/05/2026

A scale tells you absolutely nothing about your worth. I know your eating disorder might tell you otherwise but your eating disorder is a liar. You deserve so much more than a lifetime of trying to shrink your body again and again.
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