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Skinny Revisited

Using the language of anorexia to heal

Self-Talk
Upset About Looking Older?

Maria Baratta Ph.D., L.C.S.W. on March 13, 2024

Making peace with how you look now actually facilitates self-improvement. It’s hard to do anything proactively in a state of self-loathing.

Making peace with how you look now actually facilitates self-improvement. It’s hard to do anything proactively in a state of self-loathing.

Optimism
How to Hope When Things Are Hard

Maria Baratta Ph.D., L.C.S.W. on January 3, 2024

With hope, the powerful factor is one's desire fueled by conviction of outcome—you don’t have to know for sure, but you need to believe that a good outcome can happen.

With hope, the powerful factor is one's desire fueled by conviction of outcome—you don’t have to know for sure, but you need to believe that a good outcome can happen.

Fear
Pandemic "Logic"

Maria Baratta Ph.D., L.C.S.W. on October 15, 2021

Many people have made up their own rules of behavior around the pandemic, without considering the perspective of others. This divides us at a critical time in history.

Many people have made up their own rules of behavior around the pandemic, without considering the perspective of others. This divides us at a critical time in history.