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So great to chat with @drmuhlheim.bsky.social about getting fatphobia out of eating disorder treatment, GLP-1s for eating disorders and what to do if your teen is sneaking food.

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Next week via EDRDPro
Only $15 and open to all. 1.5 CEs for dietitians. Register here: edrdpro.com/event/food-add

The Weight-Inclusive CBT Workbook for Eating Disorders
Tools to Reject Diet Culture, Heal Body Shame, and Promote Recovery

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Book giveaway for The Weight-Inclusive CBT Workbook for Eating Disorders: Tools to Reject Diet Culture, Heal Body Shame, and Promote Recovery by Lauren Muhlheim PsyD Jan 19-Jan 26, 2026 Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jan 19-Jan 26, 2026. A workbook for all eating disorders and all body sizes. If you ha...

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Special rate $20 for therapy w/ our advanced doctoral externs when beginning therapy during October. Avail to older teens & adults in CA! Complete the contact form here: bit.ly/EDTLA

Our low-cost eating disorder training program has openings for new clients. Therapists are advanced doctoral students in clinical psychology working under licensed eating disorder specialist psychologists. $60 per session Virtual therapy thru CA & in-person in LA. Complete the form bit.ly/EDTLA

Ep. 245 The CBT Rewrite We’ve Been Waiting For: A Weight-Inclusive Path to Eating Disorder Recovery | Behind The Bite The CBT Rewrite We’ve Been Waiting For: A Weight-Inclusive Path to Eating Disorder Recovery, featuring Drs. Lauren Muhlheim, Jen Averyt, and Shannon Patterson—three psychologists reshaping how we trea...

Excited to share our first CBT-WI podcast with @behindthebite Listen to learn more about our revision to CBT for eating disorders. behind-the-bite.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-... and also note that the book is available for preorder: amzn.to/4mmOtZk

A helpful graphic explaining how VC companies are impacting the mental health field.

UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics

UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics
The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...

'We're Not Serving Rural Communities': One Specialist for 250,000 In rural America, finding eating disorder treatment is nearly impossible: 20% of patients can find no residential treatment in their state.

‘We’re Not Serving Our Rural Communities’: One Eating Disorder Specialist for 250,000 People mindsitenews.org/2025/05/15/n...

Eating Disorders Don't Just Happen to Skinny, White, Affluent Girls For years, the media image of anorexia was an emaciated white female. There's even an acronym: SWAG. But eating disorders don't discriminate.

Eating Disorders: They Don’t Just Happen to Skinny, White, Affluent Girls mindsitenews.org/2025/05/14/e...

‘A Front Row Seat to Desperation’: How Some Providers and Attorneys Are Fighting to Remove Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment A small group of care navigators and lawyers help patients, often desperately ill, battle with health insurers to access services.

‘A Front Row Seat to Desperation’: Meet the Advocates Fighting to Remove Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment mindsitenews.org/2025/05/13/a...

The Deadly Cost of Eating Disorders: How Insurance Providers Delay, Restrict and Deny Care Eating disorders are America's deadliest mental health condition. For those seeking care, obstacles from health insurers are a huge barrier.

The Deadly Cost of Eating Disorders: How Health Insurers Delay, Restrict and Deny Care mindsitenews.org/2025/05/12/t...

When Insurers Fail to Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders, People Suffer. Deadly Denials: A four-part investigative series supported by the Pulitzer Center.

Deadly Denials: When Insurers Fail to Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders, People Suffer. Sometimes They Die. mindsitenews.org/2025/05/15/d...

Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

Insurers Failed to Comply With Federal Law: DOL Report www.propublica.org/article/depa...

Registration is open for my 3rd annual Eating Disorder College Readiness webinar for parents. Parents of high school students who are considering college for their students with current or past histories of an eating disorder are encouraged to attend. Register here: bit.ly/EDCollegeWeb...

How UnitedHealth Became an American Goliath From a humble base, it gobbled up big chunks of the U.S. health system, including doctor practices, pharmacy-benefits managers and medical billing services.

From a humble base, UnitedHealth gobbled up big chunks of the U.S. health system, including doctor practices, pharmacy-benefits managers and medical billing services

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I used to do health insurance company PR. Here’s what I think the backlash is missing A health insurance company executive turned whistleblower, Wendell Potter thinks that the backlash to the industry is missing something key.

I used to do health insurance company PR. Here’s what I think the backlash is missing www.statnews.com/2024/12/11/w... via @statnews

Elizabeth Warren, Josh Hawley Co-Sponsor Bill to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.

Members of Congress are pushing legislation that threatens to break up some of the biggest U.S. health care conglomerates, including UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, by forcing them to sell off their retail or mail-order pharmacies.

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...

Cigna Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly, Says Former Cigna Medical Director www.propublica.org/article/cign...

UnitedHealth pays its own physician groups considerably more than others, driving up consumer costs and its profits First-of-its-kind data analysis finds UnitedHealth Group pays many of its own physician practices significantly more than the average it pays other doctors in the same markets

UnitedHealth pays its own physician groups considerably more than others, driving up consumer costs and its profits statnews.com/2024/11/25/u... via @statnews

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