I am a woman with a story, a voice, and a commitment. I am dedicated to helping others in the best way I know how: my writing. Writing helped me on my way to recovery and I have a sincere passion to be, at the very least, an understanding voice amid the pain of eating disorders and all that they...
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Dr. Johanna Marie Mcshane has been working in the field of eating disorders treatment for 20 years. She was staff therapist and assessment/intake counselor for the Serenity Eating Disorders Program at Mt. Diablo Medical Center, an inpatient eating disorders program in Northern California, from 1991 to 1994. She was a founding member and director of psychotherapies at the Integrated Therapies...
Matt is in university for and M.ED in Special Education: Learning, Literacy and Writing, though he wants an MFA in Poetry at some point.
A student of psychology and English in undergrad, Matt has been Diagnosed Bipolas-NOS, and writes about how the illness impacts his life on a constant basis.
I am interested in psychology, my own psychological healing, eating healthy, and getting back in shape and exercising. I currently am receiving psychiatric and psychotherapy for major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder due to the emergence of 35 year old repressed memories of sadistic child abuse. I have a special interest in mental health, GLBT and developmental disabilities...
I am an 31 yr old artist dealing with the aftermath of Eating Disorder, Depression and Anxiety. I say I am recovered but, of course, I still struggle...Through art, I work out many of the problems, nightmares, hopes and fears i see inside of me and in this uncertain world. My icon is a crop of one of my paintings... my art is what holds me together, like A Heart Tied With String..there is more...
