Katie Thompson LPC

02/05/2024

College Readiness for those in ED Recovery!

01/11/2024

Kate Manne PhD & Roxanne Gay will be in a zoom tonight 7CST discussing fatphobia. Here is a link to an event tonight. Kate Manne PhD (author of Down Girl, Entitled and now Unshrinking will be interviewed by the Roxanne Gay on her research and personal experiences on Fatphobia. Should be excellent. She’s an excellent intersectional researcher/scholar.

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.familyactionnetwork.net/events/unshrinking-how-to-face-fatphobia/?fbclid=IwAR0RWgduvhM7b1QigH0LRz8z5fdQBMZsvtikh052B3eVwAsRAvEGou6MjyI_aem_AePDR__k02irqoTjG2XC4XFIysC9RTuYHYHcHI77g0DHGL0cD6f7AltkU4WLD88LyEs

BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Unshrinking from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Manne that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. In her latest book Unshrinking: How...

11/22/2023

I’m excited and honored to be included in this dynamic and talented group of speakers!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

The Chesnut Group is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the second annual Tri-State Eating Disorder Conference in Evansville, Indiana!

Join us April 12 & 13 2024 for one of a kind conference exploring Internal Family Systems and eating disorders. Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) will present as the keynote speaker and kick off the conference with a half-day presentation.

For registration, speaker lineup, accomodations and more, click here https://tri-state-eating-disorder.ce-go.com/tristate-eating-disorder-conference-2024

We can't wait to see you!

11/22/2023

I shared a version of this earlier today on my personal page. I thought it would be important to share here as well.

Diet culture is the one cult most Americans willingly rejoin over and over each year of their lives. Cult characteristics seen in diet culture:

❗️Questioning and dissent are discouraged.
❗️elitist us vs them mentality — saving humanity with their practices while creating conflict when members interact with others outside the cult.
❗️excessive/zealous commitment to a leader/goal and it’s ideology and practices are taken as truth/law even in the face of science debunking.
❗️mind-altering practices are used to suppress individual thought and maintain control.
❗️exaltation comes with compliance, adherence and success.
❗️shame and guilt are used by leaders to INFLUENCE and control followers.
❗️leaders are not held accountable for their behavior or held to standards.
❗️the cult is often obsessed with evangelizing and recruiting new followers. Often there is a huge money grab.
❗️when it doesn’t work, you are blamed for not following the plan, rules or being good enough. The diet and the leader are never at fault, rather the follower is at fault.
❗️the ends justify the means…people engage in harmful behaviors that they would have questioned as harmful or unethical prior to joining the cult mission.
❗️membership in the cult interrupts previously held relationships, routines and personal goals that were important before.

05/10/2023

Resource/Referral Alert:

Calling all therapists and mental health providers who work with postpartum families: The Redleaf Center for Family Healing is a new program in Hennepin County (Minneapolis) with a day program for mothers and infants where they program together. They treat all postpartum issues and the programming includes baby for a portion of each day. The program takes insurance and out of state patients.

REDLEAF CENTER FOR FAMILY HEALINGNeed help? Call the HopeLine or fill out our Referral Form. This form can be filled out by anyone; a doctor or provider referral is not required. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm M-F612-873-HOPEREDLEAF CENTER FOR FAMILY HEALINGNeed help? Call the HopeLine: 612-873-HOPEThe new Redle...

11/16/2022

Narcissistic Wounding is profound, when it is your parent that has been a narc to you, whether overt or covert the wounding is like the blood running through your veins. It is pervasive and it takes a lot of work to heal from this type of parenting. Having a narcissistic parent is like having a lens placed over your eyes filtering how you see the world, all things are through their perspective. Schema Therapy and IFS will help you heal from a top down and bottom up experience simultaneously.

08/18/2022

I learned today that there is a meal service company for those that are in recovery! How excellent is this? Check them out on IG:

07/16/2022

988 for mental health emergencies or support is now live: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/15/1111316589/988-suicide-hotline-number?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR0h9hTB2fax6MX-QysNEjA6kTQkGds5X1iletRi-r9-cYus2nm7oZ52mrg&mibextid=FrZHod&fs=e&s=cl

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it easier to get support if you're in crisis or helping someone who is. Here's how it works and what could stand in its way.

01/28/2022

If you’ve ever done safe place work, “lagoon” work or guided imagery unburdening with me, this video brings to life some of the nature images my brain holds within this work. Enjoy.