Episode Summary
- Jodie talks about defining an eating disorder via a medical model versus a holistic model.
- We discuss the issues when working with eating disorders with a medical and diagnostic approach and not talking about trauma.
- I ask Jodie about how she found herself working in this space, she shared about her personal journey of disordered eating and highlighted the beauty of lived experience.
- Jodie talks about the difference between what is an eating disorder and disordered eating. Including why she ideally wouldn’t use the word ‘disorder’.
- We discuss why using pathologising language can be harmful and damaging to healing and recovery. Jodie also highlights the need for consistency and stability within therapy.
- We highlight that eating disorders are complex and that it misses the impact that society and family plays in the traumatic wound.
- Jodie shares about what therapy looks like for someone presenting with an eating disorder, in particular emotional eating.
- She explains what depth psychotherapy is; why she only works weekly, what a compassionate stance looks like and the role of parts work.
- Jodie says something controversial, that as therapists we should love our clients, to model and mirror healthy self.
- We discuss the harm that is perpetuated through diet culture and fatphobia. As well as why she believes that therapists should not support intentional weight loss.
- I ask Jodie what she would like to say to therapists who are working in this space of eating disorders, including what HAES is.
- We also discuss the need to remove the moral value that is attributed to food.
- Finally, Jodie smashes a myth about the world of eating disorders and the role that narcissistic wounds play.
The scene Jodie mentions from Desperate Housewives can be found below
More About Jodie
Jodie Gale is the founder of TraumaWarriors.Online, host of the Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale podcast, an Eco-Psycho-Spiritual Registered Clinical Psychotherapist, Complex Trauma Expert, Mind Body Eating + Plant-Based Nutrition Coach.
She is a leading specialist in women’s emotional, psychological, and spiritual health and well-being. Over the last 20 years, Jodie has helped women to transform and heal their lives from complex trauma, emotional eating, and the trance of unworthiness.
She has a private psychotherapy, counselling, and life-coaching practice in Manly, Frenchs Forest and Allambie on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Jodie is passionate about helping women befriend, connect, and nourish their whole selves: body, feelings, mind, and SOUL!
Connect With Us
- Jodie’s Website – https://www.jodiegale.com/
- You can find Jodie on Facebook, and Instagram as well as her Trauma Warriors Group.
- Sam’s Website – https://anchoredcounsellingservices.com.au/
- You can find Sam on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn
- You can also find Sam’s other podcast Beyond the Surface here.