--- title: Psychotherapy and Recovery Work description: Stories and discussions about the process and experience of eating disorder recovery treatment. canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/page-11 language: en-GB date: 2012-09-11T05:13:52Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/page-11. markdown-tokens: 1091 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/page-11. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Psychotherapy and eating disorder recovery work take many forms. In this extensive grouping you'll find articles, links and discussions that include stories of individuals working through their healing process and descriptions of different treatment approaches. Issues include trust, bingeing, starving, sexuality, fear, anxiety, triumphs, abuse, shame, dream work, journal keeping and more. Discussions regarding insurance and finances are here as well. Reading these articles and participating in discussions will give you deep and varied windows into eating disorder recovery treatment. Details Category: [Psychotherapy and Recovery Work](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/) [![hatching chicks 2448541 640](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/hatching-chicks-2448541_640.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/hatching-chicks-2448541_640.jpg) For a positive change in your life, you need to rally new, energizing inspiration from within and act. Is that possible? How do you do that? If you are miserable or just plain bored or guilty about procrastinating, what can you do to rouse yourself into a spirited and satisfying way of living? [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/action-for-your-authentic-life-in-six-steps-step-three-may-be-the-most-difficult-steps-one-and-two) Details Category: [Psychotherapy and Recovery Work](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/) ![clock fantasy 2879946 640](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/clock_fantasy-2879946_640.jpg) Within our psyche we carry the known and unknown about ourselves. This is a tricky statement. What we think we know about ourselves may be influenced by what we don’t know about ourselves. When the unknown reveals itself we may have a different experience of being who we are. When [Bobby Darin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin) learned that his sister was really his mother and his mother was really his grandmother, it was an emotional catastrophe for the singer/actor. Our identity as we understand ourselves may be different than what we believed once we know what has been hidden about who we are. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/why-does-deep-psychotherapy-take-time) Details Category: [Psychotherapy and Recovery Work](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/) \*![nerves 4259815 640](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/nerves-4259815_640.jpg) Welcome to more personal power in recognizing and dealing with abuse. The November 28, 1019 *New York Times* article, [“The Wisdom Your Body Knows, You are not just thinking with your brain,” ](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/opinion/brain-body-thinking.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage)brings together information that can clear your fuzzy manipulated thinking when you are confronted with an abuser of any kind. Information on the workings of the vagus nerve is new to me. I’ve seen brief articles that recommend sleeping on your right side, meditating, doing deep breathing exercises and more to nurture your vagus nerve. But I didn’t comprehend the significance of vagus nerve activity until I read David Brooks’ New York Times article. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/welcome-to-more-personal-power-in-recognizing-and-dealing-with-abuse) Details Category: [Psychotherapy and Recovery Work](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/) ![Love, listen and bloom](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/flamingo-600205_640.jpg) Listen and love. What does your heart tell you? \* When your heart speaks, do you listen or turn away? Listening to your true self with respect and patience allows you to understand your possible choices and set out on your authentic path in life. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/love-listen-and-bloom)