I live with diabetes.
I know that diabetes is anything but stable in terms of the severity of its fluctuating symptoms. It can isolate us, and make us worry or fearful of what the future may hold. Diabetes can have psychological impacts on a person, in addition to the physical toll it takes. What effects has diabetes had on you and your family? What are some of the ways it has tried to limit your life? Has it placed a stigma on you?
I meet with children, teens and adults, as well as their family or partners, to find ways to incorporate diabetes into their lives.
Diabulimia
Are you struggling with both diabetes and an eating disorder, named diabulimia? What ways does diabulimia interfere with how you want to live your life? When an eating disorder and diabetes occur together, a media term known as Diabulimia, yet another layer of danger exists. Having lived with Type 1 diabetes for much of my life, as well as successfully recovered from an eating disorder, I understand the complexities of how diabetes and an eating disorder operate in your life, and the ways it uses diabetes management against you.
Recovery from diabulimia requires a team of healthcare professionals to support you in this process. As a counselor on this team, I am devoted to collaborating with you to find ways to confront it, create skills that promote self-care with diabetes while letting go of the eating disorder’s influence, discover new ways of tolerating strong emotions, and manage times of distress.
