With the help of expert guest, Aileen Stotter, this episode contextualizes eating disorders within sexual trauma. Stotter is a NYC based licensed therapist who specializes in eating disorders, depression and anxiety. We unpack how eating disorders reflect and encourage several physical and mental health. The goal is to understand how trauma, including sexual violence permeates and manifests in everyday life, to identify tools for survivors and their support system.

I lived through several types of eating disorders, what made them so different? I grew up in a household that celebrated food and was a 'perfectly healthy' athlete. So how could I develop an ED ? If they're not actually about food, what are they about? What are the different forms of medical treatment?