100 episodes

Since 2007 Nutrition Therapist Robyn Goldberg has been on the front lines of helping people heal their relationships with food, movement, medical conditions and their bodies. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast creates an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders.

Bringing to the table her experience as an IAEDP certified eating disorder registered dietitian/supervisor and certified intuitive eating counselor, Robyn Goldberg thoughtfully interviews a variety of guests who provide their wisdom to help patients, clinicians and their families move closer towards recovery.

The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast blends the compassionate care offerings from Goldberg's Beverly Hills-based personal practice with concepts from her new book "The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones”. It offers a safe space for people to hear topics that occur in the field of eating disorders. It aims clarify information pertaining to diet culture, medical conditions with eating disorders as well as weight stigma.

Learn more and get full show notes at: http://www.theeatingdisordertrap.com

The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast Robyn Goldberg

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    • 4.9 • 82 Ratings

Since 2007 Nutrition Therapist Robyn Goldberg has been on the front lines of helping people heal their relationships with food, movement, medical conditions and their bodies. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast creates an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders.

Bringing to the table her experience as an IAEDP certified eating disorder registered dietitian/supervisor and certified intuitive eating counselor, Robyn Goldberg thoughtfully interviews a variety of guests who provide their wisdom to help patients, clinicians and their families move closer towards recovery.

The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast blends the compassionate care offerings from Goldberg's Beverly Hills-based personal practice with concepts from her new book "The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones”. It offers a safe space for people to hear topics that occur in the field of eating disorders. It aims clarify information pertaining to diet culture, medical conditions with eating disorders as well as weight stigma.

Learn more and get full show notes at: http://www.theeatingdisordertrap.com

    #159: Mother, Men and Me with Dawn Smith-Theodore

    #159: Mother, Men and Me with Dawn Smith-Theodore

    Dawn Smith Theodore, MA, LMFT, CEDS is a specialist in the treatment of eating disorders. Dawn has treated eating disorders for over 20 years and is a former professional dancer. She is the author of “TuTu Thin” A Guide to Dancing Without an Eating Disorder. She is also the author of her new book “Mother, Men and Me, A Memoir of Anxiety, Anorexia and Affairs
    We discuss topics including:
    You can have an eating disorder, achieve recovery and have a full and enjoyable life
    Food, fun, friends and passion
    How to find community
    The mother-daughter dynamic
    How to live with the bully in your head
     
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.dawntheodore.com
    www.tututhin.com
    www.mothermenandme.com
    instagram.com/dawn.smith.theodore
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

    • 18 min
    #158: Treating Men with Eating Disorders with Andy Williams

    #158: Treating Men with Eating Disorders with Andy Williams

    Andy Williams helps to bring guidance and healing to people who want more and better out of life.  Be it as a white water rafting guide, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders or a men's coach, Andy’s heart and professional work centers on helping individuals become their most aligned, highest self.  Working with clients in a one-on-one framework, Andy listens intently, guides conversations with curiosity, and delivers truth with compassion.  His direct approach to this work is layered with humor, warmth, and humility.
     
    We discuss topics including:
    How to become the best version of yourself
    How to engage in activities that lead to joy
    What is unique about the male eating disorder experience?
    The drive for muscularity
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.forwardmomentum.io
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

    • 22 min
    #157: Neurodivergent Clients with Allison Kawa

    #157: Neurodivergent Clients with Allison Kawa

    Dr. Allison Kawa is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Clinical Director at the Los Angeles Center for Integrated Assessment (LACIA). She specializes in the evaluation of children, adolescents, and emerging adults.
    Dr. Kawa’s approach to assessment is neurodiversity-affirming and informed by decades of work with individuals with neurodevelopmental differences, formal training in object-relations theory, and cutting-edge research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology. 
    In more than a decade in private practice, she has honed her expertise in the diagnosis and treatment planning for individuals with learning and processing differences, attention disorders, autism, and anxiety/mood disorders. Dr. Kawa’s areas of subspecialties include ADHD, autism, language-based learning disorders, pre-verbal trauma, medical trauma, and twice-exceptional (2e) individuals.
    We discuss topics including:
    What are sensory processing differences?
    Being a parents who helps to “drop” judgment
    Understanding what is a sensory disorder?
    Different types of brains
    The stigma around ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
     
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.la-cia.org
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.
    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

    • 23 min
    #156: Advice for Parents with Greta Angert

    #156: Advice for Parents with Greta Angert

    Greta Angert received a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California State University Northridge. She completed her two year clinical training at the Maple Counseling Center and is certified in several trauma treatment modalities. 
    Greta has worked at numerous outpatient, inpatient and residential eating disorder programs as a primary therapist. Greta holds the highest level of certification for EMDR (level 3). She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and was a Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Los Angeles board of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. 
    Greta has spoken at local and national eating disorder and mental health conferences. She is a supervisor for marriage and family therapist interns and is committed to helping people understand, accept and nurture their bodies and minds in order to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
     
    We discuss topics including:
    How to work with parents when your child has an eating disorder
    Understanding FBT (Family Based Therapy)
    The importance of being realistic and honest with the parents she works with
    Parents supervising meals when their child has anorexia nervosa
    The parents job is to protect their child form diet culture and to not have diet culture in their home
     
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.gretaangert.com
    https://www.instagram.com/gretaangertmft
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.
     
    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

    • 23 min
    #155: Trauma and Neurodivergence with Celisa Flores

    #155: Trauma and Neurodivergence with Celisa Flores

    Celisa Flores, PsyD has worked as a therapist, program director, harm reductionist and clinical outreach professional in a wide variety of mental health and substance use disorder treatment setting since obtaining a Master’s in 2007 and Doctorate in 2013 in Clinical Psychology. 
    She is now the director of clinical outreach at Lido Wellness Center, a trauma-focused mental health treatment program in Newport Beach.
    With additional training as a trauma-sensitive yoga and meditation facilitator, as well as birth and end-of-life doula, she has been able to draw from a variety of modalities to support self-empowerment and recovery. Celisa is also trained on psychedelic assisted therapy.
    Her role has included national and international training and speaking engagements on psychedelic healing, eating disorders, trauma-sensitive approaches, mindfulness, yoga, body acceptance, and professional wellness, as well as facilitating psychedelic integration groups with PsychedeLiA in Orange County, CA and online.
     
    We discuss topics including:
    The overlap of trauma and eating disorders
    How the brain is impacted when someone is struggling with an eating disorder
    The difference between complex trauma and PSTD
    What is the “ACES” scale?
    ARFID and sensory issues
     
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.lidowellness.com
    www.drcelisa.com
    https://www.instagram.com/dr.celisa
    https://www.instagram.com/lidowellness
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.
     
    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

    • 24 min
    #154: Brain over Binge with Kathryn Hansen

    #154: Brain over Binge with Kathryn Hansen

    Kathryn Hansen recovered from bulimia in 2005; and since then, she has been dedicated to educating and empowering women and men who struggle with all forms of binge eating. 
    She is the author of Brain over Binge (2011, 2022), the Brain over Binge Recovery Guide (2016), and the host of the Brain over Binge Podcast.
    We discuss topics including:
    Kathryn’s story of “Brain over Binge”
    The two basic parts of the brain
    What happens when we diet 
    Recognizing that starvation can lead to a binge
    Steps to work on when the urge to binge happens
    Incorporating adequate eating
     
    SHOW NOTES:
    www.brainoverbinge.com
    www.instagram.com/brain_over_binge
    Brain over binge podcast
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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com
    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.
    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.
    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!
    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.
    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.
     

    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
82 Ratings

82 Ratings

Greta Angert ,

Important listening for anyone who works with eating disorders

Robyn brings many interesting and informed guests onto her podcast and provides her listeners with valuable information in the assessment, treatment and prevention of eating disorders. I highly recommend this podcast to anyone who works with this population or just wants to gain more insight and awareness into the often misunderstood world of eating disorders.

Momentum_Andy ,

Great podcast - loved being a guest!

Robyn is an expert and this podcast allows her to offer that expertise, along with her network of professionals, to the public. It’s a great resource.

Az1232013 ,

Succinct and informative

As an Eating Disorder provider I always appreciate that this podcast gets straight to the point with information I find helpful in my regular practice.

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