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Information about eating, body image, and exercise concerns, disordered eating, and eating disorders
Events Spring 2009
Celebrate Every Body Week
March 15-21
During this week, the Women’s Center as a part of UVa’s Coalition on Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns will sponsor a series of events to educate the entire UVa community on broader body image and eating issues. Events are listed below – more events to follow.
Body Groove - The truth shall set you free!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
6:30-8:30pm
Aquatic & Fitness Center Gymnasium
Discussion, Movement, Inspiration ... Do you love every inch of your body? Misty Tripoli, International Nike Elite Instructor, and recovering bulimic, obsessive compulsive over-eater and exerciser, will inspire you to explore the truth about your body: how you judge it, move it, nurture it and appreciate it. Misty will discuss the alluring trap of the illusive “perfect body” and how it affects the mind, body and spirit. Learn easy ideas and techniques that will help cultivate a positive relationship, acceptance and understanding to YOUR body and how to inspire others to do the same. Come dressed comfortably and be prepared to laugh out loud and find your unique groove. Contact Erica Perkins at elp2z@virginia.edu for more information!
How to Help a Friend
Monday, March 16
7-8PM
Newcomb Hall – Kaleidoscope
Join students from Hoos Open to Preventing Eating Disorders (HOPE) to learn how you can help a friend struggling with disordered eating, exercise and body image concerns.
Drop-In Eating Disorders Screenings
Tuesday, March 17
8-11AM Aquatics & Fitness Center and 5-7pm at O’Hill
Free, confidential screenings offered by CAPS counselors.
Self-scored evaluations will be available at Newcomb and Student Health.
Great Jeans Giveaway
Monday-Thursday, March 16-19
10-2PM
The Lawn
It’s in your genes, not in your jeans! Instead of dieting or exercising compulsively to squeeze into too-tight jeans, donate them in exchange for a FREE T-SHIRT.
In-Person Screenings
Women’s Center counselors will offer free, confidential eating disorders screenings during Celebrate Every Body Week (March 16-20th). Call 434-982-2252 for an appointment.
Festival of the Book 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
2:00-3:00pm
The Women’s Center sponsors writer Peach Friedman, author of Diary of an Exercise Addict
Rotunda, Dome Room (Book Signing, 3:00 p.m., Oval Room)
In 2000, Peach Friedman was a college senior. When she broke up with her boyfriend, she set out to beat the blues by beating herself into shape. Running several miles a day and taking in little food, she lost an unhealthy amount of weight and was at serious risk of cardiac arrest. What Peach suffered from was exercise bulimia—a newly diagnosed and rapidly spreading eating disorder that affects some 400,000 American women.
During her talk, Peach will read from Diary of an Exercise Addict and will discuss her experiences with an eating disorder, her recovery, consequences of a weight and fitness obsessed culture, and how to create a healthier environment. Peach is a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association and is a personal fitness trainer who works with people recovering from eating disorders.
Body Groove and the Peach Friedman event both fulfill the Fraternity and Sorority Life FOA educational requirement. Visit this page for more information.
Counseling & Support
Eating Disorders Group
Emily Lape, LCSW eel4r@virginia.edu and Rebecca Ginsberg, MA at 434-243-5150
Student Health Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
This Eating Disorders Therapy/Support group is for UVa students with bulimia or binge eating disorder who are committed to work toward recovery from their eating disorders. It meets Thursdays 3:30-4:45 at Student Health. Group themes may include sense of personal identity and self worth, perfectionism and control, body image obsessions, family concerns and relationship skills, sexuality and balancing achievement with the rest of life. The group draws on both practical cognitive-behavioral techniques as well as interpersonal exploration. Some previous or current individual therapy or nutritional counseling is helpful. If interested, contact Emily Lape LCSW at eel4r@virginia.edu to set up a pre-group meeting.
Individual counseling
Individual counseling for eating concerns is available at the Women’s Center, CAPS and the Ainsworth Clinic.
Women’s Center Counseling Services: 434-982-2252 or uvawomenscenterc@gmail.com
Student Health Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS): 434-924-5556
Mary D. Ainsworth Psychological Clinic: 434-982-4737 or ainsworth@virginia.edu
In addition, a nutritionist is available for consultations at Student Health. Contact Melanie Brede, RD in the Office of Health Promotion at 924-1509.
Books
Visit the Women’s Center to read and check out our collection of books about healthy living, eating/exercise/body image concerns, disordered eating, and eating disorders. The books are a part of our Jill T. Rinehart Library located in the waiting area.
Links
At UVa
Coalition on Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns
indorgs.virginia.edu/uvacares/
Office of Health Promotion at Student Health
www.virginia.edu/studenthealth/healthpro.html
Student Health Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) www.virginia.edu/studenthealth/caps.html
Ainsworth Clinic
www.virginia.edu/~psych/ainsworth
University of Virginia Dining Services
www.campusdish.com/en-us/CSSE/VIRGINIA
Other
Brown University Body Image Information www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/nutrition/bodyimage.htm
UCLA Eating Disorders Information
www.snac.ucla.edu/pages/Body_Image/Eating_Disorders.htm
Body Image: Love Yourself from the Inside Out
www.4women.gov/bodyimage/index.cfm
National Eating Disorders Organization
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Campus Calm
www.campuscalm.com
Health at Every Size (HAES)
www.jonrobison.net/index.html
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters
www.courtneyemartin.com