Binge Eating Disorder with Amy Pershing LMSW

Do No Harm Podcast

CW: BED, OA, Some specific amounts of food used for examples

Amy Pershing, who cowrote Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond with Chevese Turner, joined me on the podcast to discuss this challenging and common eating disorder that is often overlooked. Amy shares so much great information with us about BED from all sides of the disorder, having experienced it herself and recovered.

BED Recovery Program: www.thebodywiseprogram.com

Intuitive Eating Program: www.hungerwise.com

In this episode:

• Her history around dieting and BED

• BED - most common eating disorder

• BED seen as a willpower issue

• How to screen patients for EDs/BED

• What does Binging look like?

• How does shame affect our thoughts around binging?

• Trauma

• BED can manifest in any body size

• How do you start to find help

• Person in culture and how it affects eating disorders

• Advocacy for patients in the world

Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Founder of Bodywise Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Program and the Vice President of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor. She is the co-founder of Pershing Consulting LLC, which offers training to clinicians treating BED worldwide.

Based on 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a treatment approach for BED that is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems and somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates “attuned” eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Amy is also the creator of “Hungerwise™,” a 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is the winner of The Binge Eating Disorder Association's 2016 Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award, has served on a variety of professional boards, and is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association. Amy is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Routledge, 2018), and maintains her clinical practice treating BED in Ann Arbor.