Growing Pains with Rachel Gerretsen, LMFT, CEDS

 
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EPISODE 42 - Growing Pains with Rachel Gerretsen, LMFT, CEDS

by Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS

IN THIS EPISODE:

In this episode, I am joined by Rachel Gerretsen, LMFT, CEDS. With a passion for helping people, Rachel has worked in the eating disorder field helping individuals, collaborating with families, and supporting providers in the healing process for over a decade in both private practice and treatment settings. Her goal is to help her clients live a more fulfilling, authentic, and meaningful life by reconnecting them to their most desirable self.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

  • The harm double standards produce in regards to culture’s view of what an “appropriate” appetite looks like across genders.

  • Judging someone’s relationship with food based on what is seen and not what is true.

  • How age plays a role in children/adolescents’ ability to express internal struggles.

  • Working with children/adolescents also means working with their family too.

  • The fine line of holding trust and confidentiality with a client while acknowledging that they are a minor.

  • What supporting vs punishing looks like for children/adolescents in eating disorder recovery.

  • The need for family and caregivers to seek out their own individual therapy and safe space to hold fears and frustrations and to promote healing.

  • How the unintentional attempts to protect children/adolescents from the outside world can lead to opposite results.

ABOUT RACHEL GERRETSEN:

Rachel Gerretsen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and owner of Rachel Gerretsen Therapy. With a passion for helping people, Rachel works with children/adolescents, couples, individuals, and families of all ages using a combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy, family systems, humanistic therapy, positive psychology, and solution-focused therapy.

After obtaining her Bachelors in Psychology from her hometown college, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Rachel Gerretsen began her development as a therapist and completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, from Pepperdine University in Malibu.

Rachel has worked as a therapist for 12 years in Southern California in private practice and spend a decade in the treatment facility setting at Monte Nido, one of the leading eating disorder treatment centers in the country. As a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, Rachel confidently and competently treats Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and various forms of disordered eating.

Rachel has worked with adolescents and adults with a variety of difficulties and has collaborated with families and supporting providers to help heal each client. Her goal is to help her clients live a more fulfilling, authentic, and meaningful life by reconnecting them to their most desirable self.


CONNECT WITH RACHEL GERRETSEN:

  • Visit Rachel’s website or contact her directly to learn more about her therapy services

  • Inquire about Rachel’s therapeutic and program development consulting services

  • Learn about Rachel’s clinical supervision for intern therapists

ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:

Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.