Author: Alice Boyes, PhD.

I love hearing about the time management tips that other people ACTUALLY use. I thought I’d share some of the tips that I use. The first one is

Lots of people who come to treatment for eating disorders don’t realize that developing rigid rules around eating is a common mechanism of eating disorders. For example, a

Back in training I remember being told that the average binge was about 2000 calories (approximately a day’s worth of calories). Binge eating thoughts When people have a

Sometimes when people have depression they grind down to very low activity levels. While you’re working your way back from this, you’re likely to have thoughts like “I

Happy relationships generally have a ratio of at least 5:1 positive to negative interactions. Of course its more complicated than this but the 5:1 ratio is a simple

Following on from my last post (“The Under-Regulation Reset” – Part 1), something else that people who are in the habit of under-regulating their behaviour tend to struggle

Quite a few of the clients I see for problems like depression, anxiety, or low self esteem, have lost (or never had) confidence in committing to consistently doing

Here’s a therapy technique I use with clients that you can try yourself. People who binge eat tend to expect that once they have a strong urge to

This is a therapy exercise I’m currently enamored with, and one that lots of clients are really liking. Its an adapted version of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Is there a value you’d like to enact to a greater extent in a particular domain of your life? For example, let’s say an important valued life direction