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    SHAW COUNSELING LLC - CRISTINA SHAW, PHD LCSW

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    Therapy services are offered both in-person or virtual.

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    *If you are needing to set up services, please note that my practice is currently full and new client appointments will likely not be available until mid to late summer. 

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    What Causes an Eating Disorder?

    What Causes an Eating Disorder?

    It was the late 90's and I was sitting in one of my first graduate classes, Introduction to Psychopathology. We were learning about the various mental health conditions outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Aside from reviewing symptoms and diagnosis, we spent a lot of time discussing theories on the origins of the various conditions. I remember eating disorders being covered and discussion around how they are a “control issue” and how p
    When Picky Eating is a Bigger Problem

    When Picky Eating is a Bigger Problem

    As a parent, we’ve all said at some point “try it, you’ll like it!”. Or, the tried and true “you used to like it, so why won’t you eat it now?”. I’ve personally been known to pull out my phone and dig through baby pictures so I can prove to my children that they “used to LOVE _____” while trying to convince them that the roasted and seasoned version is much yummier than the pureed kind. I stopped using this approach when my son insisted that the food smeared all over his baby
    When Eating Becomes out of Control

    When Eating Becomes out of Control

    National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 26th-March 4th. For the month of February, I will be posting weekly on the different types of eating disorders and where to get help. To start, let's take a look at Binge Eating Disorder.... When people think about eating disorders, they typically don’t think about somebody struggling with out of control binging. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association did not give Binge Eating Disorder (BED) its own unique diagnosis

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