Covid-19 Safety Protocols Given the current pandemic, we have made temporary changes to ensure the health and safety of our clients and staff. This includes: All employees and clients are being expected to follow CDC Covid-19 guidelines as outlined in our internal Opal Covid policy. For in person treatment, Read more…
We’re excited to bring you our conversation with Christy Harrison, author of Anti-Diet and host of the Food Psych podcast. Many of you might know of Christy’s work, but might not know what led her to shift her career from working as a journalist reporting on food sustainability to becoming Read more…
“Food is fuel”. ” You are a machine”. “You look fit”. “You are what you eat”. These are all messages about food and our bodies that are commonplace, yet born out of diet culture. Opal Co-Founder and Clinical Director Kara Bazzi talks with dietitian and endurance athlete Maria Dalzot, RD about Read more…
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About treatment at Opal: Given the current pandemic, we have made temporary changes to ensure the health and safety of our clients and staff. – As of January 31st, 2022 Covid vaccinations and boosters are required for staff and PHP and IOP clients. Medical and religious accommodations are honored. -We are Read more…
See here for the people and resources that are helping change Opal’s treatment and staff culture to be more inclusive. If you find any of these resources helpful, we encourage you to make a financial contribution to the creators of the work. Books: The Body Is Not An Apology by Read more…
Weight-inclusive resources including: Health at Every Size, fat-positivity, body liberation, and a weight-neutral approach to health. Books: Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating – Christy Harrison, MPH, RDN Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia By Sabrina Strings You Have the Right to Read more…
July 28, 2020 Some of you may be wondering where we’ve been on social media the last 6 weeks?!? While our social media voice has been silent as of late, our actions have taken Opal’s anti-oppression work to new levels. As white business leaders, Julie, Lexi and Kara have been Read more…
Resources and research on eating disorder diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Books Appetites: Why Women Want – Caroline Knapp Body Wars: Making Peace with Women’s Bodies – Margo Maine, PhD When Food is Love – Geneen Roth Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family – Ellyn Satter The Beauty Myth – Naomi Read more…
Information on eating disorder support groups, books, podcasts, social media accounts that promote recovery. Support for BIPOC: Virtual IOP for BIPOC clients The Holistic Black Healing Collective Virtual BIPOC ED Support Group Therapy for Black Girls Asian Mental Health Collective Asian Counseling and Referral Services Support for LGBTQ: Peer Read more…