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Intuitive Eating, eating disorder therapy Ottawa Ontario.
Click on the categories below to find resources for local mental health & eating disorder treatment, intuitive eating, eating disorder/diet recovery, joyful movement, weight-inclusive care and more!
Please note​ - I have no vested interest in sharing these resources, other than my firm belief in the power of getting education and exposure from credible sources, from a range of diverse voices, which I attempt to provide here. 

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Resources by Categories

  • ​Local Mental Health & Substance Abuse Resources (Ottawa, ON and surrounding regions)​
  • Eating Disorder Community Support & Treatment Resources (Canada)​​​
  • ​Books for Eating & Body Image Concerns​
  • Men, Eating & Body Image Concerns
  • Parent Resources for Eating Disorder Recovery and Raising Body Positive Children & Teens
  • Podcasts for Eating & Body Image Concerns​
  • ​Weight-Inclusive Fitness Resources​​​​​​
  • ​Weight-Inclusive Health Resources​​
  • ​Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Resources
  • Miscellaneous 
Intuitive Eating, eating disorder therapy Ottawa Ontario.

 

Local Mental Health & Substance Abuse Resources (Ottawa, ON and surrounding regions)

  • 24/7 Distress Line 613-238-3311 here
  • 24/7 Crisis Line 613-722-6914 / 1-866-996-0991 here
  • Addiction, Mental Health & Gambling Treatment Referral Service (Ontario) here
  • CAMH Mental Illness and Addiction Information here
  • Counselling Connect (free online counselling for Ottawa region) here
  • Mood Disorders Ottawa - Support groups here
  • Ottawa Public Health Community Mental Health Guide here
  • ​Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre here
  • Ottawa Resources and Info ementalhealth.ca
  • Ottawa Withdrawal/ Referral Services here
  • Shelter Safe (for women experiencing domestic violence) here
  • Togetherall here
Self-Help
  • Centre For Clinical Interventions (from gvt. of Western Australia) Free downloadable self-help resources for many mental health disorders & concerns, for individuals, loved ones & professionals here

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Eating Disorder Community Support & Treatment Resources

​Ottawa, ON
  • Hopewell (Ottawa & ON) Support groups, treatment information, and mentorship program here
  • Regional Centre for the Treatment of Eating Disorders (Hospital programs for ages 18+) here
  • The Balanced Practice (Ottawa & ON) Dietitians, therapists and treatment programs (ages 13+) here​
Ontario
  • Blossom Counselling Centre (ON, virtual) Dietitians & therapists here
  • Body Brave (Hamilton, ON) Group support & resources here
  • Change Creates Change (ON & across Canada) Dietitians, therapists, meal support, and parent coaching here 
  • Homewood Health Centre (Guelph, ON) Residential treatment here
  • Hope's Eating Disorder Support here
  • Ministry of Health Funded Eating Disorder Programs in Ontario here
  • Sheena's Place (Toronto, ON) Group support & resources here
  • The Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (Winsor-Essex County, ON) here
Quebec
  • Anorexie et boulimie Quebec here
Nova Scotia​
  • Eating Disorders Nova Scotia here
Newfoundland & Labrador 
  • Eating Disorders Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador here​
Saskatchewan
  • BridgePoint Centre for Eating Disorders here
Alberta
  • Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta here
  • Silver Linings Foundation (Calgary, AB) here
British Columbia
  • Kelty Eating Disorders (BC) Resource & online resource library here
  • Looking Glass ( Vancouver, BC) here
  • Westwind Counselling and Eating Disorder Recovery Centre here
National (Canada)​
  • National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) here
  • National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED) here
  • Recovery Care Collective (access to treatment for those facing financial barriers) here
U.S./International​​​
  • F.E.A.S.T. - Families Empowered And Supporting Treatment for Eating Disorders here
  • Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations: A Trans+ & Intersex Collective (FEDUP) Virtual support groups and resources here
  • Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) here
  • The Eating Disorder Foundation (Denver, CO) Virtual support groups here​
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Books for Eating & Body Image Concerns

Intuitive Eating & Diet Recovery
  • Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison, MPH RD here
  • Eat to Love: A Mindful Guide to Transforming Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Life by Jenna Hollenstein here
  • Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating by Rachael Hartley, RD here
  • Intuitive Eating (4th Ed): A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole, MS RDN CEDRD-S & Elyse Resch, MS RDN CEDRD-S FAND here 
  • Just Eat It: How Intuitive Eating Can Help You Get Your Shit Together Around Food by Laura Thomas, PhD here
  • The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook by Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II  & Christy Harrison, MPH RD CEDS here
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food by Evelyn Tribole, MS RDN CEDRD-S & Elyse Resch, MS RDN CEDRD-S FAND here ​​​​​​​​
  • Unapologetic Eating: Making Peace with Food and Transform Your Life by Alissa Rumsey, MS RD here
​Eating Disorder Recovery
  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook by Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb here
  • Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating by Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD LCSW here and related resources here
  • Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond by Amy Pershing & Chevese Turner here
  • Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder by Johanna S. Kandel here
  • Rehabilitate, Rewire, Recover!: Anorexia Recovery for the Determined Adult by Tabitha Farrar here
  • Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders by Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD CEDS FAED here
  • The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum by Linda Shanti McCabe here​​
ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
  • Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults: Activities and Strategies for Selective Eaters by Katja Rowell, MD, Slp & Jenny McGlothlin, MS here and more resources here
  • Meal Time Hostage (blog, resources) here
Weight Stigma, Body Acceptance & Body Liberation
  • Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out - And Never Say Diet Again by Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN here
  • Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight-- and What We Can Do about It by Harriet Brown here
  • Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith here
  • Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass by Jes Baker here
  • More Than A Body: Your Body Is An Instrument, Not An Ornament by Lexie Kite, PhD & Lindsay Kite, PhD here​
  • Reclaiming Body Trust: Break Free from a Culture of Body Perfection, Disordered Eating, and Other Traumas by Hilary Kinavey, LS LPC & Dana Sturtevant, MS RD here
  • The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor here 
  • The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight by Michelle M. Lelwica here
  • The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hilary L. McBride, PhD here
  • Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker here
  • ​Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne here
  • What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon here
  • You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar here
  • "You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon here​​​​​
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Men, Eating & Body Image Concerns

  • Aaron Flores, RDN (virtual men's support group, podcast, and other resources) here
  • "A Thing Most Men Won't Talk About with Aaron Flores" Ep#441 of Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris here
  • Man Up to Eating Disorders by Andrew Walen here 
  • My Journey Toward Radical Body Positivity by Matt McGorry here
  • The Pandemic is Heightening Diet Culture for Men by Virginia Sole-Smith here
  • This Is What It's Like For Men With Eating Disorders by Elamin Abdelmahmoud here
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Parent Resources for Eating Disorder Recovery and Raising Body Positive Children & Teens

Parent Resources for Eating Disorder Recovery
  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Skills for Caregivers (free webinar series) here
  • ​Eva Musby's website and book list (more specific to anorexia and other eating disorders) here
  • F.E.A.S.T. (Online resource for parents) here
  • Feed Your Instinct (checklists and resources for parents) here
  • How To Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food by Casey Crosbie & Wendy Sterling here
  • Skills-based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method by Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith & Anna Crane here
  • When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating by Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD here
Parent/Teen Resources for Intuitive Eating & Body Acceptance​
  • Body Kindness Podcast w/ Rebecca Scritchfield (search episode themes "For Parents") here
  • Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith here (more resources here)
  • How to Raise an Intuitive Eater: Raising the Next Generation with Food and Body Confidence by Sumner Brooks, MPH, RDN & Amee Seversen, MPP-D, RDN here
  • Intuitive Eating Moms (resources) here and The Embodied & Well Mom Show w/ Lindsay Stenovec, RD here
  • Laura Thomas, PhD (newsletter, books, more resources) here
  • ​More-Love.org (blog, resources) here
  • No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom by Shelley Aggarwal, Signe Darpinian, & Wendy Sterling here​
  • The Full Bloom Project Podcast w/ Zoe Bisbing, LCSW & Leslie Bloch, LCSW-R here​​
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens by Elyse Resch, MS RDN here ​​
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Podcasts for Eating & Body Image Concerns

Debunking Dieting & Wellness Industry 
  • All Fired Up w/ Louise Adams here
  • Maintenance Phase w/ Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes here
  • Rethinking Wellness w/ Christy Harrison here
Intuitive Eating, Body Image, Eating Disorder & Diet Recovery
  • Beyond Intuitive Eating w/ Beth Basham here
  • Body Kindness w/ Rebecca Scritchfield here
  • Can I Have Another Snack? w/ Laura Thomas (for parents) here
  • Conditioned Food Sensitivity w/ Wendy Busse, RD (food sensitivities & mental health) here
  • Dietitians Unplugged w/ Aaron Flores & Glenys Oyston here
  • Don't Salt My Game w/ Laura Thomas here 
  • Dr. Marianne-Land: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast here
  • Eat The Rules w/ Summer Innanen here
  • Eating Disorders Recovery Podcast w/ Tabitha Farrar here
  • Escape Diet Prison w/ Anne-Sophie Reinhardt here
  • Find Your Food Voice w/ Julie Duffy Dillon here
  • Food Psych w/ Christy Harrison here
  • Intuitive Bites w/ Kirsten Ackerman here
  • Intuitive Eating For The Culture w/ Christyna Johnson here
  • It's Beyond The Food Podcast w/ Stephanie Dodier here
  • Life After Diets w/ Sarah Dosanjh & Stefanie Michele here
  • ​Life Unrestricted w/ Meret Boxler here
  • Men Unscripted w/ Aaron Flores here
  • Midlife Feast w/ Jenn Salib Huber here 
  • Nutrition Matters w/ Paige Smathers here
  • Real Health Radio w/ Chris Sandal here 
  • Rebel Eaters Club w/ Virgie Tovar here
  • ​The Body Image Podcast w/ Corinne Dobbas here​
  • The Bodylove Project w/ Jessi Haggerty here
  • The Food Heaven Podcast w/ Wendy Lopez & Jessica Jones here
  • The Full Bloom Project w/ Zoe Bisbing & Leslie Bloch (for parents) here​​
Weight Stigma, Body Acceptance & Body Liberation
  • Belly Love w/ Rachel Cole here
  • Do No Harm (medical care and the weight-inclusive approach to health) here
  • Fat & Faithful w/ Amanda Martinez Beck & J. Nicole Morgan here
  • Fierce Fatty w/ Vinny Welsby  here
  • My Black Body Podcast w/ Rawiyah Tariq & Jessica Wilson here
  • She's All Fat w/ April Quioh & Sophia Carter-Kahn here
  • The Body Grievers Club w/ Brianna Campos here 
  • The Body Trust Podcast w/ Dana Sturtevant, Hilary Kinavey, & Sirius Bonner here
  • The Culture Of It All w/ Melanie Knights here
  • The Fat Doctor Podcast w/ Dr. Asher Larmie here
  • Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back w/ Marquisele Mercedes, Caleb Luna, Bryan Guffey, Jordan Underwood & Da'Shaun Harrison here  
  Eating Disorder, Addiction & Trauma Recovery
  • ​I Weigh w/ Jameela Jamil here
  • Soul Sessions w/ Jodie Gale here
  • We Can Do Hard Things w/ Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, & Amanda Doyle here
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​Weight-Inclusive Fitness Resources

Yoga
  • Amber Karnes here
  • Curvy Yoga here
  • Diane Bondy Yoga here
  • Do Yoga With Me here
  • Yoga For Eating Disorders here
Strength​
  • Fitness by Sarah Taylor here​
  • Louise Green "Big Fit Girl" here
  • Meg Boggs (book, blog, resources) here
  • ​Mindful Strength here
  • Train Happy (book and podcast) by Tally Rye here 
General Fitness
  • Body Positive Fitness here
  • Joyn here
  • Nutritious Movement w/ Katy Bowman (Online Studio & Other Resources) here
  • Super You Studio (Virtual Fitness, Yoga and Run courses) here
  • Unmeasured (Virtual Barre Studio) here
Other Resources
  • Decolonizing Fitness here
  • Disabled Girls Who Lift here
  • Marley Blonsky - Life On Two Wheels (Weight Inclusive Cycling Resources) here
  • Superfit Hero (clothing) here
Articles
  • ​Don't Sweat It (HuffPost series on improving relationship with fitness) here
  • ​I'm Fat and Not Fit - So Where Do I Fit In? by Zoe Fenson here
  • It Took Me Years to Separate Working Out From Trying to Lose Weight. Here's How I Did It by Louise Green here
  • My 10 Principles of Intuitive Movement by Jessi Haggerty here
  • The Complete Guide to Overcoming Gymtimidation by Ragen Chastain here
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Weight-Inclusive Health Resources

General
  • HAES® Health Sheets (weight-inclusive resources for various medical conditions) here
  • Weight and Healthcare by Ragen Chastain (resources and education about weight-inclusive care) here
Diabetes
  • Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating for Diabetes (book, resources) here
  • Body Kindness Podcast w/ Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN & Glenys Oyston, RDN (search "Diabetes") here
  • Body Posi Betes (Blog & Social Media) here
  • Diabetes & Disordered Eating Resources by Lauren Newman, RD here
  • Diabulimia Helpline and Resources here
  • Diet-Free Talk for Diabetes/Insulin Issues Facebook Group here
  • Find Your Food Voice Podcast w/ Julie Duffy Dillon, RD, Episodes #216-219 here
  • Intuitive Eating for Diabetes by Rachel Hartley, RD (blog series) here
  • Intuitive Eating for Diabetes by Janice Dada, MPH, RDN (book) here
  • Self-Care for Diabetes Concerns (online group series) here
PCOS​
  • Elizabeth Armstrong (resources for PCOS and mental health) here
  • ​PCOS and Food Peace Course w/ Julie Duffy Dillon here
  • PCOS and Intuitive Eating by Rachel Hartley, RD (blog series) here 
  • PCOS Body Liberation (community, resources) here
  • PCOS Positivity (e-books, resources) here
  • Sam Abbott PCOS Nutritionist (blog, resources) here
  • Understanding PCOS by Robyn Nohling, RD (blog series) here ​​
Fertility & Pregnancy
  • 10 Ways To Improve Body Image During Pregnancy by Summer Innanen (more resources) here
  • Crystal Karges Nutrition (blog, groups, resources for pregnancy and motherhood) here
  • Fat and Fertile by Nicola Salmon book and fat-positive fertility resources here
  • No Period. Now What? by Nicola J. Rinaldi, PhD book and blog
  • ​Real Life RD Blog by Robyn Nohling, RD here
  • The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum by Linda Shanti McCabe here
Perimenopause & Menopause
  • Erica Leon Blog & Resources here
  • Why You Gain Belly Fat After Menopause (And Why It's OK) by Jessi Haggerty here
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Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Resources

  • 9 Self-Compassion Exercises and Worksheets for Increasing Compassion here
  • Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (community practice, resources, training) here
  • Dr. Kristin Neff (books, resources, practices, & guided meditations) here
  • Guided Mindful Eating practices from The Center for Mindful Eating here
  • Insight Timer (app) here
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (free course & guided meditations) here
  • Mindful.org (articles, guided meditations & education) here
  • The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, et al. here
  • UCLA Guided Mindfulness Practices (free online and app) here​​
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Miscellaneous

  • ​In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate, MD here
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts When the World Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain here
  • ​The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry & Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal by Sheryl Paul, MA here
  • The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, PhD here​​
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