The Appetite Episode #15: Mothers, Grandmothers, and Great-Grandmothers, The Women Who Got Us Here An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast In this heartfelt and vulnerable conversation, host Carter Umhau, MA, LMHCA, asks Opal Co-Founders Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD, CD, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS about who they Read more
The Appetite Episode #14: The Humanity Behind Leadership: Inspiration, Vulnerability, Strength, and Relationship An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Opal co-founders Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD, CD, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, join together with host Carter Umhau, LMHCA to reflect and debrief after a transformative experience at Read more
The Appetite Episode #10: Targeting Emotional Loneliness: An interview with RO DBT Creator Dr. Thomas Lynch and Erica Smith Lynch An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy has been a big topic on The Appetite…but today RO DBT creator Dr. Thomas Lynch and his wife and colleague Read more
The Appetite Episode #08: Sport and Performance: Exploring the Athletic Temperament through a Radically Open DBT lens An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast What are the temperamental factors that make a good athlete? Today, Opal Founders Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD, CD, and Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, and Read more
The Appetite Episode #06: Body Image: Project versus Relationship Take 2 An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Opal’s co-founders Julie Church RDN, CD, CEDS, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, and Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, and host Carter Umhau LMHCA, discuss body image through the lens of both eating disorder treatment and their Read more
The Appetite Episode #05: Radically Open Forgiveness An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast As a person explores their appetite for life, forgiveness is worth considering. Opal founders Julie Church, RDN, CEDS, CD, Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, –along with host and Opal therapist Carter Umhau, LMHCA–discuss what Read more
The Appetite Episode #02: Introduction to Radically Open DBT An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast In the first of three episodes introducing Opal’s core tenets, Dr. Lexi Giblin leads our discussion about the evidence-based treatment Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT). RO DBT is a new therapy approach that was Read more
An address to the Puget Sound IAEDP Community at the Winter Celebration of Life December 6, 2014 Amae “In graduate school, I took a philosophy course where we explored Elisabeth Young-Bruehl and Faith Bethelard’s book titled “Cherishment: A Psychology of the Heart.” It has always stuck with me. Perhaps because Read more