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Christian Counseling for Eating Disorders
Through E-mail and Live Chats
Christian Counselor at Freedom from Eating Disorders
Laurie Glass has a Master of Ministry degree in Christian Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Pastoral Counselor through the American Association of Christian Therapists. She is also a recovered anorexic who has been supporting eating disorder sufferers online since 2003. Out of her experience, she also writes about eating disorder recovery topics and has run this website since 2007. Her articles and poems have been published in several print and online publications.
Know that Laurie understands the ups and downs of the recovery process, can relate to what it's like to give up and give in to the eating disorder, but also knows what it's like to celebrate victories both large and small. She thanks God for helping her to persevere and to recover from anorexia. She has had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ since 1982. If you are interested in what her foundational beliefs are, you may read her Statement of Faith. Also, you can learn more about Laurie's story by visiting the Recovery Stories page as well as the Christian Recovery page.
Laurie is passionate about reaching out to those with eating disorders to encourage them in their recovery and communicate a message of hope and healing. She has been told many times that she has been an encouragement and inspiration to those in eating disorder recovery.
To Sign Up for E-mail Counseling
To Set Up for Live Chats
Benefits of Christian E-mail Christian Counseling for Eating Disorder Recovery
- You may e-mail at a time and in a place convenient for you and receive a well thought out reply within 24 hours.
- You can communicate with someone who understands what you are going through and even ask her to pray for you.
- E-mail counseling provides a written record of vital parts of your journey, including your own concerns as well as the support and encouragement of your counselor.
Laurie will do the following and more:
- Listen to your concerns about your eating disorder behaviors as well as underlying issues of your eating disorder
- Provide advice, suggestions and support as well as share encouraging scriptures
- Provide accountability for keeping appointments with your doctor, therapist, dietitian and any other member of your treatment team
- Keep you accountable for your efforts to avoid eating disorder behaviors, for completing therapist assigned homework or for taking steps and meeting goals you have set for your recovery
- If you don't already have a treatment team, Laurie can also offer suggestions on how to find professional help
- Share pieces of her own recovery journey
- Pray for you
- Suggest journaling exercises
- Help you in your relationship with God
You may prefer to write longer e-mails once or twice a week or you might prefer writing shorter e-mails to check in with Laurie four days a week. You may do whichever fits you best.
If you are suicidal or in danger in some way and need immediate help, see the Crisis Hotlines page for numbers you may call if you are in a crisis.
To Get Started with E-mail Counseling
1. Add the following e-mail address to your address book - freedom6ATfreedomfromedDOTcom.
2. Read the Counseling Agreement.
3. Copy and paste the Questionnaire below in the e-mail form below, answer the questions and click Send.
4. Use the PayPal button below to pay for a week of counseling - with a week going from Monday through Friday (holidays excluded). The cost is $50.00 per week. You may also use this PayPal button for subsequent weeks of counseling. Please make payments on Sunday before beginning the counseling e-mails for the week.
Questionnaire
Please copy/paste the following questionnaire into the comments box in the e-mail form below. Please answer each question. There are no right or wrong answers. You will not be judged by your answers to any of these questions. The purpose is to provide your counselor with helpful background information about you so she may better assist you. Simply be honest with your answers.
First name:
Last name:
E-mail address:
Age:
Gender:
Marital status:
Relationship status:
Number of children and their ages:
Occupation:
Have you been diagnosed with an eating disorder?
If so, what eating disorder do you have?
How long have you had it?
If not, what is the nature of your food issues?
Are you currently seeking or receiving therapy or any type of professional help?
If so, please explain.
Do you consider yourself to be a Christian?
What would you like to accomplish through e-mail counseling?
Is there anything else about yourself that you think may be helpful for your counselor to know?
Did you read and do you agree to the Counseling Agreement?
How did you find this website?
To Get Started with Live Chats
E-mail may be a good option for discussing the deeper matters, but perhaps you would also like having the option to chat for the purpose of having accountability checks or helping you through some challenging moments when you're trying to resist engaging in behaviors.
You must be 18 years of age or older.
If you think this is something you would like to try, register for an account on another site for live chats. All you need to do is provide your e-mail address, password and screen name as well as agree to the terms and conditions. From there, you may either use your credit card for payment or you can add funds to your account on the site by going to your Account Activity page.
Once you have things set up, just come back to this page and click on the link below for chats.
Live Chats
If you want to schedule a chat, e-mail me at freedom6ATfreedomfromedDOTcom and let me know the dates and times you have in mind. I am available Monday through Friday during daytime as well as evening hours. Please be sure to tell me what time zone you are in. I am in the central time zone.
Once you are logged in at the chat site, click on "Contact Live", then "Start live session" and then the "Hire Expert" button. It's that simple.
The cost of chats is $1.00 per minute.
Brochure
Perhaps someone you know has an eating disorder and you think that person would benefit from having a Christian counselor. You may download and print this two-sided brochure to share with that individual.
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