Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  No. I'll clarify that, absolutely. Looking back now, I can see that my eating disorder started when I was probably about 15. Nobody started talking about it until my very late teens, early twenties.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I was 20 years old, so....

Status of Women committee  Yes, I think in relation to Lisa, I was an adult, so my family was very aware; however, they were helpless because I wasn't ready to make that connection. You've heard from Sheena's Place. There was Danielle's Place at the time, but I was seeing my family doctor weekly until the point of my hospitalization.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I'm a private practitioner now.

Status of Women committee  A lot of my awareness is through the National Initiative for Eating Disorders, NIED. That's really where I want most of the focus to be.To find a private practitioner, we have NEDIC, an information centre based out of Toronto. That has all the eating disorder specialists and is like a database, so I know that's how a number of people come to find care.

Status of Women committee  I use the evidence based, so I am trained in the Maudsley approach. I did my training with Daniel Le Grange in the United States. With adults we're really working with cognitive behavioural therapies; dialectical behavioural therapy is used a lot more now. It's very interesting that the treatment for adolescents and the treatment for adults is very different, so it's navigating those two systems.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for having me here today. I am a psychotherapist treating anxiety, depression, and eating disorders in Burlington, Ontario. I am also a proud member of the steering committee of the National Initiative for Eating Disorders. I am here representing the voice of my clients along with my own voice as a survivor of anorexia.