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Humor me: Psychology variation brings down the negativity

Next time you look in the mirror and think you are fat, ugly and disgusting, say to yourself in a deep Darth Vadar cadence: LUKE, I AM NOT YOUR FATHER BUT I AM FAT, UGLY and DISGUSTING!! Or use a flirty Pepe Le Pew French accent: Cherie, kiss me, I am fat, ugly and disgusting! Yes? What? No joke. Well, actually it is a joke.

The 23rd annual Renfrew Center Foundation Eating Disorders Conference runs through Nov. 10 here in Philadelphia. Diane Girardot, a Chester County based psychotherapist and health care journalist, will blog daily from the conference that this year focuses on complex patients, treatment variations, and the essential role of wisdom within the therapeutic relationship.

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