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Stacey Bayer, LCSW

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Inner Strength Eating Disorder and Trauma Therapy

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sbayer@staceybayerlcsw.com

Stacey Bayer, MSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker CA#115293

Offering Telehealth services for those residing anywhere in California.

Take a lesson from this 🦭 that I met on my walk! Book end your day! Try starting and ending your day with a meditation, breathwork, a moment of still, or a moment of gratitude. Your nervous system will thank you! 🧘🏻&zwj;♀️

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This week has felt heavy, and common themes were expressed and experienced in all of my sessions. One word that encapsulates all of these themes is humanity.

This week has been riddled with grief, horror, anger, loss, disappointment, hurt, feelings

Happy Monday! I am excited to share that Sara Kashlan (ED dietitian) and I will be starting a meal support group for adults residing in CA who are in recovery from an eating disorder beginning September 25th (6-week rounds)!

- This virtual group wi

If you’ve been to therapy, you’ve probably heard about self-care. I’ve never met a clinician who doesn’t preach this. Personally, I’m a huge fan of self-care and talk to my clients about these actions regularly. It&rsquo

Behind every emotion is a message. Delivering the message is the emotion’s job. Emotion = messenger. In therapy, I often see people try to stop a feeling by ignoring what it is trying to communicate. When we try to cancel out the feeling becaus

The drill sergeant approach to self-improvement doesn’t work. Nobody grows from a place of shame, self-hate, self-deprecation, or self-punishment, however, these are all often methods people try before they attempt to embrace self-compassion, c

Eating disorders wreak havoc on people’s lives. The symptoms of an eating disorder lead to isolation, shame, loss, medical complications and more. They go after what we love most - this often being our relationships, making it difficult to feel

Whether you brushed your teeth, took a shower, followed your meal plan, set a boundary, used your skills, woke up on time, or landed your dream job. A win is a win is a win. Period. And I am proud with you for your wins. Keep doing the hard things! ✨

Friday Focus- Find Your “Why” ✨

Some days, it may feel like a long and arduous journey to healing. Hope may be lacking. When feeling tired, it can help to remember your why. Remember your reasons for recovery.

Here are two of mine. Feel

A trauma response occurs when our nervous system responds to the present as if it were the past. This means, the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex are activated for survival. When this occurs, the amygdala (emotional & survival center)