What is PsychED Recovery?

PsychED Recovery is the brand I am curating. For now, it is me, Emily Andersen, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist but I also see so much potential for it to be more than just a website about my services as a mental health provider. I want this to be a space that is educational and inclusive.

Let me tell ya I have an entire note in my phone with probably over 100 names and ideas I came up with over the last year of what I could call my brand for when I was ready to start. Then, after doing some research, found out that a lot of us therapists had the same ideas. So after that I took a LONG break to reflect because I was feeling pretty defeated with coming up with a name. I was going to use my own name but everyone my whole life has spelled my last name wrong and I knew that would definitely be an issue with getting people to my site.

Randomly one day, my partner was driving and I was thinking about a name again. I had been looking at other brands that inspired me and started to brain storm how I could be different. I have always loved a good pun and play on words and deep down that’s what I wanted the name to be. After wrestling with some stuff in my mind, I blurted out “I think I just named my brand.” My partner was so confused especially that I had been sitting there in silence just thinking about that. And I said “PsychED! PsychED Recovery!” He liked it and I messaged my best friend and she liked it (also a therapist mind you) and I decided to run with it.

Like the great Bréne Brown, I am also a recovering perfectionist and aspiring good enoughist and I decided I could no longer over think it and decided to run with it. Even writing this blog post I am laughing at myself because I kid you not thinking of this brand name has been years in the making. I was brainstorming this since I was an associate and I was finally like, yes, let’s do this! And now, here we are!

For now, it is just me as an LMFT offering eating disorder therapy in network with insurance. I would like to eventually have a podcast where we talk all things psychology and eating disorders (hence the name, PsychED….get it?). I would also like to build this blog and be a place where people can find resources and guidance. Who knows, maybe I will write a book someday. My vision is to be a brand in the eating disorder world that is representative and inclusive of people of all identities and especially for individuals in larger bodies. Finding a provider that works in eating disorders in a larger body is rare and I hope to create more space for these individuals through the work I do and the brand I am growing.

And on that note, welcome to PsychED Recovery 🙂 I am so glad you are here!