This post introduces an episode of the Align33 Media Clinical Roundtable in which host Robyn Shumer sits down with five leaders who helped shape modern eating disorder treatment, prevention, advocacy, and recovery.
The panel reflects on the early days of the field, the ideas that changed treatment, what clinicians understand differently today, and the gaps that still remain. Topics include prevention, lived experience, family involvement, body image, culture, and why challenging old assumptions continues to matter.
The panelists are:
- Beth Hartman McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS — psychologist with more than three decades in the field, specializing in eating disorders, athletes, trauma, and body image; co-editor of Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap.
- Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS — clinical psychologist, author, and advocate whose work has transformed conversations around women, body image, aging, and culture; a founder of NEDA and founding fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders.
- Michael P. Levine, PhD — psychologist and researcher who helped establish prevention, media literacy, and community education as essential parts of the field.
- Carolyn Costin, MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED — founder of Monte Nido and The Carolyn Costin Institute; after recovering from anorexia herself, she created one of the first residential eating disorder treatment programs in the United States.
The episode is presented in partnership with Love, A Stranger, a free peer support helpline for people struggling with eating disorders, and Balancing Act, a mental health podcast for teens.
Originally published on morgandiprimo.substack.com.
