Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Rachel is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has extensive experience working with eating disorders.
You’ll learn:
— The difference between protection and safety and why this matters when treating eating disorders
— Rachel’s view of eating disorders as the body speaking directly to us about our experience of belonging
— The embodied recovery model, the relational cycle, and how these can be applied in treatment
— Major things to avoid when working with eating disorders
And more.
You can learn more about Rachel’s work at: embodiedrecovery.org
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Rachel Lewis-Marlow (she/her) is the Director of The Embodied Recovery Institute which provides training to interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment teams in trauma-informed, attachment-based, and somatically integrative approaches to eating disorders recovery. Rachel is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has advanced training and 25+ years of experience in diverse somatic therapies including Craniosacral Therapy, Energetic Osteopathy, Oncology massage, and Aromatherapy.
Rachel began her work with eating disorders in Residential, PHP, and IOP treatment programs. There, she developed the Embodying Recovery group therapy protocol which forms the basis for the EMBODIED RECOVERY for EATING DISORDERS (ERED) treatment model. She provided program development, training, and supervision for the implementation of the ERED model to enhance the effectiveness of current best practices, such as DBT, Interpersonal Process, ACT groups. She also developed the Body Wisdom group protocol, an alternative to the traditional body-image group, which focuses on enhancing the mind-body relationship through mindful experience of and through the body.
She has extensive experience as a teacher and presenter, focusing on accessing the body’s unique capacity to give voice to the subconscious and to lay the foundation for healing and maintaining psychological and physical health. In her private practice in Chapel Hill, NC, Rachel specializes in working with people exploring recovery from trauma, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - The Intersection of Behavior and Nourishment in Eating Disorders
06:04 - Understanding Eating Disorders through the Language of the Body
14:32 - Safety, Nourishment, and Regulation
22:19 - Attachment, Co-Regulation, and Eating Disorders
27:13 - Vulnerability and Marginalisation
38:23 - Effective Strategies and Avoidances
45:29 - Embodied Approach to Eating Disorders
57:26 - Dr Rachel’s Letter and Resources
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Interview Link:
— Rachel's website - embodiedrecovery.org
Rachel is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has extensive experience working with eating disorders.
You’ll learn:
— The difference between protection and safety and why this matters when treating eating disorders
— Rachel’s view of eating disorders as the body speaking directly to us about our experience of belonging
— The embodied recovery model, the relational cycle, and how these can be applied in treatment
— Major things to avoid when working with eating disorders
And more.
You can learn more about Rachel’s work at: embodiedrecovery.org
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Rachel Lewis-Marlow (she/her) is the Director of The Embodied Recovery Institute which provides training to interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment teams in trauma-informed, attachment-based, and somatically integrative approaches to eating disorders recovery. Rachel is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has advanced training and 25+ years of experience in diverse somatic therapies including Craniosacral Therapy, Energetic Osteopathy, Oncology massage, and Aromatherapy.
Rachel began her work with eating disorders in Residential, PHP, and IOP treatment programs. There, she developed the Embodying Recovery group therapy protocol which forms the basis for the EMBODIED RECOVERY for EATING DISORDERS (ERED) treatment model. She provided program development, training, and supervision for the implementation of the ERED model to enhance the effectiveness of current best practices, such as DBT, Interpersonal Process, ACT groups. She also developed the Body Wisdom group protocol, an alternative to the traditional body-image group, which focuses on enhancing the mind-body relationship through mindful experience of and through the body.
She has extensive experience as a teacher and presenter, focusing on accessing the body’s unique capacity to give voice to the subconscious and to lay the foundation for healing and maintaining psychological and physical health. In her private practice in Chapel Hill, NC, Rachel specializes in working with people exploring recovery from trauma, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - The Intersection of Behavior and Nourishment in Eating Disorders
06:04 - Understanding Eating Disorders through the Language of the Body
14:32 - Safety, Nourishment, and Regulation
22:19 - Attachment, Co-Regulation, and Eating Disorders
27:13 - Vulnerability and Marginalisation
38:23 - Effective Strategies and Avoidances
45:29 - Embodied Approach to Eating Disorders
57:26 - Dr Rachel’s Letter and Resources
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Interview Link:
— Rachel's website - embodiedrecovery.org
