Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

Livia Sara

Want to understand the link between neurodivergence and eating disorders? The Liv Label Free Podcast provides you with insights and strategies for recovery through meaningful conversations and stories of lived experience. Your host, Livia Sara, is an autistic ED warrior that now guides other neurodivergent individuals and their loved ones to a life of freedom. Learn more about Livia on her website livlabelfree.com and follow her on Instagram @livlabelfree!

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Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

Episodes (194)

Monday The Harm of FBT for Autistic People with Anorexia
Mon Mar 9th Rebuilding Trust When ED Treatment Fails (Group Podcast)
Sun Mar 1st “Recovery Feels Like Too Much Pressure!” (PDA in Neurodivergent Eating Disorders with Allyson Inez Ford)

Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

Mar 16, 2026
18½ minutes
33 MB

Family-Based Therapy (FBT) is often hailed as the “evidence based” and “gold standard” treatment approach for anorexia patients. However, FBT can be severely traumatic for autistic individuals. In today’s episode of the Liv Label Free Podcast, Livia explores the harm of FBT, including theft of autonomy (especially harmful for individuals with PDA!) and the danger of prioritizing weight gain above all other aspects of eating disorder recovery. Livia also discusses how the core principles of FBT can unintentionally increase distress for neurodivergent individuals, whose eating disorders are often tied to needs for predictability, safety, and autonomy. Through both...

Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

The Harm of FBT for Autistic People with Anorexia

Livia Sara

00:00 -17:31