You Deserve Excellent Care: Self-Advocacy Scripts for Marginalized People in Eating Disorder Recovery

If you feel apprehensive about contacting a new medical provider for care, you’re not alone. Scripts can offer language when your nervous system is overwhelmed, when shame is loud, or when you fear you might lose your words or be misunderstood. In her latest blog, Sharon Maxwell provides three scripts that can be adapted for email, MyChart messages, phone calls, or in-person conversations with medical and mental health providers.