"Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny."

- Henry Hancock
"America The Beautiful"
Presents Carolyn Costin Featurette

Color Photo of Carolyn Costin

Educator

Carolyn's first love was teaching. She served as a high school teacher and counselor for 8 years prior to dedicating her career to the full time treatment of eating disorders. more...

Therapist

After recovering from her own eating disorder Carolyn became a therapist in 1977 and has been treating people suffering from eating and body image problems since that time. more...

Founder

After serving as founder and clinical director of several hospital based eating disorder programs, Carolyn new she wanted to create something different. "I wanted to create a center for healing in a home like environment, surrounded by nature." more...

Author

Carolyn writes extensively for magazines, newspapers, and journals and has been a contributing author to several books on eating disorders. more...

Lecturer

Carolyn still loves to teach. In addition to her local study groups for professionals and her training of interns Carolyn travels around the country teaching professionals what she has learned over the last three decades about how to successfully prevent and treat eating disorders. more...