Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS is the Director of The Victory Program at McCallum Place, the nation’s premiere treatment center for athlete’s with eating disorders. In this article by St. Louis Magazine featuring Dr. Nickols, a former Victory client says, “A lot of people think that in order to be a successful athlete, you need to look a certain way or eat a certain way,” says Sarah. “Going through the Victory Program and working with Dr. Riley helped me to see that my success as an athlete was not linked to my body weight or appearance. I wasn’t a successful collegiate runner because of my eating disorder; I was a successful collegiate runner despite my eating disorder.”
Read the full article from St. Louis Magazine.
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