Eating Disorder Therapy
Understanding your experience
When assessing an eating disorder, I pay close attention to how food, exercise, and body image impact your daily life—regardless of body size or visible behaviors. I listen for how much space these thoughts take up in your mind, any sense of feeling out of control or afraid of losing control, and the emotional weight you carry around eating and your body. I explore how your sense of self-worth may be tied to eating patterns or body image, and how these struggles affect your relationships, your ability to be present, and your engagement with life. I also consider the ways these behaviors may have developed as attempts to cope, protect yourself, or feel safe.
Above all, I listen for your pain—the suffering that may not always be visible on the surface.
Many people hesitate to seek help because of common misconceptions: believing their struggle isn’t “serious enough,” that they don’t fit a specific diagnosis, or that they “don’t look like they have an eating disorder.”
No matter how your struggle appears—or how long or short it has lasted—you deserve support. If you are navigating difficulties with food or body image, your experience matters, and you don’t have to carry it alone.
We will start where you are.
We begin by exploring how you experience your eating disorder—its presence in your life, the pain it has caused, and the ways it may have offered comfort, protection, or hope along the way.
For many people, disordered eating begins as an attempt to feel safer or more in control: “If only I were thinner, healthier, or exercised more, I would finally feel confident, happy, or closer to the life I want.” It’s important to acknowledge the meaning, hope, and sense of safety your eating disorder has provided, while also gently opening space for something new to become possible.
Together, we will strengthen the part of you that longs for healing and clarify what recovery truly means for you. We will approach the parts of the eating disorder that may feel hard to release, while also honoring any fear of who you might be without it. We’ll look at what you’ve already tried, the places you feel stuck or overwhelmed, and make room for new ways of relating to food, your body, and yourself.
The process of healing can be challenging and sometimes feel slow, but it is worthwhile. Over time, you can reach a place where eating out with friends feels fun instead of overwhelming—and where food and your body become sources of nourishment, rather than stress.
This is a thoughtfully held space to explore your relationship with food and your body in all its complexity. By listening deeply to your lived experience and gently reconnecting with your body’s wisdom, we create a path toward healing that is as unique as you are.
Emotional and Binge Eating
If you struggle with emotional eating, bingeing, or have been on a countless number of diets, please hear that this is a safe place for you to explore your relationship with food and your body, in all of it’s complexity, without being judged or prescribed another diet. I imagine that if you are here, you know full well that diets don’t work. They can certainly be enticing with their gimmicks, but more often than not leave a person feeling even more defeated and more entrenched in their eating struggles.
In our work together, we will explore your experiences and the messages that you have received about food, eating and your body. I will help you to process and heal the impact it has had on your self-worth and gain insight into the function of your eating problems. We will identify needs being met through food and I will help you to work through barriers to meeting those needs in other ways.
You can get to a place where you enjoy eating AND develop a relationship with food and your body that is grounded in self-care and self-respect.