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 time your thoughts are occupied with what you eat or don’t eat, feelings of being out of control, or fears around losing control. I explore how your sense of self-worth may be tied to eating patterns or how you perceive your body, and how these patterns affect your relationships, your ability to be present, and your engagement with life. I also consider how these behaviors may have served as a way to cope or feel safe.
Above all, I listen for your pain—the suffering that may not always be visible on the surface.
Many people shy away from seeking help because of common misconceptions: they feel their struggle isn’t “serious enough,” they don’t fit a specific diagnosis, or 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 struggling with eating or body image issues, your experience matters, and I am here to help.
We will start where you are.
We begin by exploring how you experience your eating disorder—its role in your life, both the ways it has caused pain and the ways it may have offered comfort or hope.
Often, disordered eating starts as an attempt to feel safer or more in control: “If only I were thinner, ate healthier, or exercised more, I would be happier, more confident, or have the relationships I want.”
It’s important to acknowledge and honor the hope and sense of safety your eating disorder has provided, while gently opening space for change.
Together, we will strengthen the part of you that wants to recover and define what recovery truly means for you. We will approach the parts of your eating disorder you may be afraid to let go of with curiosity, while exploring fears around what recovery might bring. We’ll look at the strategies you’ve tried, the places where you feel stuck or out of control, and uncover new perspectives and possibilities.
Recovery can be challenging and sometimes feel long, but it is worth the effort. You can reach a place where eating out with friends feels fun, not overwhelming—and where food and your body become sources of nourishment, not stress.
Simply showing up and being willing to engage is enough to start making meaningful progress.
This is a space to process and better understand your relationship with both food and your body, in all its complexity.
By listening deeply to your experience and 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.