While every person has a distinct and unique story, eating disorder treatment and therapy often deals with common factors and themes that must be addressed to achieve full and lasting recovery.

Together we will explore the unique factors of your life story that have contributed to the development of your disordered eating. We will explore any possible trauma, loss, abuse, and psychological and environmental factors and explore how they have contributed to your current struggles.

During the course of therapy, you will learn how to untangle and better understand your beliefs about the body, weight, and food, and work towards self-love, compassion, acceptance, and a stronger sense of self.

Eating disorders and disordered eating exist across a very wide behavior spectrum; it is not always easy to understand what exactly our behaviors mean. If you have any of the following signs, you may have an eating disorder.

Common Signs of an Eating Disorder:

• Weight loss or fluctuations in weight.

• Self-esteem overly related to body image or weight and shape.

• Engagement in dieting behaviors or attempts at controlling body, weight, or shape.

• Obsession and concern about body, weight/shape, and food intake.

• Preoccupation with weight, calories, or food contents.

• Engagement in food rituals or having rigid rules around food.

• Engaging in restriction, bingeing, purging, or obsessive exercise.

• Feelings of disgust, depression, guilt or shame around eating.

• Dizziness, fainting, poor concentration, muscle weakness, poor wound healing, or having impaired immune functioning.

• Dry skin and hair, brittle nails, or hair loss and fine hair on body.

• Non-specific gastrointestinal complaints or concerns.

We know that diagnoses can be confusing; if you’re unsure about whether or not you have an eating disorder, reach out for a free consultation and let us help you better understand what you are going through.

Healing from an eating disorder can be a difficult experience; often, we have to unlearn years and years of unhelpful thoughts and ineffective behavior patterns that we have developed to deal with the hard, scary, and uncomfortable.

Every person has a different story and different needs in the recovery process. Therapy for your eating disorder is most effective when it is tailored to you and your specific symptoms. Together, you can expect that we will explore your value systems, your personal beliefs and ideologies that have supported your eating disorder, and learn how to change the way you think to support changing the way you act.

If you are interested in learning more about potential things to expect from therapy, reach out today for a free consultation with us!

A life free from feeling controlled by weight, shape, or food is totally possible.

Full recovery entails:

• No longer being controlled by rules about “good” or “bad” foods and having freedom from obsessive thoughts about food.

• Learning how to eat intuitively and build trust in your body.

• Understanding and acceptance of your body’s shape and feeling good in your skin regardless of what you weigh or look like.

• Ability to experience and regulate any and all emotions without fear

• Setting boundaries to protect the life you have and build the life you want.

• No longer having food or your body be the focus of your life.

• And so much more!