Break the Cycle of Shame.

You feel really out of control and crazy around food and dieting.

An incredible amount of shame and guilt about engaging in various behaviors keeps you stuck in an endless cycle. You are also plagued with anxious, painful, intrusive thoughts. You usually keep yourself busy or distracted so you don’t have to face them. Then, it’s most difficult at night when it’s still, quiet, and loneliness creeps in. The eating disorder monster wakes up and wrecks havoc on your body. And then the shame heaps on even more weight.

You have been through eating disorder treatment before and you are wanting to dive deeper and really get a handle on what is contributing to your body image, eating issues, and the underlying pain. You want to really move forward in recovery, but you worry you might fall down the rabbit hole again.

Your eating issues deserve to be taken seriously.

Eating disorders are second only to opioid overdoses as the most deadly mental illnesses. In fact, someone dies from an eating disorder every 52 minutes. Eating disorders deserve to be taken seriously, but are often not given the same amount of press as other societal issues. This is largely because of the “War on Obesity” which has actually led to an increase in eating disorders. In their lifetime, 28.8 million Americans will have an eating disorder. People often think of Anorexia Nervosa when they think of eating disorders and rail thin white women are most often portrayed in the media as having an eating disorder. Yet, the diagnosis of “underweight” only applies to 6% of people with eating disorders. The causes and risk factors for eating disorders are complex, including genetics, temperament, dieting, and a cultural ideal of thinness.

Therapy can help

The good news is that extensive research has been done on eating and body image issues, and eating disorders of all kinds over the last forty years. Binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, and orthorexia all have increased in notoriety and effective treatments for these disorders have gotten better and better. Counseling is particularly helpful because it can address what’s at the core of most eating and body image concerns - anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Here's Where I Come In

If you want to better understand and find freedom in the core issues behind the struggle. If you suspect that difficult painful life experiences played a part in your body image and eating issues, I’m your therapist.

I provide a safe environment for you to be able to explore what brought you to this point and how to move forward. I’ll ask some clarifying questions, summarize what I am hearing and seeing, provide some evidence-based tools, and use other techniques like EMDR to help you get unstuck.