Do you feel a loss of control when you're around food?

Do you skip meals, or do you rigidly restrict your food intake?

Are you consumed with thoughts about your body shape or your weight?

Eating disorders encompass a range of behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that can negatively impact your relationship with food, your body, yourself, and others. Symptoms vary widely and there is no single way to experience an eating disorder. Common behaviors can include food restriction, binge eating, purging, over-exercise, laxative use, and emotional eating. If you are struggling with an eating disorder, know that you are not alone; approximately 9% of the U.S. population - around 28.8 million people - will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime (National Eating Disorder Association). Millions more engage in disordered eating behaviors that cause distress and interfere with life goals and personal values. 

Talking about an eating disorder can feel challenging but treatment is effective. I have experience working in eating disorder treatment across all levels of care, from inpatient hospital units to partial hospitalization programs and intensive outpatient programs.  With my background and training, I am here to help you improve your relationship with food, your body, and yourself while building alternative coping skills to manage stressors and move towards your goals. 

If you find yourself struggling with:

• Frequent dieting or obsessive calorie counting
• Rigid food restriction or skipping meals
• Feeling anxiety, guilt, or shame about certain foods or food in general
• Obsessive exercising, or exercise to "punish" for overeating
• Binging and/or purging
• Self-worth or self-esteem because of your weight or body shape and weight
• Feeling out of control around food

… then you may be suffering from disordered eating.

The reasons people engage in harmful eating habits are often complex and vary per the individual. Individual therapy can help you explore your past to understand what may have contributed to these behaviors, fostering greater self-acceptance and self-compassion. Working together with a therapist, you can also create healthier habits and  coping mechanisms to manage challenging cues or triggers.

Give our office a call today, and let's schedule a time to talk.