Therapy for Eating Disorders & Body Image
Transform your relationship with food and your body. Recovery is possible.
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Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that affect a person's relationship with food, eating, body image, and self-worth. They are not simply about food or weight and often involve emotional distress, rigid patterns of thinking, and difficulties coping with life's challenges.
Many individuals initially seek help because they feel trapped in patterns that no longer feel manageable. Over time, therapy can help uncover the emotional, relational, and psychological factors contributing to these difficulties while supporting lasting recovery.
For some individuals, eating disorder symptoms may be associated with perfectionism, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, or stressful life experiences. Understanding these underlying factors is an important part of treatment and recovery.
A personalized, collaborative path to recovery
Every eating disorder is unique. Treatment begins with a comprehensive assessment to better understand your symptoms, concerns, and treatment needs. Together, we will develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your goals and circumstances.
Therapy focuses on helping you develop a healthier relationship with food and your body, understand the emotional factors contributing to your symptoms, reduce shame and self-criticism, and build healthier coping strategies. When appropriate, treatment may also involve collaboration with other professionals, such as a physician, psychiatrist, or registered dietitian, as part of a multidisciplinary approach.
Many people worry they will be judged, pressured to eat, or forced to gain weight. These concerns are common. Treatment is collaborative, individualized, and designed to help you move toward lasting recovery.
Recovery is possible, and seeking support is an important first step.
Healing your relationship with food and body
Understanding the different types of eating disorders can help you recognize symptoms, better understand your own experiences or those of a loved one, and take the first step toward appropriate support.
Characterized by restriction of food intake, intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted experience of one's body. It carries serious physical risks, and early, specialized treatment makes a meaningful difference.
Involves cycles of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging, fasting, or excessive exercise — often accompanied by intense shame. Therapy addresses both the behaviors and the emotions driving them.
Recurrent episodes of eating large amounts of food with a sense of loss of control, without compensatory behaviors. It is the most common eating disorder, and it responds well to treatment.
Highly limited eating driven by sensory sensitivities, fear of consequences like choking, or low interest in food — rather than body image concerns. Treatment gradually expands safety and flexibility with eating.
OSFED includes eating disorders that cause significant emotional distress and interfere with daily life but do not meet the full diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder. Although the symptoms may not fit neatly into one diagnosis, they are no less real or deserving of treatment. A comprehensive assessment can help clarify your symptoms and guide an individualized treatment plan that supports meaningful recovery.
Recovery is possible
Seeking support is an important first step — and you don't have to take it alone.
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