Therapy for Eating Disorders

Therapy for adolescents and young adults looking for support in relation to food, exercise, or their body.

What Is An Eating Disorder?

Eating disorders present in many different ways, and, often, clients aren’t aware that what their struggling with is an eating disorder. The normalization of the “thin ideal” and “clean eating” through social media has impacted our ability to recognize when someone is struggling with food, body image, or exercise.

Eating disorders can present with a range of symptoms. They can affect individuals in any size body and are not always based on weight and body image.

Disordered eating, orthorexia (a fixation on “clean” eating), and overexercise can exist outside of an eating disorder. Each of these still deserves care and benefits greatly from mental health interventions to help free you from those thoughts and urges.

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“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Potential Areas of Concern with Food and Body Image

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    Skipping meals and snacks

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    Binge eating

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    Overexercise

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    Purging

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    A need to eat "clean" or "healthy"

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    Body dysmorphia

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    Food rituals

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    Calorie or macro counting

Highly Trained Eating Disorder Therapy

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Health Sciences from the University of Tennessee, in addition to a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. While I’m not a registered dietitian, I have a deep understanding of nutrition and the human body, which informs my philosophy when working with clients on concerns related to food, exercise, and their bodies. I practice with a Health at Every Size (HAES) approach and understand eating disorders can occur in individuals of any body size and any gender.

This knowledge also allows me to collaborate extremely effectively with interdisciplinary teams including: dietitians, primary care physicians, and psychiatrists.

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You are not your eating disorder.

Eating disorder treatment is complex, as eating disorders are much more than difficulties with food, exercise, and body image. In repairing those relationships, we will explore what rests beneath the surface of your eating disorder. This work comes in time and is paced based on your needs throughout treatment.

Here Wellness can help you to untangle your authentic self from your eating disorder.

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You don’t have to hold it all together here.

It’s okay to ask for help. If you’re ready to explore therapy—or even if you’re just curious—schedule a free consultation today. Let’s talk about what you need and how Here Wellness can support you.

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