Eating Disorder Recovery
When looking for care for themselves or a loved one, most people don’t realize that there are many sub-specialties within the eating disorder space. This can lead to situations where people move from therapist to therapist, or treatment center to treatment center, without ever experiencing the kind of recovery they hoped for. Some people leave past treatment feeling more discouraged, ashamed, or convinced that they failed. Just because prior treatment has not worked does not mean you have failed. It may mean the next step needs to be more tailored to your unique needs
Despite what the eating disorder may cause you to believe, there's no such thing as needing to be "sick enough." If distress about food, exercise, or your body is negatively impacting your life, you deserve help. Eating disorders and body shame become more enduring the longer they go on, and where you go first matters.
In my fifteen years of treating eating disorders, I've seen how lasting recovery requires not only interrupting the eating disorder behaviors, but also understanding how the eating disorder helped a person survive perfectionism, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other overwhelming experiences.
When looking for care for themselves or a loved one, most people don’t realize that there are many sub-specialties within the eating disorder space. This can lead to situations where people move from therapist to therapist, or treatment center to treatment center, without ever experiencing the kind of recovery they hoped for. Some people leave past treatment feeling more discouraged, ashamed, or convinced that they failed. Just because prior treatment has not worked does not mean you have failed. It may mean the next step needs to be more tailored to your unique needs
In my fifteen years of treating eating disorders, I've seen how lasting recovery requires not only interrupting the eating disorder behaviors, but also understanding how the eating disorder helped a person survive perfectionism, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other overwhelming experiences.
When looking for care for themselves or a loved one, most people don’t realize that there are many sub-specialties within the eating disorder space. This can lead to situations where people move from therapist to therapist, or treatment center to treatment center, without ever experiencing the kind of recovery they hoped for. Some people leave past treatment feeling more discouraged, ashamed, or convinced that they failed. Just because prior treatment has not worked does not mean you have failed. It may mean the next step needs to be more tailored to your unique needs
Despite what the eating disorder may cause you to believe, there's no such thing as needing to be "sick enough." If distress about food, exercise, or your body is negatively impacting your life, you deserve help. Eating disorders and body shame become more enduring the longer they go on, and where you go first matters.
In my fifteen years of treating eating disorders, I've seen how lasting recovery requires not only interrupting the eating disorder behaviors, but also understanding how the eating disorder helped a person survive perfectionism, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other overwhelming experiences.
In my fifteen years of treating eating disorders, I've seen how lasting recovery requires not only interrupting the eating disorder behaviors, but also understanding how the eating disorder helped a person survive perfectionism, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other overwhelming experiences.
- Binge eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, and other forms of disordered eating and body image distress
- Concurrent EMDR/trauma work and eating disorder recovery work
- Eating disorders and chronic illness, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- Higher level of care prevention
- Comprehensive assessment, level of care determination, and treatment team coordination
- Re-entry planning and support after inpatient, residential, or PHP/IOP treatment
- Coaching for parents, spouses, and friends/family on how to support their loved one