I have helped clients address the underlying issues resulting in eating disorders as well as assisting them to create and sustain the behavioral changes needed for more than 30 years.
When an eating disorder is present life can become quite lonely. Activities involving food that appear enjoyable to others are thought of as events to be avoided in an attempt to escape that feeling of panic. Standard eating disorder treatments often involve psychoeducation groups that try to cover up your anxiety. My approach to treatment involves a path of questioning that leads to a way through the suffering, a path that can dislodge the hold the eating disorder disorder has over you.
I spent about 4 years working in in-patient, residential, and partial hospitalization settings that focused on treating adolescents and adults with a variety of eating disorder diagnoses. I continue to enjoy supporting individuals in an outpatient capacity who struggle with a variety of eating disorder behaviors.
I help people create flexibility and self-compassion as they heal from their negative relationship with their body and move away from diet culture. My goal is for clients to progress out of the strict, perfectionistic, and harsh rule-based mindset to a place where they can live a more full, empowered, and joyous life.