Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating

Support for Where
You Are Right Now

Whether you’re a parent concerned about your teen’s relationship with food or body image, or a young adult looking for support for yourself, you don’t have to navigate this alone. Early support can make a meaningful difference.

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Do Any of These Feel Familiar?

Eating disorders and disordered eating can look different from person to person. You may recognize some of these signs in yourself, or you may be noticing them in someone you care about.

Food has become all-consuming.

Constant thoughts about food are taking over everyday life.

Body image has become a daily struggle.

Frequent body checking, negative self-talk, comparisons, or distress about weight or shape.

Food rules are taking over.

Rules about what, when, or how much to eat may be making food feel rigid, stressful, or difficult to navigate.

Eating behaviors are becoming more secretive.

Skipping meals, throwing food away, sneaking exercise, purging, laxative use, or eating in secret.

You’re overwhelmed by logistics.

Finding the right level of care, navigating insurance and scheduling hurdles, coordinating with therapists and physicians, and managing school or sports.

Eating feels out of control.

Eating large amounts in a short period of time, feeling unable to stop, or experiencing guilt and shame afterward.

Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating

Through a weight-inclusive approach, I support individuals with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Orthorexia, and other forms of disordered eating. Not every struggle with food or body image fits neatly into a diagnosis, and you do not need a formal diagnosis to deserve support. Early attention to changes in eating, food rules, exercise, body image, or related behaviors can help prevent patterns from becoming more entrenched over time.

Individualized Eating Disorder Support

I provide individualized nutrition support for eating disorders and disordered eating across adolescence and young adulthood. Treatment is tailored to your unique needs, including your symptoms, medical and nutritional considerations, stage of recovery, and level of independence. Whether you’re a parent seeking support for your teen or a young adult seeking care for yourself, the goals often include restoring adequate nutrition, reducing eating disorder behaviors, increasing flexibility around food, addressing body image concerns, and supporting a healthier, more fulfilling life.

Treatment may include:

  • Establishing consistent and adequate nutrition
  • Challenging restrictive eating, rigid food rules, and avoidance
  • Addressing binge eating, compensatory behaviors, or loss of control
  • Building greater flexibility and confidence around food
  • Working through body image concerns
  • Navigating social eating, exercise, school, work, travel, and changing routines
  • Coordinating care with your therapist, physician, psychiatrist, or other providers

How Care May Look at Different Stages

Adolescents

Eating disorder treatment for adolescents often includes both the teen and their caregivers. Parents and caregivers may take a more active role in supporting meals, restoring adequate nutrition, and reducing eating disorder behaviors at home. The level of family involvement can vary depending on age, medical and nutritional needs, and where the adolescent is in recovery.

Family-Based
Treatment (FBT)

For adolescents with eating disorders, I incorporate principles of Family-Based Treatment (FBT) when appropriate. FBT has the strongest evidence for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and family-based approaches can also be adapted for ARFID and other restrictive eating concerns. The goal is to help caregivers support adequate nutrition and recovery while gradually returning greater independence to the adolescent.

Young Adults

For young adults, treatment is typically more independent and collaborative, with a focus on your own recovery goals, eating patterns, body image, and day-to-day challenges. Sessions are tailored to your needs, whether you’re navigating college, work, relationships, living independently, or other life transitions. A partner, family member, or other support person can still be involved when helpful.

How to Get Started

1

Schedule an initial consultation

We’ll talk about your current concerns, eating patterns, medical and nutrition history, goals, and what kind of support may be most helpful.

2

Create a plan together

Treatment is individualized based on your needs, diagnosis if applicable, stage of recovery, and the level of family involvement that makes sense.

3

Build the right support team

Eating disorder care often works best with a coordinated team. With your permission, I can collaborate with your therapist, physician, psychiatrist, or other providers. If you don’t already have a treatment team, I can help connect you with appropriate referrals.

You’re not alone. Support is available — and recovery is possible.