Together we'll explore what's beneath the surface to help you find peace in your body and at the table.
Does the thought of eating cause you anxiety?
Do you wish you could avoid eating?
Do you feel like you can’t control the amount you eat, and then you feel badly about it afterwards?
Do you feel like you are stuck in a cycle of restriction and binging, and can’t find your way out?
Do you feel the need to exercise often in order to feel okay about eating?
What if I told you that…...your eating disorder evolved as a mechanism to protect you?
Despite the nuances, complexities, and diversities of ED’s, one thing remains the same for each case: The ED came as a way to protect you and has allowed you to make it this far. There is nothing wrong with you. You’ve done the best you can with the resources you had in very challenging situations.
I honor your Eating Disorder for bringing you this far.
Now we can explore new avenues that will help you meet your emotional needs and begin to heal your relationship with food and your body.
My Approach
Eating disorders are complex. They are survival strategies that help regulate overwhelming emotions while also maintaining connection, belonging, and safety. Although harmful in the long term, they have helped you survive, making the thought of healing understandably both desirable and threatening.
In our work together, we won't work against the eating disorder. Instead, we'll approach it with curiosity and compassion, exploring what it has been protecting you from and what needs it has been trying to meet.
Together, we'll find new ways to meet those needs that support a healthier and more enjoyable relationship with food and your body.
Because eating disorders are often rooted in relational and shock trauma, I use NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) to help heal the underlying patterns that keep the eating disorder in place. As healing occurs, the need for the eating disorder's protection often begins to soften, creating more space for freedom, choice, and connection.
I work with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, body dysmorphia, compulsive exercise, disordered eating, and body image concerns.
Click the link above to listen to my interview on the Body Justice Podcast with Allyson Ford, where we discuss the connection between developmental trauma and Eating Disorders.
From our work together, you can:
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Gain insight into the needs that the ED symptoms are meeting (you wouldn’t use them if they weren’t serving you in some way)
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Learn tools to meet those needs in ways that support your overall growth and healing.
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Heal the wounds and beliefs that the ED is protecting.
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Gently come into contact with the gift of your body.
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Begin to feel at peace with food.
It's possible to heal your relationship with food and your body.
