Eating Disorder Therapy in Houston
In person and online eating disorder therapy to meet your needs.
Therapy For Eating Disorders
Are thoughts about food, your body, and exercise consuming your life?
Are you constantly feeling at war with your body and food?
Do you feel out of control around food?
Are you ready to stop obsessing over food and weight so you can enjoy activities that make you happy?
Coping with an eating disorder can feel isolating and scary. Finding a therapist for eating disorders is essential to your well-being and recovery. As a Houston eating disorder specialist, I’m here to offer compassionate eating disorder treatment and provide the tools you need for recovery. Therapy for eating disorders will help you cultivate a freer, more enjoyable relationship with food. Through our disordered eating therapy sessions, we’ll work together to dismantle beliefs about food and your body and help you find new ways to relate to both.
Specialized Eating Disorder Treatment Tailored to You!
Do I have an eating Disorder?
Signs of an Eating Disorder
If you experience any of these symptoms, connecting with a therapist specializing in eating disorders can be the first step to healing:
Restricting food/ Calorie restriction
Binging or feeling out of control with food
Purging or use of laxatives
Body dysmorphia
Thinking about food constantly
Desire to change the size or shape of your body
Yo-yo dieting
Guilt or shame around eating choices
Ruminating on food choices
Rigidity or black-and-white thinking with food or exercise
Over Exercising
Food or exercise affecting your social life and interpersonal relationships
Obsession around health
Anxiety around weight gain
Medical complications
Eating disorder counseling is a safe place to explore these feelings, leading to a better relationship with food and yourself. As a specialist for eating disorders, I help teens and adults find healing and balance through personalized eating disorder treatment.
Eating Disorder Treatment Specialties
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Anorexia
It's characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight, leading to severe restrictions in food intake and extreme efforts to achieve excessive thinness. Individuals with anorexia often have a distorted body image, perceiving themselves as overweight despite being underweight. Therapy for eating disorders can help individuals work through fears around food and weight, aiming for healthier habits.
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Bulimia
Bulimia is characterized by cycles of binging and compensatory actions. These actions can include purging, over-exercising, or misuse of laxatives or other drugs. Common warning signs include frequent shifts in weight (both loss and gain), fixation around weight or control of food intake, evidence of purging, or discomfort eating around others.
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Binge Eating
Characterized by recurrent episodes of eating to excess, this disorder often results in high levels of shame and guilt following eating without the use of compensatory behaviors to counter the eating. Signs of this disorder include hoarding or storing food, discomfort eating with others, food related rituals, and more. I offer counseling for eating disorders to help clients break this cycle and develop a healthier relationship with food.
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Orthorexia
Characterized by an intense obsession or preoccupation with “healthy” food and ingredients. Symptoms include checking ingredients and menus to determine “safety” of food, distorted body image, preoccupation with what other people are eating, and an increased focus on certain food groups.
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Compulsive Exercise
Compulsive exercise occurs when an individual exercises so much that it negatively affects their mental and physical health and disturbs their social functioning. The need to exercise feels uncontrollable. Sometimes referred to as the “healthy addiction”, compulsive exercise often co-occurs with eating disorders.
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Body Image
Body image refers to an individual’s emotional attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of their own body. Body image can change over time and is influenced by a number of factors including social media, friends and family, culture, and societal expectations.
My Approach as an Eating Disorder Counselor
Health at Every Size (HAES) Aligned Eating Disorder Therapy: HAES promotes body acceptance and supports overall well-being regardless of size or shape. This non-diet approach encourages intuitive eating and joyful movement, helping clients develop a positive relationship with food and their bodies, a core focus in our eating disorder treatment.
Evidence-Based Techniques for Eating Disorders: My approach incorporates proven techniques, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. These treatment for eating disorder approaches help clients manage emotions, improve thought patterns, and heal their relationship with food and body image, offering a path to sustainable recovery.
Trauma-Informed Eating Disorder Therapy: For many struggling with eating disorders, past trauma plays a significant role. As a trauma-informed therapist, I create a safe, supportive space for clients to explore and heal underlying issues that impact eating and body image, reducing trauma’s influence on present behaviors.
Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Approach: I work closely with other professionals like dietitians, medical doctors, and psychiatrists to provide coordinated and comprehensive eating disorder treatment.
Empowerment and Self-Compassion for Lasting Change: Building self-worth and self-compassion are essential for recovery. I support clients in developing a kinder self-relationship, fostering resilience, and promoting body acceptance. By challenging self-criticism, we work together to build confidence, allowing clients to find peace with food and body.
A Therapist Specializing in Eating Disorders Can Help
Reduce your preoccupation with food which leads to a more balanced, fulfilling sense of well-being and life satisfaction.
Overcome your fear of food and rediscover the joy of eating what you once loved.
Develop a healthier relationship with your body and treat it with respect.
Reconnect with your body and identify when you are physically hungry or full.
Improve your relationship with yourself and others and increase self-compassion.
Minimize the need for control and perfection.
Successfully identify and process feelings and use healthier coping skills.
Working with a Disordered Eating Therapist
You are looking for the best eating disorder therapist to help support you in your recovery. Eating disorder treatment in Houston and throughout Texas can help you regain control over your life and develop a healthier relationship with food. Working with an eating disorder therapist, you’ll learn strategies to reduce preoccupation with food, body image, and weight.
As an ED therapist, I help clients reconnect with their bodies, identify hunger and fullness cues, and process emotions that may drive disordered eating patterns. My goal as an eating disorder counselor is to support your journey to self-compassion, resilience, and a balanced, fulfilling life.
Empowering Lives Through Effective Eating Disorder Treatment in Houston, TX
