Therapy for eating disorders in WAshington and MASSACHUSETTS

Embrace food freedom and honor your here-and-now body.

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Is your relationship with food and your body getting in the way of your ability to live life fully?

Do you find yourself caught in cycles of body checking, questioning every food choice, or feeling panicked when things don’t go according to plan? Living with eating disorder thoughts and behaviors can feel exhausting, consuming, and hard to explain to others.

When food and body concerns take up so much mental space, it can feel incredibly isolating. Many people struggling with disordered eating or eating disorders tell themselves they should be able to “just stop” or manage it on their own. If that’s something you’ve been carrying, you’re not alone and there’s a reason this feels so difficult.

For many people, eating disorder behaviors are connected to deeper emotional pain, trauma, or a need for safety and control. The idea of recovery can feel overwhelming or even threatening, especially if these patterns have helped you cope. Eating disorder recovery doesn’t have to mean being forced, rushed, or stripped of control.

I believe full recovery from eating disorders is possible, and I also believe it happens best within a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship. In our work together, we move at a pace that respects your lived experience and your humanity. You don’t have to navigate this alone and you don’t have to have everything figured out to begin.

Recovery is possible.

Therapy can help you move towards recovery.

Right now, eating disorder recovery may feel far away or difficult to imagine. I want you to know that recovery happens in steps and those steps don’t have to be taken alone. Eating disorder therapy can begin exactly where you are, and we move together at a pace that feels supportive, safe, and sustainable.

My approach to eating disorder treatment is grounded in Health at Every Size (HAES) principles and an anti-diet, body-respecting framework. Together, we work toward your personal goals for recovery while honoring your autonomy and moving at your own pace. A central focus of my work is helping clients reconnect with their internal wisdom, so you can better understand your emotions, feel more present in your body, and create a life that feels more aligned with what matters to you.

Effective treatment for eating disorders often benefits from a collaborative treatment team, which may include a therapist, registered dietitian, and medical provider. If you’re unsure whether you need a treatment team or how to begin building one this is something we can talk through in your initial appointment. You don’t have to navigate eating disorder recovery or treatment decisions on your own.

What we’ll work on

Here’s what we’ll do together:

  • Understand the function the eating disorder has served.

  • Untangle from past narratives surrounding food and body.

  • Learn to reconnect with your body, and listen to its cues.

  • Heal from past experiences that contribute to your eating disorder

  • Give you tools to manage and feel your emotions.

  • Explore the impact of societal messages about diet, bodies and weight.

FAQS

What others have wondered about eating disorder therapy.

  • No, you do not need a diagnosis to begin eating disorder therapy. Many people seek support for disordered eating, body image distress, or food-related anxiety without identifying with a specific label. Therapy focuses on your lived experience and what you’re navigating, not whether you meet diagnostic criteria.

  • You don’t need to feel ready or certain to begin eating disorder therapy. Ambivalence about recovery is very common and understandable. Therapy can be a space to explore what feels hard, what feels protective, and what part of you may want more space or relief without forcing change.

  • No. There is no way to look “sick enough” to deserve eating disorder therapy. Eating disorder behaviors and body distress can exist at any size, and suffering is not measured by appearance. If food or body concerns are taking up space in your life, that’s enough reason to seek support.

  • Trauma-informed eating disorder therapy focuses on safety, choice, and the whole person, not just stopping behaviors. Rather than asking for immediate change, this approach explores why patterns developed and what they protect. Healing happens through understanding, nervous system support, and collaboration, rather than pressure or rigid rules.

  • For many people, eating disorder behaviors develop as ways to cope with overwhelm, fear, or lack of safety. Even without a single “big” traumatic event, the nervous system may respond to experiences that felt too much or too alone. Trauma-informed therapy helps address these underlying patterns with care.

  • Feeling stuck in eating disorder recovery does not mean you failed therapy. Often, it means your nervous system needs a different kind of support. When trauma or body-based responses are involved, approaches like EMDR or somatic work can help shift patterns that talk therapy alone may not reach.

  • Yes, EMDR can be used as part of eating disorder therapy when it feels appropriate. EMDR helps process underlying experiences, beliefs, and nervous system responses that maintain eating disorder patterns. It is always introduced thoughtfully, with preparation, consent, and attention to emotional safety.

More questions? Check out my FAQs page.

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