Eating-disorder and body-image therapy
Problems with food are rarely only about food. Restriction may create order or numbness. Binge eating may interrupt an intolerable emotional state. Rules about eating or weight may supply certainty when other parts of life feel unmanageable. What appears from the outside to be discipline can become a demanding private system.
I work with adolescents and adults dealing with anorexia nervosa, ARFID, binge eating, restriction, body-image concerns, and patterns of eating that have become secretive, rigid, or consuming.
A broader view of recovery
Behavior matters, and so does the purpose the behavior serves. If treatment changes eating without addressing anxiety, perfectionism, shame, sensory experience, trauma, or the need for control, the original problem may simply find another expression.
Therapy may include practical behavioral work, CBT, DBT, RO-DBT, somatic attention, breathwork, and coordination with other treatment providers when appropriate. We look at food and body concerns directly while also examining the wider life that has made them necessary.
The aim is not perfect comfort with food or appearance. It is greater flexibility, more reliable judgment, and a life in which food and the body occupy a proportionate place.
Appointments are available in Cumming, Sandy Springs, and by telehealth throughout Georgia.