Your relationship with food and your body can become exhausting.
Maybe you're constantly thinking about what you should or shouldn't eat. Maybe you're caught in cycles of restriction, overeating, guilt, or trying to compensate. Maybe exercise has become something you feel you have to do rather than something you enjoy.
Or maybe you don't struggle with food in an obvious way, but you spend an enormous amount of time thinking about your body—how it looks, how it compares, whether it's changed, and whether you're “good enough.”
You may look like you have everything under control while privately feeling anything but.
You don't have to hate your body to deserve help.
When your relationship with food and your body becomes complicated
Disordered eating can take many forms, and it doesn't always look the way people expect.
You may be struggling with:
Restricting food or rigid rules around eating
Binge eating or feeling out of control around food
Cycles of restriction and overeating
Emotional eating and using food to cope
Compulsive or rigid exercise
Constant calorie, weight, or food thoughts
Fear of weight gain or changes in your body
Body checking, comparison, or avoiding mirrors and photos
Feeling uncomfortable or disconnected from your body
Shame or guilt after eating
Perfectionism around food, exercise, or appearance
Difficulty trusting your body's hunger and fullness cues
Feeling like your worth is connected to your appearance or ability to control your body
Sometimes these patterns become more intense during periods of stress, transition, or change.
And sometimes what begins as an attempt to feel healthier, more in control, or more confident slowly becomes something that controls you.
You are more than your body.
Our relationship with food and our bodies rarely exists in isolation.
Together, we can explore what may be underneath the behaviors—the emotions, beliefs, experiences, relationships, perfectionism, anxiety, or need for control that may be contributing to the struggle.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental. I draw from somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) to understand both the emotional and physical experience of what you're going through.
We'll work toward developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself and creating space for your life to become about more than food, weight, exercise, or appearance.
I have specialized clinical experience treating eating disorders.
Earlier in my clinical career, I worked extensively with individuals experiencing eating disorders in residential and intensive outpatient settings, serving as a primary therapist for both women and men.
I've worked with people experiencing complex relationships with food, weight, exercise, body image, self-worth, and identity across different levels of care.
That experience taught me that eating disorders are rarely just about food.
They are often about what food, control, achievement, perfectionism, or the body has come to represent.
My work today continues to be informed by that clinical experience, while offering the individualized, relational approach of private practice.
Eating disorder recovery is not something you have to do alone.
Because I work virtually, I also understand the importance of building a strong collaborative care team around you.
Depending on your symptoms and individual needs, that may include working alongside your physician, therapist, registered dietitian, psychiatrist, or other medical and mental health professionals.
Eating disorders can affect both physical and emotional health, and having the right support in place matters.
I believe in a team-based approach when appropriate, with communication and collaboration among providers helping ensure that your care addresses the whole person—not simply one symptom or behavior.
Virtual therapy can be one important part of that support system while allowing you to receive specialized care in a setting that feels accessible and comfortable.
A place to let go of the rules
You may have spent a long time trying to control your body, your eating, or your appearance.
Therapy can be a place to begin loosening that grip.
Together, we'll work toward understanding your patterns rather than judging them, developing greater trust in yourself, and creating a relationship with your body that feels less like a battle.
The goal isn't perfection.
It's freedom.
Freedom to eat without constant guilt.
Freedom to exist in your body without constantly evaluating it.
Freedom to take care of yourself without punishment.
Freedom to experience your life without food and body thoughts taking up so much space.
You deserve a life that is bigger than your body.
Healing doesn't mean that you'll suddenly love every part of your body.
It may mean learning to live in your body with more acceptance, compassion, and less fear.
It may mean discovering who you are when your worth isn't measured by your appearance, productivity, discipline, or ability to control yourself.
And it may mean making room again for the things that matter to you—relationships, creativity, work, pleasure, connection, and simply being present in your own life.
You don't have to figure this out alone.
If you're struggling with an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image, I'd love to connect.
I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation to talk about what you're experiencing and whether working together feels like the right fit.