Eating Disorder Therapist

ACT builds skills that help get folx in touch with what really matters in the big picture, who they want to be and how they want to act. We then use this understanding to help guide, motivate and inspire behavior change while accepting the pain that life can bring. The key question at the heart of ACT is: “Is what you are doing working to make your life rich, full and meaningful?”

Body Trust® re-envisions what it means to occupy and care for your body. It is a pathway to acceptance of the body and an alternative dialogue to the conventional paradigm of food, body image and weight concerns in our culture. As a healing modality, Body Trust® is a way out of the predictable, repetitive pattern of dieting, disordered eating and weight cycling that is fueled by body shame.

FBT is one of the most successful treatments for eating disorders in children and teens. This model can be used with young adults who have familial support, as well. Assuming medical stability, this treatment allows those with eating disorders to remain home with their support system and engaged in their life while receiving treatment versus seeking services through a higher level of care.

Feminist theory shifts focus away from the male viewpoint toward that of women to examine social problems, trends and issues that are overlooked or misidentified by the historically dominant male perspective. Key areas of focus include discrimination and exclusion on the basis of sex and gender, objectification, structural and economic inequality, power and oppression and gender roles and stereotypes.

A radical anti-diet approach that celebrates body diversity, Health at Every Size® and intuitive eating challenge societal assumptions; promotes eating in a flexible and attuned manner that values pleasure and honors internal cues of hunger, satiety and appetite; and supports finding the joy in moving one’s body and being physically active. This is about respecting and honoring your body and making peace with food.

KAP is a type of therapy that combines the use of the anesthetic drug ketamine with psychotherapy. Ketamine is known for its dissociative and hallucinogenic effects, but in KAP, it is used at sub-anesthetic doses to enhance the therapeutic process.

NARM is a cutting-edge model for addressing attachment, relational and developmental trauma, by working with the attachment patterns that cause life-long psychobiological symptoms and interpersonal difficulties. These early, unconscious patterns of disconnection deeply affect our identity, emotions, physiology, behavior and relationships. Learning how to work simultaneously with these diverse elements is a radical shift that has profound clinical implications for healing complex trauma.

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is an evidence based treatment developed specifically for disorders of over-control, where people exhibit a level of self-control that interferes with their ability to function effectively, connect with others, and be flexible when needed.

Social Justice Theory is rooted in the idea that all people should have equal rights, opportunity and treatment across all aspects of society. To create equality, social justice efforts focus on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination and other forms of social injustice, and seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and diversity.

Somatic healing uses body-centered techniques that connect mind, body and spirit to help heal the nervous system from distress. This is a practice of attuning to the sensations of the body and building inner resources that provide a greater sense of stability. We utilize techniques from somatic experiencing, sensorimotor, and breathing and meditation practices.