Welcome and thank you for your interest in my practice.  I specialize in  helping teens and adults who are suffering from all types of eating disorders and disordered eating patterns such as

• Anorexia  
• Bulimia
• Binge and other forms of emotional eating
• General body image and self esteem issues 

As well as the following issues which often accompany an eating disorder: 

• OCD and other forms of anxiety
• Self harming behaviors (such as cutting) 
• Compulsive shopping
• Depression 

Eating disorders involve extreme disturbances in eating behaviors such as following rigid diets, throwing up after meals, gorging on meals, obsessively counting calories or even excessively exercising. But eating disorders are more complicated than controlling these extreme behaviors.  At their core, eating disorders involve distorted, self critical attitudes about weight, food and body image.  These negative thoughts and feelings fuel the dangerous behavior. Over time, someone with an eating disorder loses the ability to see themselves objectively and their obsession with food and weight dominates their lives, becoming the primary way they cope with life.

I have both personal and professional experience that guides me in providing compassionate, effective treatment. In addition to helping you return to a healthier relationship with food and your body, I want to help you understand  the reasons underneath your eating disorder and deal with them.  This is how you can achieve true long-term recovery. In short, if you are suffering from an eating disorder, I want to help you get your life back.  Call me if you would like to schedule a consultation.  425-233-2439.

425-233-2439

Early Warning Signs

The road to an eating disorder can be long and there are frequently warning signs before the behavior is completely out of control.

• Excessive concern with weight loss, dieting and/or control of food. Frequently on and off various diets.
• Fear of gaining weight.  Claiming to feel fat when normal or thin
• Strange or extreme behaviors about food
• Unusually restrictive diets
• Frequent overeating, especially when distressed.
• Sudden decision to become vegetarian
• Up late at night, raiding the fridge; large amounts of food missing
• Leaving for the bathroom after meals or other indications of purging, laxative use or diuretics to control weight
• Unusual number of stomach flu episodes
• Excessive exercise
• Frequent weighing
• Denial of normal hunger
• Preoccupation with food, calories, fat grams, nutrition, cooking
• Extreme body dissatisfaction
• Refusing to eat with family or friends
• Does not allow others to prepare foods and refuses to eat non diet food