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If you are struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating patterns, you may be ready for treatment that is compassionate, evidence-based, and attuned to your highly sensitive nervous system.
Many people I work with have tried multiple approaches—diets that promised control, programs that felt too rigid, or therapy that did not honor the complexity of their relationship with food and their bodies. What they are looking for is not another set of rules, but a way to reconnect with themselves.
Eating Disorder Recovery
Are highly sensitive and find that your sensitivity has become entangled with shame about your body or appetites. The world often feels overwhelming, especially when it comes to food, body image, and the relentless messages of diet culture.
Struggle with an eating disorder such as binge eating disorder, bulimia, anorexia, or ARFID.
Experience disordered eating patterns that may not fit a diagnosis but still feel consuming: cycles of restriction and guilt, chronic dieting, loss of trust in hunger and fullness, or ongoing anxiety around food and weight.
Want full recovery, not just symptom management — an approach that addresses the emotional, cognitive, and embodied layers of your experience.
You might be here because you:
Have a body that does not feel like home. You may have spent years trying to change it, control it, or disconnect from it — exhausted by the constant monitoring and judgment.
My work is grounded in decades of clinical experience and informed by an understanding that eating disorders are not simply about food or weight. They are complex responses to emotions, relationships, identity, and cultural messages that we have absorbed about bodies and worth.
I integrate evidence-based psychological approaches with a Health At Every Size (HAES)-aligned, anti-diet framework. This means:
No weighing, measuring, or tracking unless clinically necessary and agreed upon collaboratively.
Body respect, not body change. We work toward a more compassionate relationship with your body as it is, not as you think it should be.
Intuitive eating principles that help you reconnect with internal cues of hunger, fullness, satisfaction, and desire—without rules or restriction.
Trauma-informed care that recognizes the role of safety, nervous system regulation, and interoceptive awareness in recovery.
Compassion-focused therapy and cognitive flexibility work to address the self-criticism, perfectionism, and shame that often underlie eating disorders.
I am a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Licensed Body Positive Facilitator, and I bring additional expertise as a Certified Yoga Teacher with advanced training in yoga for mental health. These perspectives support a body-inclusive, non-pathologizing approach that is especially well-suited for highly sensitive people.
My Approach to Eating Disorder Treatment
Trusting your body's signals of hunger and fullness without second-guessing
Eating without guilt, shame, or needing to compensate
Feeling more at ease in your body, even if it never changes size
Understanding the function your eating disorder served and finding new ways to meet those needs
Dismantling the cultural messages that taught you your body was a problem to solve
Rebuilding a relationship with food that feels flexible, satisfying, and life-giving
What Recovery Looks Like
Recovery is not willpower leading to behavior change. It is safety leading to awareness, curiosity, choice, and flexibility.
When people feel safer in their bodies and more grounded in themselves, they naturally become more flexible in how they think and act. This is what I help clients build—not through force or discipline, but through relationship, curiosity, and self-compassion.
Recovery might look like:
Many highly sensitive people find that their sensitivity intersects with their eating disorder in nuanced, profound ways. Perhaps you became hyperaware of how your body looked or what you ate. Perhaps food became a way to manage overstimulation or emotional intensity. Perhaps perfectionism and self-criticism compounded the struggle.
My approach is paced intentionally to respect your nervous system. We do not rush, force, or override your sensitivity. Instead, we attend to what is happening beneath the surface—the emotions, the unmet needs, the cultural harm—and we work together to create safety, self-trust, and flexibility.
HSP-Attuned Care in Eating Disorder Recovery
If you are working with a dietitian, psychiatrist, medical provider, or other members of a treatment team, I am happy to collaborate to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care. Recovery is most effective when all providers are aligned in their approach and values.
Collaboration With Your Treatment Team
We typically meet weekly for 50-minute sessions. Therapy is a space where you do not have to perform, explain yourself, or justify your sensitivity. Clients often describe me as warm, steady, and deeply attentive. I listen carefully—not only to what is said, but to what may be happening beneath the surface.
My goal is to help you feel more grounded in yourself, more at ease in your body, and more trusting of your own experience—so that food, eating, and your body can become less consuming and more life-affirming.
What to Expect
Frequently Asked Questions
No. I work with people across the full spectrum of eating and body image concerns—from diagnosed eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID) to disordered eating patterns that may not fit a diagnosis but still feel consuming. If you struggle with your relationship to food, your body, or cycles of restriction and guilt, you do not need a diagnosis to benefit from this work.
Health At Every Size (HAES) is a weight-inclusive approach that focuses on health and well-being rather than weight loss or body change. In practice, this means we do not weigh, measure, or track your body. We work toward body respect and a more compassionate relationship with your body as it is—not as you think it should be. The anti-diet framework recognizes that diet culture is harmful and that restriction often perpetuates disordered eating rather than resolving it.
Yes. Full recovery from an eating disorder is possible, no matter how long you have struggled. Recovery is not about willpower or forcing yourself to eat differently—it is about rebuilding safety in your body, understanding the function your eating disorder served, and developing new ways to meet your needs. This work takes time, but it is absolutely possible.
No. I do not weigh clients, require food journals, or ask you to track what you eat unless this is something you specifically request and we determine together that it serves your recovery. For most people, these practices reinforce hypervigilance and disconnection from internal cues. Instead, we work on reconnecting with your body's signals of hunger, fullness, and satisfaction through interoceptive awareness and intuitive eating principles.
No. My role is not to prescribe meal plans or dictate what you should eat. That approach often recreates the same control and disconnection that contributed to the eating disorder in the first place. Instead, we work together to help you rebuild trust in your body's signals, develop flexibility around food, and navigate the emotional, cognitive, and relational aspects of recovery. If you need structured nutritional support, I am happy to collaborate with a HAES-aligned dietitian as part of your treatment team.
High sensitivity and eating disorders often intersect in nuanced ways, even when it is not immediately obvious. Many highly sensitive people become hyperaware of how their bodies look or what they eat. Some use food or restriction to manage overstimulation, emotional intensity, or a sense of being overwhelmed by the world. Others develop perfectionism around eating or exercise. We will explore these connections together, and you may find that understanding your sensitivity helps make sense of patterns that felt confusing before.
Yes, but with some caveats. If you are medically unstable or require a higher level of care (such as inpatient, residential, or intensive outpatient treatment), I will help you access those resources first. Once you are medically stable, we can work together in outpatient therapy. If you are stable enough for outpatient care but still engaging in eating disorder behaviors, we will address this collaboratively, with the understanding that behaviors often serve a function and will shift as we build safety and new coping strategies.
Yes. Eating disorder recovery is most effective when all providers are aligned in their approach and values. I am happy to collaborate with your dietitian, psychiatrist, medical provider, or other members of your treatment team to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care. With your permission, I can communicate with your providers as needed to support your recovery.
Ambivalence is normal and expected. Many people come to therapy knowing their eating disorder is harming them but also feeling like it serves an important function—control, safety, numbing, or a sense of accomplishment. Therapy is not about forcing you to let go before you are ready. It is about exploring what your eating disorder does for you, understanding the underlying needs it meets, and building alternative ways to meet those needs. Recovery happens when you feel safe enough to let go, not when you are pushed.
