Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating Recovery Coaching
Undesirable eating patterns can be disruptive to every aspect of our lives. I help clients change their behaviors related to both disordered eating, eating disorders and those simply looking to change their eating behaviors to be more conducive to a healthier lifestyle. I offer a personalized approach that can help you understand your habits, beliefs, and motivations so that you can make positive changes in your behavior. I help clients set goals, develop plans, and use strategies to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.
If you are suffering from disordered eating or an eating disorder and need assistance, please don't wait, call today! The longer you live with these unhealthy eating patterns the harder they are to break and the more damaging they can be. I'm here to help. You don't need to take this journey alone.
I also provide eating disorder care coordination if you need additional services beyond coaching. When you are already struggling, putting together an interdisciplinary team or securing day or inpatient treatment can be an overwhelming task. I am happy to take on this burden for you.
What is Disordered Eating?
Disordered eating refers to a spectrum of problematic eating behaviors and distorted attitudes towards food, weight, shape, and appearance. Often these behaviors include dieting, skipping meals, fasting, restricting food intake, eliminating specific foods or food groups, binge eating, excessive use of diuretics, laxatives, and weight loss medications, as well as the use of compensatory behaviors (purging, excessive exercising). Disordered eating patterns can vary in severity but do not meet the frequency, duration and/or psychological criteria for a diagnosable eating disorder.
What is an Eating Disorder?
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that are characterized by persistent disturbances in eating behaviors and impairment in psychological functioning. Specific diagnostic criteria for each of the major eating disorders is outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 TR) including, anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED).