Eating patterns
Restriction, binge eating, overeating, food addiction concerns, purging, food avoidance, loss of control over eating, and rebuilding flexibility.
Food should take up less room in your head.
I work with anorexia and other restrictive eating, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), binge eating, food addiction concerns, bulimia, restrict-binge cycles, food avoidance, body image distress, and food noise — including eating concerns that never fit neatly into a diagnosis.
Eating disorders I treat
- Anorexia nervosa
- Atypical anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge-eating disorder
- Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
- Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
I also work with eating concerns that do not clearly map onto a diagnosis — chronic dieting, restrict–binge cycles, food preoccupation, food avoidance, “food addiction”, and body image distress.
Does any of this sound like you?
- “I eat normally all day, or not much at all, and then lose control at night.”
- “I can tell you the calories in almost anything.”
- “I eat differently when people are watching.”
- “It feels fine until it isn’t, and then food is all I can think about.”
- “I lost weight and I thought I would feel better.”
- “My preoccupation with food and eating is hurting my relationships, my work, my health.”
- “I keep telling myself tomorrow will be different.”
- “I understand the pattern, and it still hasn’t changed.”
What we work on
Body image
Checking, avoidance, comparison, and shame — and making room for a fuller life now rather than later.
The emotions underneath
Shame, perfectionism, control, self-criticism, and what the eating pattern may be doing for you.
Recovery in daily life
Eating socially, navigating relationships, tolerating uncertainty, and carrying change beyond sessions.
Treatment modalities I work from
EFT
Emotion-focused therapy. What your feelings are trying to do, and how to change your relationship with them.
What is EFT?
Schema Therapy
The long-standing patterns formed early on, and how they still shape what you expect from yourself and others.
What is Schema Therapy?
CBT
Cognitive behavioural therapy. The thoughts and habits that keep anxiety and low mood running.
What is CBT?
ACT
Acceptance and commitment therapy. Making room for hard feelings while moving toward what you value.
What is ACT?
DBT skills
Practical tools for emotion regulation, and for getting through difficult moments without making them worse.
What are DBT skills?
Coordinated care
When this is useful
I am happy to collaborate with your care team.
Your care works best when the people supporting you work together. With your consent, I am happy to collaborate with your physician, dietitian, psychiatrist, and/or treatment program so that therapy, nutrition, medication, and medical monitoring are connected.
Stepping down from a program
If you are coming out of inpatient, residential, or PHP and looking for outpatient level of care.
Already working with a team
I am glad to speak with the providers already involved, so everyone shares the same picture of your needs, your goals, and the risks.
Needing more than outpatient care
I will help support you in finding a higher level of care if that becomes indicated.
Experience across the continuum of care
I have worked across the full continuum of eating disorder care: inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), and outpatient services. This gives me a practical understanding of how needs change across settings, whether you are seeking specialized outpatient care, stepping down from a program, or coordinating treatment with a larger team.
GLP-1 & bariatric support
Medication and surgery can help, and they can also bring psychological questions that deserve attention. I do not take a position for or against them; my role is to provide the psychological layer around them.
This may include eating-disorder screening before treatment, therapy while appetite and eating patterns shift, and support with body image, identity, grief, or fear of regain after change.
Explore full GLP-1 support
Three points of entry
BeforeScreening and informed expectations
DuringSupport as appetite, eating, and habits shift
AfterBody image, identity, grief, and fear of regain
Longstanding clinical experience
For many years, I provided Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) to post-operative bariatric surgery patients, including many people using GLP-1 medications. That experience informs how I understand the overlap among eating-disorder symptoms, changing appetite, food noise, body image, identity, and fear of regain.
Common questions
Do I need a diagnosis to start?
No. Many people I see have never been formally diagnosed. If it is taking up your life, that is reason enough — and assessment is there if you want a clearer answer or something in writing.
What if I am not sure I want to change my eating yet?
That is normal, and it is not a reason to stay away. Ambivalence is something we can work with directly rather than something you need to resolve before you arrive.
I have been like this for years. Is it too late?
No. Long-standing patterns are stubborn, not permanent, and people do recover after decades of struggling. How long it has been running changes how we work; it does not decide whether we can.
Do you only work with young women?
No. Eating disorders do not check demographics before arriving, and I work with adults of all genders, ages, and body sizes.
Do you work with my doctor or dietitian?
Yes, gladly, with your consent. Eating disorder care usually goes better when the people involved are in communication.
How often would we meet?
Usually weekly. For people who have recently stepped down from a higher level of care, we often start more frequently and move to weekly or biweekly as things steady.
How long does treatment take?
It depends on how long the pattern has been running and what is holding it in place.
It starts with a conversation.
Fifteen minutes, free.