Eating Disorder Therapy & Empowerment for Adults

Reclaim your relationship with food — and with yourself.

Eating disorders are not about vanity or weakness. They are coping strategies — ways of managing overwhelming emotions, trauma, anxiety, or self-doubt when nothing else feels possible.

You may appear capable and successful yet still struggle quietly.

Eating Disorders Are Coping Strategies — Not Failures

  • Restriction or fear around food

  • Binge eating or emotional eating

  • Purging or over-exercise

  • Rigid food rules

  • Body-related shame

  • Feeling “never good enough”

The way you learned to cope helped you survive something difficult. Together, we build new strategies that care for your emotions — not numb them.

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Concerns Eating Disorder Therapy Can Help With

  • Anorexia

  • Bulimia

  • Binge eating disorder

  • Over-exercise

  • Food anxiety and body image distress

A Trauma-Informed, Integrated Approach

I bring over 30 years of clinical experience, including specialized work at The Renfrew Center and The Brattleboro Retreat.

Treatment may include:

  • EMDR — reducing anxiety around food and body

  • Psychodynamic therapy — addressing root causes

  • IFS — Access your core self and restore inner harmony

  • IPT — Interpersonal psychotherapy focused on improving relationships and communication

  • DBT — informed skills and emotional regulation

  • CBT — shifting eating-related patterns and unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. 

  • Mindfulness — building body trust and calm

  • Feelings tracking, Boundaries, and Assertiveness Training

  • Trauma-Informed Care — safety, choice, and empowerment

Care is collaborative, individualized, and respectful of your autonomy.

Collaborative Support

I collaborate with eating-disorder-specialized dietitians and medical providers to ensure comprehensive, supportive care.

Eating Disorder Therapy Options

In-person therapy in Steamboat Springs | Secure online therapy throughout Colorado

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Adult Eating Disorders FAQs

  • This is extremely common. Eating disorders often thrive in secrecy and minimization. If food, body image, shame, or rigid patterns are affecting your life, therapy can help—regardless of weight or outward functioning.

  • Yes. Many eating disorder patterns are connected to trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, and self-worth. Therapy focuses on addressing underlying roots—not just symptoms.

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Do I Have an Eating Disorder? Signs Adults Often Miss
Do I Have an Eating Disorder? Signs Adults Often Miss

Do I actually have an eating disorder?

Sometimes the question emerges gradually. A person notices how much mental space food, weight, or body image occupies. Meals feel stressful rather than nourishing. Thoughts about eating can dominate the day in ways that are difficult to explain to others.

One of the reasons eating disorders can persist for so long is that many people believe they are “not sick enough” to deserve help.

In reality, eating disorders exist along a spectrum, and many high-functioning adults struggle quietly for years before recognizing that support could be helpful.

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