Relationship with Food & Body

From disordered eating to eating disorders, I have been specializing in this area since 2017. When unhelpful relationships with food and body are left to its own devices for too long, the consequences can be devastating. I operate from a Health at Every Size® (HAES®) approach. My work has taught me it is never just about the food or the body.

Signs of an unhelpful relationship with food and body include:

  • Having persistent thoughts related to food content and intake

  • Avoidance of certain foods despite having no allergies and a desire for the food

  • Having an inflated or deflated sense of self-worth depending on your appearance or what you ate

  • Avoidance of social events due to feeling bad about your body or fear of weight gain

This list is not exhaustive. If you’re relating to any of the points above or questioning your relationship with food and your body, it might be worth reaching out for a free consultation. Click here to schedule.

Substance Use/Addiction

Similar to eating disorders, my experience in substance use/addiction has taught me that the “real” issues did not begin with the substance use/addiction. Maintaining sobriety is a delicate balance of attacking the present, while gaining insight how the underlying issues will come up to sabotage current efforts. In the same vein, it is important to identify the values you want your life to move towards to use as a guiding light as you move through your recovery program. Click here to schedule a free consultation to see how we might work together in your recovery.

Trauma (PTSD, c-PTSD, Intergenerational)

You might have asked yourself, why do I keep doing the same problematic thing over and over again despite knowing how irrational it is? Why am I attracted to the same toxic and unavailable person despite knowing they are incompatible? If you’re noticing there are ingrained reactions, patterns of behavior, problematic interpersonal relationships that seem to be dictating your life, it’s time to take a deeper look into the mechanisms driving the person you are today and how to become unstuck from them.

Click here to schedule a free consultation to begin to break the cycles that no longer serve you.

Other areas of focus:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Self-esteem

  • Children of Immigrants

  • BIPOC

  • LGBTQIA+

  • Identify and Values Conflict

  • First-generation College Students