Anorexia is not eating food and a fear of gaining weight. Bulimia is purging foods after having eaten for fear of gaining weight. Both these and other eating disorders are extremely dangerous and have some of the highest morbidity rates of any mental illness.
There are residential or inpatient programs for those experiencing eating disorders to reside in a more controlled environment during their recovery.
Treatment for an eating disorder will address symptoms, medical consequences, and all factors that contribute to or maintain the eating disorder. Typically treatment will be provided by a treatment team and consist of psychotherapy and nutrition counseling while also addressing any co-occurring mental health or medical issues related to the eating disorder.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Eating Disorders
I individualize treatment to fit each of my client's needs. My approach is gentle and caring while still being direct and honest through the healing process. My warmth and genuine caring nature as well as my enthusiasm for each individual allows me to build a trusting, deep connection in therapy. It is my goal to help individuals find their strengths through this safe alliance, to begin to heal...
I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT). Since 2014, I've worked with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults in the inpatient medical setting, inpatient psychiatric setting, and outpatient setting since 2016. I work with clients on issues related to quality of life, mood and emotional regulation, trauma, body image, life...
I am a LGBTQ+ affirming therapist. My goal is to provide a safe, direct, and compassionate environment in order to help clients gain deeper insight and acceptance in the face of adversity. I enjoy working with adolescents & adults that struggle with a variety of issues, including but not limited to the ones listed below. I am committed to providing individualized treatment by honoring clients'...
The Center for Relational Change is Pittsburgh's premier family therapy practice. Our clinicians are skilled, caring, insightful licensed therapists helping individuals, couple and families work through issues of self-worth, depression, anxiety, childhood trauma and abuse, and more. We work with everyone, regardless of race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, etc. If you, your partner and/o...
Therapy is simply a tool to utilize to find a path to a healthier, more stable future. We cannot navigate our future without understanding the impact of our past. We cannot adjust our behaviors without delving into our inner thoughts. My compassion and down-to-earth style of communication, accompanied by my emphasis on accountability and self-motivation, create for a comforting yet effective...
I have been working as a counselor for 33 years. I worked at an elementary school as a guidance counselor for 9 years. I work with families, children, and adolescents. I am experienced in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, EMDR and Play Therapy. I also work with parents and children to address adjustment issues in the school system, coping with deployments, ADHD, grief issu...
Corona / Covid 19 is causing unprecedented pain from financial uncertainty, separation, loneliness often increasing our anxiety and sense of hopelessness. I am here to offer you support and hope. It will get better. I use love, compassion, curiosity and insight to help guide you on a journey to internal healing and peace. I am doing all video therapy at this time and offering additional reducti...
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I believe in a holistic approach with an emphasis on nurturing an individual's heart, mind, body and spirit. I strive to build a complete picture of each person's emotional, mental, and physical health and behaviors to better gain more understanding. My goal is to work together in creating more self-awareness as well as personal growth to facilitate positive changes in your life and overcome th...
Therapy offers valuable support for individuals coping with ailments that plague our bodies and our minds. I believe that creating healthy boundaries in our interpersonal relationships is key to living a meaningful and healthy life. I work with issues such as anxiety, depression, racial identity, relationship issues, and post-traumatic stress disorder. I have an academic concentration in trauma...
What is Art Therapy? This is the number one question asked of me. Briefly, as defined by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), "Art therapy is a mental health profession in which clients, facilitated by the art therapist, use art media, the creative process, and the resulting artwork to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and...
I work with adults experiencing difficulties with a variety of behaviors that are holding them back from the lives they seek. These include protective behaviors like anger, anxiety, depression; numbing behaviors (alcohol or substance abuse.); distractions (goal-fixation, promiscuity, exercise, or others), and more. I work to help bring clarity and build safe connections within families,...
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Learning Behavior Specialist (LBS1) with 14+ years’ experience, now serving individuals on the gifted, 2e, public figure, anxiety, LGBTQ+, depressive, obsessive, ADHD, professional, and autism spectrums. I offer evidence-based 1:1 counseling; asexual, monogamy, & ethical nonmonogamy therapy; as well as family, school, or individual...
I believe that most of us, at some point in our lives, face various mental health challenges. Fortunately, I also believe that if we commit ourselves to carefully examining our own actions and beliefs we can, ultimately, overcome these challenges and forge a more meaningful and fulfilling existence. This process, however, can be difficult-sometimes even painful. My role is to provide a safe pla...
Marie-Claire Day earned her master's degree and education specialty degree in counseling psychology from the University of Kentucky. She has experience working in community mental health services providing crisis intervention and counseling to children, adolescents, and adults. She also provided in-home and community-based services with at-risk youth and provided treatment for those who have...
