IN-PERSON IN LINCOLN PARK AND ONLINE ACROSS PSY-PACT ELIGIBLE STATES

Improve your relationship with food, your body, and yourself.

Therapy for body image & disordered eating.

We help people of all backgrounds and genders change their relationship with food and their body.

When you feel overwhelmed by constant thoughts about your eating habits or your body, the impacts can show up everywhere— your mental and physical health, your work, and your relationships. Even socializing can be difficult in the midst of anxiety about how you feel in your body and what the food environment will be.

You may feel caught in a cycle that you’re unsure how to break or disrupt. Sometimes, the cycle looks like eating or overeating in response to certain emotions, restricting to “make up for it,” abiding by strict food rules, “working off” food with exercise, or other patterns of thinking or behaving around food. And sometimes the cycle actually starts with trauma, family of origin concerns, or other pieces of your history.

We understand the complexity of disordered eating and body image concerns—including how difficult it can be to seek support. Addressing these challenges requires effort, and we will be here to support and empower you throughout the healing process, because everyone’s recovery journey is unique and can include both successes and setbacks. Together, we’ll work at your own pace to heal from whatever has led to the feelings about yourself, others, and the world around you that fuel your struggles today.

Find balance, consistency, and self-attunement.

our approach

We believe in meeting you where you are and addressing your challenges at the source.

In therapy, we can help you differentiate messages about idealistic body types and the moralization of food. We will explore beliefs from family, friends, or culture that might have influenced the negative ideas and feelings you have about body size, food habits, or exercise. 

We believe and uphold the concept of health at every size because we know that not one body or person is the same and their value is not inherently tied to how they look or what they eat. With a dedicated therapist, you can find balance, consistency, and support to build a more attuned relationship to yourself and a more confident relationship with food and your body, no matter what that looks like for you.

Therapy for disordered eating and body image isn’t a magic fix and doesn’t always follow a straight line. This process can take patience and an openness to learning how to relate to yourself and others in new ways. Our goal is to be someone you can trust to offer the stability you need through the ups and downs. 

Everyone has a relationship with food and their body.  We want to help you understand yours and what it means to you.

We can help with:

Fear of gaining weight

Anxiety related to eating & food choices

Health at Every Size

Binge eating behaviors

Connecting to your body post-recovery

Trauma

Lifestyle goals

Attachment to maladaptive habits

Challenges with relationships

Inflexibility with food and diet

Relationship difficulties

Body image

Difficult relationship with food

Restrictive eating patterns

Food noise

Feeling out of control

Feeling isolated from family and friends

Diet culture

Anxiety or depression

Shame

And more…

THERAPISTS WHO CAN HELP YOU

Find the right therapist for you. 

find the right therapist for you

find the right therapist for you

Our clinicians are highly skilled and trained in helping clients understand and manage their relationships with food and their body - and the ambivalence they may feel about seeking help and recovery. With our focus on health at every size and freedom in your experiences of food, we want to help you come to a more peaceful - or even a neutral - place. 

faqs

Frequently asked questions

  • Yes. Our team coordinates with primary care, psychiatry, nutritionists, and other professionals to help you on your journey to healing. We recognize that it often can be overwhelming trying to manage your care, but we will support you and be with you each step of the way. 

  • Yes, we can. Our relationship with our body is complex. It can reflect difficulties we’ve experienced in the past or are experiencing now. Our team can help you understand how those difficulties developed uniquely for you and how you can cultivate a different relationship with your body.

  • No, these behaviors and patterns are not your fault and you are not to blame. It's not a reflection of any personal failure or weakness. Through therapy, we’ll help you explore the root causes of these disordered eating to decrease feelings of shame, guilt, or self-blame.

  • We are anti-diet, body-neutral, food-flexible, and fat-positive therapists. Something we do focus on is helping you reestablish normative eating patterns. Normative eating patterns involve eating in a way that is consistent throughout the day and includes a variety of foods. We recognize that this process and everything you’re feeling isn’t simple. Recovery and healing take time, and we know that food freedom and achieving a different relationship with your body are possible.

  • It can look different for everyone. Common signs include:

    • Feeling ashamed, upset, or guilty after eating

    • Constant thoughts about food and weight

    • Vomiting or the use of diuretics, laxatives, etc

    • Strict or inconsistent eating habits or patterns 

    • A cycle of bingeing and restricting food 

    • The constant need to exercise or compensate for what you eat

    • Feeling out of control when it comes to food

    • Rules about food, such as limiting certain foods or only eating when alone