MENTAL HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICES IN CONNECTICUT AND ONLINE
Eating Disorders
Emotional, Binge and Disordered Eating
Our relationship with food and our bodies can be complicated and frustrating. Did you know that dieting is one of the lead risk factors for deregulated eating and weight management over time? Wouldn’t it be great to feel freedom around food and comfortable in your body? Our clinicians can help you address emotional, binge and disordered eating patterns using a combination of CBT/DBT tools, Health-At-Any-Size, non-diet principles, intuitive eating skills-building, and gentle nutrition guidelines. Sessions focus on open exploration, mindfulness practices and structured exercises to help clients overcome addictive, compulsive and sabotaging behaviors while increasing embodied joy and acceptance.
Common Eating Issues:
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Orthorexia
- Emetophobia
- Muscle Dysmorphia
Some Signs of an Eating Disorder
Frequent episodes of consuming very large amount of food followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting
Evidence of binge eating, including disappearance of large amounts of food in short periods of time or many empty wrappers and containers indicating consumption of large amounts of food
Self-esteem overly related to body image
Extreme dieting behavior, e.g. reducing the amount or types of foods consumed
Excessive exercise to burn-off calories taken in
Evidence of purging behaviors, including frequent trips to the bathroom after meals, signs and/or smells of vomiting, presence of wrappers or packages of laxatives or diuretics
Preoccupation with food, food ingredients, or healthfulness
Related Article
Williams, M. T. (2013, June 24). Exercising Demons Away Can Backfire. New York Times, Room for Debate.
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS CLINIC
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