ONLINE EATING DISORDER & BODY IMAGE THERAPY IN CT & SC
You deserve a life that feels bigger than food and body image.
When thoughts about food, eating, or your body take up more space than you'd like, even everyday moments can feel complicated.
Therapy can offer a supportive place to explore these patterns, rebuild trust with yourself, and work toward a more peaceful relationship with food and your body.
Virtual therapy for teens 15+ and adults in CT & SC
RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS
When food and body image begin taking up too much space.
Struggles with eating and body image don't always look the way people expect. Sometimes they show up quietly in your thoughts, routines, and relationship with yourself.
01 Food Guilt & Anxiety
Feeling anxious, guilty, or overwhelmed around eating, meals, or food-related decisions.
02 Restrictive Patterns
Following rigid food rules or feeling distressed when eating doesn't go according to plan.
03 Binge Eating & Loss of Control
Experiencing episodes of eating that feel difficult to stop, sometimes followed by shame or distress.
04 Body Checking & Comparison
Frequently evaluating your appearance or comparing your body to others.
05 Difficulty Trusting Your Body
Feeling disconnected from hunger, fullness, or other internal cues, or unsure how to respond to them.
06 Food & Body Thoughts That Feel Constant
Spending significant mental energy thinking about food, appearance, or how your body is perceived.
You don't have to look a certain way to deserve support.
Eating disorders and disordered eating can affect people across body sizes, backgrounds, and life stages.
A COMPASSIONATE PATH FORWARD
Recovery is about more than food.
Eating disorders can affect your emotional well-being, relationships, sense of control, and connection with yourself.
Therapy provides space to explore these patterns and build skills that support meaningful, sustainable change.
What we can work toward together
Understanding Emotional Patterns
Explore the thoughts, emotions, and experiences connected to eating and body image.
Building Flexibility & Coping Skills
Practice responding to distress without relying on harmful eating disorder behaviors.
Reducing Shame & Self-Criticism
Develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself throughout recovery.
Building Flexibility & Coping Skills
Practice responding to distress without relying on harmful eating disorder behaviors.
Recovery doesn't have to look perfect to be meaningful.
Progress can involve learning, practicing, adjusting, and receiving support along the way.
SUPPORT THROUGH EVERY STAGE
Your relationship with food and your body can change throughout life.
Different stages of life bring different pressures, transitions, and experiences. Your care should reflect what you're navigating.
01/ TEENS AGES 15+
Eating Disorder & Body Image Support for Teens
Adolescence can bring changes in identity, relationships, body image, and social expectations. Therapy provides a supportive place to explore these experiences.
02/ COLLEGE STUDENTS
Eating Disorder Support During College
College can introduce changes in routines, independence, academic demands, and social environments that influence eating patterns and body image.
03/ADULTS
Eating Disorder & Body Image Therapy for Adults
Eating disorders and body image struggles can continue into adulthood or emerge during periods of stress and transition. Support is available at every stage.
UNDERSTANDING EATING DISORDERS
Eating disorders don't have one look.
Eating disorders can affect people of different ages, backgrounds, and body sizes. The experience is not always visible from the outside.
↗ Anorexia Nervosa
A serious eating disorder involving restrictive eating, intense concerns about weight or body shape, and difficulties with body image. Medical complications can occur even when someone does not appear visibly unwell.
↗ Bulimia Nervosa
Involves recurring binge-eating episodes followed by compensatory behaviors intended to influence weight or shape, often accompanied by shame or distress.
↗ Binge Eating Disorder
Involves recurring episodes of eating accompanied by a sense of loss of control and significant distress, without the regular compensatory behaviors characteristic of bulimia nervosa.
↗Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Involves restricted food intake that may be related to sensory sensitivities, low interest in eating, or fears about consequences of eating, rather than concerns about weight or shape.
↗ Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED)
Describes clinically significant eating disorder symptoms that do not meet the full criteria for another specific eating disorder diagnosis. These experiences can still be serious and require appropriate care.
You don't need to fit a stereotype to deserve support.
Every experience deserves to be understood with care, without assumptions based on appearance.
A LITTLE MORE CLARITY
Questions about eating disorder therapy?
Understanding what support can look like may make taking the next step feel a little easier.
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Eating disorders can involve changes in eating patterns, distress surrounding food, body image concerns, and behaviors that affect emotional or physical well-being.
These experiences can look different from person to person, and symptoms are not always visible to others.
A comprehensive clinical assessment can help clarify whether an eating disorder or another concern may be present and what type of support is appropriate.
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No. You don't need a previous diagnosis to reach out for support.
If you're struggling with food-related anxiety, disordered eating patterns, or body image concerns, we can discuss your experiences and determine whether further assessment or treatment may be appropriate.
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Yes. Eating disorders can affect individuals across body sizes, and significant weight changes are not required for every eating disorder diagnosis.
A person's appearance alone cannot determine the severity of their symptoms or whether they need treatment.
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Depending on your individual needs, eating disorder treatment may involve collaboration with a physician, registered dietitian, psychiatrist, or other healthcare professional.
Coordinated care can help address the psychological, nutritional, and medical aspects of recovery.
Recommendations for additional providers will depend on your assessment and treatment needs.
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Eating disorders sometimes require more intensive treatment than weekly outpatient psychotherapy can provide.
If your needs indicate that a higher level of care or additional specialized services would be more appropriate, we'll discuss recommendations and referral options.
The priority is helping you access care that is appropriate for your clinical and medical needs.
A MORE COMPASSIONATE WAY FORWARD
You deserve support beyond the struggle.
When food, eating, or body image begins to take up more space than you'd like, it can be difficult to imagine what life might feel like without that constant mental weight.
Therapy can offer a supportive place to explore your experiences, understand the patterns keeping you stuck, and work toward a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
You don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
Complimentary 15-minute consultation
Online therapy for teens 15+ and adults in Connecticut & South Carolina