Eating Disorder Therapy in San Francisco
I have vast experience in the treatment of eating disorders and am very comfortable doing so.
In treating ED's, we work to
help change unhealthy patterns and habits at the same time as we go deep to find
out what's underneath these habits.
All human beings have the ability to choose to move toward health and well being.
Because of societal pressure to be thin, it is common for people to
concentrate of food and diets and the pursuit of a "perfect"
body. Because this has become the social norm, many people become
obsessed with this pursuit sometimes foresaking other things that are
going on in their lives. As you begin to let go of the eating disorder, you will begin to incorporate more of the people and situations that you've been avoiding.
When an eating disorder has taken hold- food, dieting, binge eating and purging takes center
stage. It becomes the focus of people's lives while other issues get
swept under the rug. People begin to cope with other parts of their
lives by concentrating on food and body image. Often times, binge
eating, restricting, purging, or over exercising is used as a way to self soothe and to numb whatever feelings
are coming up around the issues and challenges of life. That's
okay. If you overeat you are not bad. If you undereat you are not good (or bad). Habits with food are coping mechanisms. In therapy, we learn
other coping mechanisms that replace overeating or dieting, we look at
the issues that have been covered up and stuffed down with food, we
learn how to increase our capacity to sit with uncomfortable feelings
so that we don't have to turn to food and food obsession.
For more information, please visit my eating disorders website:
Besides individual therapy, I have an eating disorder group, with very limited space that meets on Thursday evenings.
