Eating Disorder Therapy
Eating Disorder Therapy
What Is your relationship with food?
Your relationship to food is a sacred and life giving connection. We learn messages about food and self-nurturance over our entire lives through our families, culture, friendships, peer groups, etc. At any point in time, our relationship to food and body can shift- a period of intense stress or extreme changes in life circumstances or a new developmental time of life- can set unhealthy patterns into motion. Puberty, marriage, childbirth, divorce, menopause, trauma, accidents, loss of a loved one, etc all can come with unique challenges which can disrupt our relationship with our food and body.
Starting to explore your relationship to food and body can be a very personal journey. We can help by assessing your relationship with food and body through a lens of beliefs, feelings, and behaviors. We can create a unique plan that helps you change behaviors with food while taking care of and understanding your emotional needs more directly at the same time.
Treatment for eating disorders will be specifically tailored to your needs through an initial assessment followed by a treatment planning session. Psychotherapy or talk therapy is used as a primary mode of treatment for eating disorders. In addition, nutritional counseling, psychiatry, family/ couples counseling and/or group therapy are often needed as well, depending on the level and intensity of the eating disorder. The length of treatment depends on the individuals ability to make behavioral changes with their relationship with food.
Alternative Option to Treatment Facility - Family Based Therapy
Do you suspect your child has an eating disorder (ED)? Has your child received a recent ED diagnosis and you’re feeling overwhelmed or scared about which treatment modality is most effective? Family Based Treatment (FBT) is an evidence based treatment model that is highly effective. This treatment model may be an alternative option to your child receiving care at a treatment facility, and allows for parents to carry out interventions within the home, with the support of the FBT specialist.
Common questions - eating disorder therapy
What is anorexia or anorexia nervosa?
What is Binge eating disorder or (BED)?
What is Orthorexia?
What is ARFID?
What is FED NOS or OSFED or UFED?
What is HAES or a HAES Approach?
What is involved in an Eating Disorder Treatment Team?
What is nutritional therapy for Eating Disorders?
What is FBT or Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders?
Call Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-C, RYT-200 at 404-964-6629 or email at taraarnold@gmail.com to interview for the group.