Eating Disorder Therapy
in Marietta and Roswell
Experience a healthier relationship with food and your body.
Do you find yourself preoccupied with thoughts about food, weight, or body image?
Struggling with an eating disorder or body image concerns can feel like an endless battle. It's not just about the food—it's about the emotions, the beliefs, and the underlying factors driving your behaviors. You may find yourself trapped in a cycle of restriction, bingeing, purging, or obsessive thoughts about food and your body.
Perhaps you're experiencing:
- Constant preoccupation with food, weight, or body shape
- Feelings of guilt, shame, or disgust after eating
- Using food as a way to cope with difficult emotions
- Avoiding social situations that involve food
- Experiencing fluctuations in weight or engaging in extreme dieting behaviors
- Feeling out of control around food
- Engaging in secretive behaviors around eating
These struggles can take a toll on your mental and physical health, impacting your relationships, work, and overall quality of life.
How Can Eating Disorder Therapy Help?
Using evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), our therapists specializing in eating disorders can support you in finding freedom from the disordered eating patterns. We understand that your journey with food and body image is unique, and we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs.
Our experienced therapists work with a range of eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia, and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED). We also address concerns related to body image, self-esteem, and emotional eating.
What sets us apart is our ability to take a comprehensive team approach when necessary. We can coordinate care with other healthcare professionals, ensuring you receive holistic support tailored to your needs. Additionally, we collaborate with dietitians when appropriate, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to your therapy.
Treating Eating Disorders
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to eating disorder treatment. We use various modalities to treat eating disorders including:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is a therapeutic approach that helps individuals recognize and change unhealthy patterns of thinking and behavior related to food, body image, and weight.
Family-Based Treatment (FBT):Â FBT involves the family as a primary resource for helping a loved one recover from an eating disorder, particularly effective for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): ACT aims to help individuals accept their thoughts and feelings rather than fight against them, while also committing to making behavioral changes that align with their values.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): DBT combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices, emphasizing skill-building in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. It helps individuals with eating disorders develop healthier coping mechanisms, improve emotional regulation, reduce unhelpful behaviors, and have a more balanced relationship with food and body image.
Types of Eating Disorders
Orthorexia is characterized by an obsession with healthy eating to the extent that it negatively impacts one's quality of life, often leading to strict dietary rules and anxiety surrounding food choices, which may result in malnutrition and social isolation.
Bulimia nervosa involves cycles of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging or excessive exercise, typically driven by a fear of gaining weight, leading to potential physical health complications and distress.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by restrictive eating behaviors, intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image, often resulting in severe weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, and possible medical complications such as organ damage and osteoporosis.
Disordered eating refers to a wide range of abnormal eating behaviors that may not meet the criteria for a specific eating disorder diagnosis but still disrupt one's relationship with food, body image, and well-being.
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) involves selective eating patterns, avoidance of certain foods or food groups, and reluctance to try new foods, often leading to nutritional deficiencies, impaired growth, and distress or impairment in other areas of functioning.
Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent episodes of uncontrollable overeating, during which large quantities of food are consumed in a short period, accompanied by feelings of guilt, shame, and loss of control.
Ready to experience more freedom in your relationship with food and your body?
We offer in-person counseling for eating disorders in Marietta and Roswell and online throughout GA.
Imagine a life where you…
- Feel more at ease around food, enjoying meals without guilt or fear
- Develop a more positive body image and self-esteem
- Learn healthier ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions
- Reconnect with activities and relationships that bring you joy and fulfillment
- Experience greater freedom and flexibility in your relationship with food and your body
- Approach life with confidence, vitality, and a sense of empowerment
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