Binge Eating Therapy in NYC
Binge eating disorder can make you feel like you’re out of control when all you want to be is in control. You may feel a sense of whiplash or as I call it, the pendulum swing. Suddenly, your every day, your every hour is focused on either restricting with frantic desperation to get it under control, or the succumbing surrender to food that has somehow become so much more powerful over you. If this sounds like you, you may be seeking help from a therapist in NYC who specializes in binge eating disorder. Look no further, Attuned Therapy can help.
Why Therapy for Binge Eating is So Important
Binge Eating Disorder affects 2.8 million people in the United States and is the most common eating disorder today.
Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder
Eating a significantly large amount of food in a specific amount of time
Frequently dieting
Eating to the point of being uncomfortably full
Eating alone or secretly to avoid embarrassment
Feeling guilt and/or shame about your eating
*Note: The symptoms above describe the potential for a Binge Eating Disorder Diagnosis.
Health at Every Size (HAES) Affirming Therapy
Why choose a HAES Affirming Therapist in NYC?
It’s critical to choose a therapist who knows how to work with eating disorders so that you not only see progress and alleviation of your unique symptoms, but also to ensure that fat-phobic and internalized dieting messages are not imposed on you. The truth is, treatment for eating disorders looks way different today than it did even five and ten years ago. For therapists who aren’t trained in the up-to-date models for working with ED’s, further harm can sadly take place in the therapeutic space, unintentionally by the therapist. This can show up as suggestions or insights that perpetuate the eating disorder due to the therapist’s unconscious internalized beliefs about bodies, health, and eating. I take a Health at Every Size approach which values the inherent body diversity we see in our population and places the focus on holistic health so that you may feel more sound in your mind, spirt, and body.
How Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder Can Help
Therapy for Eating Disorders in NYC at Every Level of Readiness
Learn the tools and models for sustainable recovery, not just another quick fix
Understand why you’re finding it so hard to control your eating through empirically backed research that can help remove the personalized guilt
Go at your own pace by collaborating with me on where you’re at in your journey, even if you’re not sure you’re ready to make any changes at this time, OR if you know you’re ready to dive in and make some big moves to heal
How a Binge Eating Disorder Therapist Can Help
For those who are ready, we will work in session and outside of session utilizing various homework assignments and exercises to practice things like:
Intuitive Eating & Mindful Eating, allowing yourself to savor and enjoy food while being present for the whole experience of it transforming your relationship to food and eating overall
Logging your level of Food Security (think how often your brain focuses/obsesses over food vs. feeling secure with it)
Exploring your Food Social Anxiety and practicing through exposure how to face unique anxieties of eating peacefully and joyfully in front of others
Actively Dismantling internalized negative body image beliefs in both micro and macro forms
Learn Ways to Advocate for yourself and hold boundaries with friends, family, and peers regarding body talk and diet talk
Skill Build Eradicating Shame and Guilt around eating, food, and your body
Shift Values and Perspectives from short-term solutions from a place of fear, negative self-view, urgency, and desperation, to longterm, sustainable holistic health (Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical) that you can feel a sense of peace and security in
Finding the Right Binge Eating Disorder Therapist in New York can be tough, but it doesn’t have to be…
