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Eating Disorder Coaching

Let go of the guilt, shame, and confusion and develop a healthier perspective on food

If you are reading this page, I want to acknowledge the pain you are likely going through and thank you for taking the steps to learn about eating disorder coaching, even if we do not end up working together.

Of everything I’ve worked through personally throughout my mental health healing journey, nothing riddled me with more shame, pain and denial than my body, and my relationship with my body. I deeply empathize with the sorrow, shame and isolation caused by unhealthy relationships with food, a destructive relationship with our body, and the toll of eating disorders.

The work is hard, but it is so, so worth it. I believe we can find healing together.

The recovery journey for those who suffer from eating disorders can be difficult and even feel hopeless at times, but I am here to tell you there is hope. I have helped countless clients discover, and address, the underlying causes of their fraught relationships with food and their body, and I would be honored to do the same with you.

My Approach

  • Gain Empowerment Through Intuitive Eating

    In our sessions, we will work together to dismantle the notion of “good” and “bad” foods and instead discover what tastes, textures, and temperatures are enjoyable to you. The philosophy of intuitive eating means there are no guidelines about what or when to eat. Instead, you will remember that you are the best person — in fact, the only person — to make these choices.

  • It’s Never About Gaining or Losing Weight

    Unlike some naturopaths, your weight, BMI, or body type is not important to me. I will never tell you that you need to lose or gain weight as part of our work together. That is because weight is not what causes, nor fixes, disordered eating! Our focus will to be to explore the underlying reason that is causing your strained relationship with food. From inner child work to diet culture to your definition of “healthy”, we explore what you’re really trying to accomplish through controlling food and your body.

  • There is Never a Diet Plan or List of “Safe” Foods

    Because I know gaining or losing weight does not help my clients address the root cause of their suffering, I never prescribe a diet plan for any of my clients. As a licensed naturopath, I am certainly happy to discuss holistic nutrition, supplementation, and other aspects of health, but this is not the focus of our work.

"I’ve doubled my salary, met the partner I’ve always dreamed of, AND wore a bathing suit in public for the first time in decades – all at 52 years old! It’s never too late if you’re willing to do the work. Let me be proof it is worth it!"

- Client Wished to Remain Anonymous

 

FAQ about Eating Disorder Coaching:

  • Many who suffer from eating disorders and disordered eating feel a disconnect between the care they receive from a doctor, therapist or inpatient facility and what they need in order to fully recover. That’s where an eating disorder coach comes in. I offer continued emotional support, deep dive sessions to explore the root cause of your relationship with food and your body, and offer real life solutions to make lasting change. I do not replace your doctor or therapist, but work in tandem with them, focusing on increasing your confidence and autonomy to create the life you want to have.

  • I work with any individuals who are seeking help to understand and stop unhealthy relationships with food. My clients suffer from a wide variety of expressions of disordered eating, including secret eating, calorie counting, feelings of guilt and shame around eating, purging, binging, obsessive dieting, and obsessive compulsive behaviors around food. I also provide supplemental support (alongside your medical provider) for those who suffer from an active diagnosed eating disorder.

  • I provide support for anyone suffering from disordered eating. Because our work addresses the root emotional, spiritual, or mental reasons that causes a disruption in food relationships, your actual “diagnosis” is not as important to the work we do. However, I do have extensive experience in working with anorexia nervosa, anorexia athletica, orthorexia, binge eating disorder, and “emotional eating”.

  • I understand the confusion, and the line is not always clear to those who suffer. When I say someone is suffering from an "eating disorder," I am referring to someone who has been given a formal diagnosis by a licensed professional based on meeting specific criteria of the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders).

    Eating disorder patients in remission, those seeking outpatient support, and clients looking for a supplemental support find my services to be incredibly helpful. However, I generally do not work with patients who suffer from an active eating disorder if they are not also working with another practitioner.

    The term "disordered eating" can refer to any relationship with food that is interfering with, or taking a negative toll on, a person’s mental, emotional or physical health. Disordered eating does not have meet the specific criteria for a diagnosed eating disorder.