Eating Disorder Treatment
Common Experiences with Eating Disorders
Your mind may constantly be taken over by thoughts of how your body doesn’t look the right way. You may be consumed with thoughts of eating the “right” or “good” foods that will help you feel more confident about yourself. Constantly comparing yourself to others is exhausting.
Treating yourself with respect or love seems to be the hardest thing to do because you may not be sure if you deserve it. Your body doesn't feel like it’s acceptable and you’ve always thought you had to look a different way than you see yourself. You may be treating your body with hate and left with the inability to care for yourself. Likewise, you may be finding yourself caught in yo-yo dieting and can't seem to find what really works for you. And you may have been on a long road of diets and/or constantly exercising. Facing disordered eating or an eating disorder is an exhausting cycle of shame and guilt.
An Eating Disorder or Disordered Eating May Look Like…
Scenario 1
On the outside, people may see you as someone who struggles with their weight and can’t seem to “get their sh** together.” People see you on a new diet every month, trying a new exercise routine, or ditching it all and going all-out on eating out and not moving your body. You may have been told by doctors to lose weight for your health. And this makes the shame even worse. You desperately want to find peace with your body, but how could you when you’re constantly told to lose weight?
Scenario 2
You may be getting praised for how much weight you’ve lost or how fit you look. But on the inside, you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, and consumed with rules of how you need to look and eat. Sometimes, others can’t even notice when you’re hyper-focused on thoughts and anxious about your next meal. Although you may be getting the praise you want, inside, you’re in pain and constantly miserable.
Scenario 3
You may be the go-to person for healthy lifestyle advice, the best yogi, exercise routine, or fitness expert. Perhaps you know all the “right” and “clean” foods to eat and people applaud you for it. But you may also notice yourself pulling back from social engagements due to your lifestyle. Although striving for health can be important, it has become your life. And it’s getting in the way of your mental and emotional health.
My Approach to Eating Disorder Treatment
At our Austin, TX-based therapy practice, we focus on helping you build a strong relationship with yourself on a deeper level so that you can come from a place of self-love instead of shame. Your connection to yourself is the most important aspect of healing body image issues. Whether you suffer from anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, a combination of any or somewhere in between, eating disorder treatment can help. As an experienced psychotherapist and yoga therapist, we will sit with you in your pain, then work with you to develop skills. Healthy coping mechanisms can help you understand yourself on a mind, body, and soul level.
Start Eating Disorder Treatment in Texas
You don’t have to live with toxic thoughts about food and negative body image swirling in your head every day. Eating disorder treatment can help you find more respect and love for your body. Our therapy practice located in Austin, TX was built on specializing in eating disorders and disordered eating. We have a full understanding of the struggles you may be facing and how to help. To start eating disorder treatment in Austin, TX or online in Texas, follow these simple steps:
Contact us and fill out a consultation form
We will find a time that works best to talk and see if we are the right fit
Start healing your relationship with your body
Other Services at Elevate Therapy
As a psychotherapist in my Austin, TX-based counseling practice, we care about helping you heal the body, mind, and soul together. With services like yoga therapy, anxiety, trauma therapy, therapy for chronic pain, therapy for self-esteem, life transitions therapy, and more, we do just that. And you can access our services with in-person or online therapy sessions for your convenience.