Our Approach to Treating Eating Disorders + Disordered Eating

Eating disorders manifest themselves in many forms and despite stereotypes, eating disorders exist in many different body shapes and sizes. We believe that eating disorders fall on a continuum and that anyone who is struggling with food, weight, exercise habits, and negative body image deserves high-quality support and care.

Team Members Who Work With Eating Disorders + Disordered Eating

  • Peggy Allbritten (she/her)

    Senior Counselor

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  • Molly Legarrea (she/her)

    Associate Counselor

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  • Claire Mosteller (she/her)

    Associate Counselor

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  • Brittney Sceals (she/her)

    Associate Counselor

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  • Rachel Sellers (she/her)

    Senior Counselor

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  • Caroline Yenzer (she/her)

    Graduate Level Intern

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Symptoms of an eating disorder or disordered eating might look like:

  • Restrictive caloric intake and/or elimination of foods and/or food group

  • Skipping meals

  • Excessive and compulsive exercise

  • Binge eating

  • Distress and feelings of anxiety, guilt, and/or disgust around food

  • Purging behaviors (via laxatives, vomiting, diet-pill abuse, diuretics, or excessive exercise)

  • Chewing and spitting food

  • Obsession with diets, calories, weight loss, and healthfulness of foods

  • Specific food rituals

  • Social withdrawal and avoidance

  • Thoughts are consumed by food (i.e.: looking up recipes, watching videos of others cooking/eating, cooking for others but not eating that food yourself)

  • Denial of hunger

  • Hoarding or stashing food

  • Poor self-esteem and body image

Ways That We Treat Eating Disorders + Disordered Eating

Eating disorder treatment is multifaceted and we recognize the need for a multidisciplinary, trauma-informed approach. We support clients who are everywhere on the recovery spectrum, from those wanting to achieve full recovery from their eating disorder to those who are seeking to reduce the use of behaviors via harm-reduction. We collaborate with our clients, listen to their recovery goals and actively connect our clients with exceptional medical and nutrition therapy services in our area.