Eating Disorders Therapists in Vancouver, BC
Eating Disorders: You can expect to spend a few sessions talking about how your eating disorder developed, what it looks like now, how it helps you cope, what you want to change, how to work through mixed feelings about recovery, and how you overcome your own roadblocks.
Several times in life we are all hit with something that’s really tough. We feel terrible. We don’t like it. We want it to go away. We do a variety of things in an effort to feel better. Some of us withdraw, hide, or do other things that allow us to avoid the problem. Others speak up, attack, or try to control the situation. These things may help in the short term however, they can also create additional problems and then we find ourselves back where we began, often worse off.
Eating Disorders: You can expect to spend a few sessions talking about how your eating disorder developed, what it looks like now, how it helps you cope, what you want to change, how to work through mixed feelings about recovery, and how you overcome your own roadblocks.
Several times in life we are all hit with something that’s really tough. We feel terrible. We don’t like it. We want it to go away. We do a variety of things in an effort to feel better. Some of us withdraw, hide, or do other things that allow us to avoid the problem. Others speak up, attack, or try to control the situation. These things may help in the short term however, they can also create additional problems and then we find ourselves back where we began, often worse off.
Struggling with an eating disorder or seeking perinatal mental health support?
I take an integrative approach using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based, and somatic therapies. By combining mind and body techniques, we’ll address thoughts, emotions, and nervous system regulation. This helps you build resilience, connect to your values, and cultivate a balanced, meaningful life.
Struggling with an eating disorder or seeking perinatal mental health support?
I take an integrative approach using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based, and somatic therapies. By combining mind and body techniques, we’ll address thoughts, emotions, and nervous system regulation. This helps you build resilience, connect to your values, and cultivate a balanced, meaningful life.
You’re exhausted from holding it all together. On the surface, you’re functioning, but inside, you’re overwhelmed, anxious, and unsure of who you really are. You overthink every decision, worry if people are upset with you, and feel like you’ve lost touch with who you really are.
If you’re tired of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and feeling like you're never enough, you're not alone, and you don’t have to stay stuck. I help thoughtful, self-aware individuals who are ready to stop living for others and start showing up for themselves.
You’re exhausted from holding it all together. On the surface, you’re functioning, but inside, you’re overwhelmed, anxious, and unsure of who you really are. You overthink every decision, worry if people are upset with you, and feel like you’ve lost touch with who you really are.
If you’re tired of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and feeling like you're never enough, you're not alone, and you don’t have to stay stuck. I help thoughtful, self-aware individuals who are ready to stop living for others and start showing up for themselves.
Paul's Hospital in Vancouver at the Eating Disorders Program.
I know that it takes a lot of courage to reach out for help at times when we feel distressed, overwhelmed, vulnerable, confused, wrought with sadness, shame, hurt, guilt, intense worry... Some of us have been told or made feel that we do not deserve better, or that we are not good enough, or smart enough, or thin enough, or strong enough, or funny enough... Sometimes we seek refuge in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, or self-harm to cope with the belief that we can never feel differently about ourselves or the world.
Paul's Hospital in Vancouver at the Eating Disorders Program.
I know that it takes a lot of courage to reach out for help at times when we feel distressed, overwhelmed, vulnerable, confused, wrought with sadness, shame, hurt, guilt, intense worry... Some of us have been told or made feel that we do not deserve better, or that we are not good enough, or smart enough, or thin enough, or strong enough, or funny enough... Sometimes we seek refuge in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, or self-harm to cope with the belief that we can never feel differently about ourselves or the world.
Shelley is known for her groundbreaking therapeutic work in anxiety and eating disorders for adults and children.
Shelley sits on the executive board at the BC Clinical Hypnosis Society, and specializes in anxiety and eating disorders (all ages).The Science based ground breaking approaches she integrates into your healing are based on proven mind- body science including: EMDR, Hypnosis, parts work and CBT to name a few. Shelley loves to work with those ready for change.
Shelley is known for her groundbreaking therapeutic work in anxiety and eating disorders for adults and children.
Shelley sits on the executive board at the BC Clinical Hypnosis Society, and specializes in anxiety and eating disorders (all ages).The Science based ground breaking approaches she integrates into your healing are based on proven mind- body science including: EMDR, Hypnosis, parts work and CBT to name a few. Shelley loves to work with those ready for change.
What do we do when life’s mysterious unfolding takes us to the very places we fear the most? There are moments when we realize that our old stories of who we are and where we belong in the world no longer fit what is beginning to emerge in us. Perhaps a major life event shakes things up, wrenching away the very ground beneath our feet. In other cases, it builds more slowly, as a soft but undeniable longing for things to be different. Sometimes it may be nothing more than a vague sense that something bigger, better and more aligned is out there waiting for us.
What do we do when life’s mysterious unfolding takes us to the very places we fear the most? There are moments when we realize that our old stories of who we are and where we belong in the world no longer fit what is beginning to emerge in us. Perhaps a major life event shakes things up, wrenching away the very ground beneath our feet. In other cases, it builds more slowly, as a soft but undeniable longing for things to be different. Sometimes it may be nothing more than a vague sense that something bigger, better and more aligned is out there waiting for us.
I am EMDR and DBT trained and specialize in ADHD work with kids and teenagers and eating disorders.
I help clients to optimize strengths, build resilience and cultivate growth. I am committed to providing safe and non-judgmental environment and developing a therapeutic and trusting relationship. I work collaboratively with clients to help facilitate learning and understanding of self, to create positive change despite the circumstances that led to crisis.
I am EMDR and DBT trained and specialize in ADHD work with kids and teenagers and eating disorders.
I help clients to optimize strengths, build resilience and cultivate growth. I am committed to providing safe and non-judgmental environment and developing a therapeutic and trusting relationship. I work collaboratively with clients to help facilitate learning and understanding of self, to create positive change despite the circumstances that led to crisis.
Krista specializes in depression and low mood; bipolar disorder; trauma & PTSD; anxiety (worries, phobias, panic, somatic/ somatization concerns); eating disorders & emotional dysregulation, including emotional over-control/rigidity, self-injurious behaviours, and suicidal ideation, autism, adhd,& learning disabilities.
We have a wonderful team! Please explore all of our bios on the website- www.Carmanahcounselling.com! Krista has a true passion for helping others and takes pride in providing solid assessments and efficient, evidence & relationship-based treatment. Krista’s clients have said that she is compassionate, non-judgemental , relatable, and inclusive. She has a wide range of experience in mental health. She is a supporter/ ally of the LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC communities
Krista specializes in depression and low mood; bipolar disorder; trauma & PTSD; anxiety (worries, phobias, panic, somatic/ somatization concerns); eating disorders & emotional dysregulation, including emotional over-control/rigidity, self-injurious behaviours, and suicidal ideation, autism, adhd,& learning disabilities.
We have a wonderful team! Please explore all of our bios on the website- www.Carmanahcounselling.com! Krista has a true passion for helping others and takes pride in providing solid assessments and efficient, evidence & relationship-based treatment. Krista’s clients have said that she is compassionate, non-judgemental , relatable, and inclusive. She has a wide range of experience in mental health. She is a supporter/ ally of the LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC communities
I am thrilled to be pursuing my candidature as a Registered Professional Counsellor Provincial (RPC-P) with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA) and continue to further my general knowledge and specialized education in sexual abuse and eating disorders.
I hope to offer you a warm, and open space where I am able to support you through your therapeutic journey, while you are in the drivers seat. I offer an emotionally focused and person-centred approach, meaning that the client is encouraged and guided to take hold of their life and become masters of their own destinies.
I am thrilled to be pursuing my candidature as a Registered Professional Counsellor Provincial (RPC-P) with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA) and continue to further my general knowledge and specialized education in sexual abuse and eating disorders.
I hope to offer you a warm, and open space where I am able to support you through your therapeutic journey, while you are in the drivers seat. I offer an emotionally focused and person-centred approach, meaning that the client is encouraged and guided to take hold of their life and become masters of their own destinies.
Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio
Counsellor, MCP-AT, RCC, CCC, RCAT
3 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V6B
We work with folks who are navigating their identities (racial, generational healing) and trauma, interpersonal relationships, addictions, disordered eating, and self-esteem.
Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio offers creative, liberation-oriented therapy for people dealing with experiences of invalidation, including any and all underrepresented communities. This may include processing trauma, navigating identities, life transitions, and power differences. We aim to create a space where people of all intersectionalities can feel like they belong. To feel like they can be themselves in their most unique ways. Where their stories will be heard and held. We work to decolonize therapy in our therapy practice and personally around our identities.
We work with folks who are navigating their identities (racial, generational healing) and trauma, interpersonal relationships, addictions, disordered eating, and self-esteem.
Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio offers creative, liberation-oriented therapy for people dealing with experiences of invalidation, including any and all underrepresented communities. This may include processing trauma, navigating identities, life transitions, and power differences. We aim to create a space where people of all intersectionalities can feel like they belong. To feel like they can be themselves in their most unique ways. Where their stories will be heard and held. We work to decolonize therapy in our therapy practice and personally around our identities.
This has included training in IFS, somatic approaches, trauma, eating disorders, sex therapy, and ADHD.
You might be here because things feel heavy, confusing, or uncertain right now. Maybe you’ve been dealing with anxiety, burnout, or a big life change; maybe you’re trying to make peace with food, your body, or your past. Whatever your story looks like, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
In our work together, you’ll have space to slow down, listen to yourself, and explore what’s happening beneath the surface. Along the way, you’ll start to reconnect with your body, your emotions, and your own sense of trust and strength.
This has included training in IFS, somatic approaches, trauma, eating disorders, sex therapy, and ADHD.
You might be here because things feel heavy, confusing, or uncertain right now. Maybe you’ve been dealing with anxiety, burnout, or a big life change; maybe you’re trying to make peace with food, your body, or your past. Whatever your story looks like, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
In our work together, you’ll have space to slow down, listen to yourself, and explore what’s happening beneath the surface. Along the way, you’ll start to reconnect with your body, your emotions, and your own sense of trust and strength.
I specialize in eating disorders, addictions, trauma, and emotion regulation.
Being a human comes with all kinds of challenges; whether you've struggled with your relationship to food and your body, substance use, or disconnection from your day to day. Feeling overwhelmed, down on yourself, and isolated, can impact every aspect of our lives from our relationships, to our work, and to our physical health. Sometimes our struggles get bigger than us and feel too daunting to tackle on our own. Reaching for help can allow you to feel empowered and at ease within your life.
I specialize in eating disorders, addictions, trauma, and emotion regulation.
Being a human comes with all kinds of challenges; whether you've struggled with your relationship to food and your body, substance use, or disconnection from your day to day. Feeling overwhelmed, down on yourself, and isolated, can impact every aspect of our lives from our relationships, to our work, and to our physical health. Sometimes our struggles get bigger than us and feel too daunting to tackle on our own. Reaching for help can allow you to feel empowered and at ease within your life.
I am a Registered Psychologist specializing in the treatment of disordered eating, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.
In addition to private practice, I conduct research in the St. Paul's Hospital Eating Disorders Program. I regularly present at conferences, publish in journals, offer workshops, and serve as a reviewer for journals and funding agencies. I am also a member of a number of professional organizations and a clinical supervisor for psychology graduate students.
I am a Registered Psychologist specializing in the treatment of disordered eating, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.
In addition to private practice, I conduct research in the St. Paul's Hospital Eating Disorders Program. I regularly present at conferences, publish in journals, offer workshops, and serve as a reviewer for journals and funding agencies. I am also a member of a number of professional organizations and a clinical supervisor for psychology graduate students.
My expertise is in the areas of mental health challenges, stress management, trauma and eating disorders.
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is a goal oriented approach to feeling better. I have also trained in Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Counselling, Somatic approaches to Trauma Recovery and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
My expertise is in the areas of mental health challenges, stress management, trauma and eating disorders.
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is a goal oriented approach to feeling better. I have also trained in Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness Counselling, Somatic approaches to Trauma Recovery and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
I provide assessment and treatment to individuals struggling with a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, and substance abuse.
I specialize in evidence-based approaches, but my work isn't all about therapy technique. We will work together on building a strong therapeutic relationship and identifying your needs. In addition to treatment, I also provide psycho-educational and diagnostic assessments for individuals of all ages.
I provide assessment and treatment to individuals struggling with a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, and substance abuse.
I specialize in evidence-based approaches, but my work isn't all about therapy technique. We will work together on building a strong therapeutic relationship and identifying your needs. In addition to treatment, I also provide psycho-educational and diagnostic assessments for individuals of all ages.
I work with a diverse range of people, including those experiencing eating disorders and disordered eating, anxiety, depression, familial conflict, trauma, cPTSD, and cultural issues.
I offer collaborative therapy rooted in authenticity, respect, and compassion. My role is to create a safe space to help you understand yourself more deeply and gently challenge the patterns that no longer serve you. I view you as the expert in your own life, with an innate capacity for healing and growth, even if it doesn't always feel accessible.
I work with a diverse range of people, including those experiencing eating disorders and disordered eating, anxiety, depression, familial conflict, trauma, cPTSD, and cultural issues.
I offer collaborative therapy rooted in authenticity, respect, and compassion. My role is to create a safe space to help you understand yourself more deeply and gently challenge the patterns that no longer serve you. I view you as the expert in your own life, with an innate capacity for healing and growth, even if it doesn't always feel accessible.
I integrate Emotion-Focused Therapy, CBT and intuitive eating principles, to help clients heal disordered eating, body and food trauma, and manage conditions like PCOS, diabetes, high cholesterol, menopause or other chronic illnesses - without focusing on weight loss.
Do you feel overwhelmed by food, frustrated by your body, or stuck in a cycle of restriction and guilt? Do you live with a health condition like diabetes, PCOS, or high cholesterol and feel unsure how to eat in a way that supports your well-being without becoming obsessed with “doing it right”? You’re not alone. Many people feel anxious, confused, or ashamed when it comes to food—especially when health concerns enter the picture. If you’re exhausted by all-or-nothing thinking, chronic dieting, or trying to “eat perfectly,” I can help you find another way.
I integrate Emotion-Focused Therapy, CBT and intuitive eating principles, to help clients heal disordered eating, body and food trauma, and manage conditions like PCOS, diabetes, high cholesterol, menopause or other chronic illnesses - without focusing on weight loss.
Do you feel overwhelmed by food, frustrated by your body, or stuck in a cycle of restriction and guilt? Do you live with a health condition like diabetes, PCOS, or high cholesterol and feel unsure how to eat in a way that supports your well-being without becoming obsessed with “doing it right”? You’re not alone. Many people feel anxious, confused, or ashamed when it comes to food—especially when health concerns enter the picture. If you’re exhausted by all-or-nothing thinking, chronic dieting, or trying to “eat perfectly,” I can help you find another way.
My work as a therapist at an eating disorder clinic and as a movement instructor teaching pilates, provides a unique lens to support clients looking to develop a more balanced relationship with their bodies and minds.
I'm passionate about helping clients get to the root of their pain. If you have perfectionist tendencies or a harsh inner critic, I’ll meet those with curiosity and kindness – helping you develop more self-compassion. Together we'll challenge unhelpful patterns, process unfelt emotions and traumas, and develop practical tools for regulation and coping.
My work as a therapist at an eating disorder clinic and as a movement instructor teaching pilates, provides a unique lens to support clients looking to develop a more balanced relationship with their bodies and minds.
I'm passionate about helping clients get to the root of their pain. If you have perfectionist tendencies or a harsh inner critic, I’ll meet those with curiosity and kindness – helping you develop more self-compassion. Together we'll challenge unhelpful patterns, process unfelt emotions and traumas, and develop practical tools for regulation and coping.
I offer compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals struggling with eating disorders.
Is Food Taking Over Your Life? Do you find yourself constantly thinking about food and eating? Are your thoughts about food, weight, and dieting affecting other areas of your life? Do you feel consumed with “sticking to your diet” at the expense of your happiness? Are you using food to cope with stress, emotions, or discomfort? Do you experience rebound eating—overeating or bingeing after breaking your diet? Are concerns about your weight and body making life miserable? Do you feel trapped in the dieter’s dilemma—discouraged by the idea of another diet, but unsure what the alternative is?
I offer compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals struggling with eating disorders.
Is Food Taking Over Your Life? Do you find yourself constantly thinking about food and eating? Are your thoughts about food, weight, and dieting affecting other areas of your life? Do you feel consumed with “sticking to your diet” at the expense of your happiness? Are you using food to cope with stress, emotions, or discomfort? Do you experience rebound eating—overeating or bingeing after breaking your diet? Are concerns about your weight and body making life miserable? Do you feel trapped in the dieter’s dilemma—discouraged by the idea of another diet, but unsure what the alternative is?
My practice is trauma-informed, meaning that even when not working with experiences of acute trauma I take into consideration how internal and external challenges we've experienced shape symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, body shame, and emotional regulation challenges.
My work with clients utilizes a trauma-informed, somatic, attachment-based approach. While we explore what is happening in your life right now, we also explore what happened to you so we can heal from the ground up. By bringing the stored emotions of the body and our felt sense of those into our sessions, we are able to deepen our work and shift ingrained patterns, creating lasting change.
My practice is trauma-informed, meaning that even when not working with experiences of acute trauma I take into consideration how internal and external challenges we've experienced shape symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, body shame, and emotional regulation challenges.
My work with clients utilizes a trauma-informed, somatic, attachment-based approach. While we explore what is happening in your life right now, we also explore what happened to you so we can heal from the ground up. By bringing the stored emotions of the body and our felt sense of those into our sessions, we are able to deepen our work and shift ingrained patterns, creating lasting change.
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Eating Disorders Counsellors
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.