Eating Disorders Therapists in Phoenix, AZ
I am particularly drawn to working with couples and individuals navigating barriers to emotional and physical closeness, eating disorders, and healing from sexual abuse, while helping clients build resilience and lasting change.
I am dedicated to fostering a supportive and empathetic environment where clients feel seen, heard, and understood. I believe meaningful healing comes through authentic connection and addressing challenges directly. By integrating evidence-based practices, I help clients build insight, process underlying wounds, and create lasting change.
I am particularly drawn to working with couples and individuals navigating barriers to emotional and physical closeness, eating disorders, and healing from sexual abuse, while helping clients build resilience and lasting change.
I am dedicated to fostering a supportive and empathetic environment where clients feel seen, heard, and understood. I believe meaningful healing comes through authentic connection and addressing challenges directly. By integrating evidence-based practices, I help clients build insight, process underlying wounds, and create lasting change.
Are intrusive thoughts, anxiety, OCD, ARFID, or eating disorder symptoms interfering with your daily life?
My approach is compassionate, attuned, and deeply evidence-based. I integrate ERP, Rumination-Focused ERP, EMDR Therapy, Brainspotting, and nervous-system–aware care to help heal what’s underneath the symptoms, reduce compulsions, and support confident, grounded healing.
Are intrusive thoughts, anxiety, OCD, ARFID, or eating disorder symptoms interfering with your daily life?
My approach is compassionate, attuned, and deeply evidence-based. I integrate ERP, Rumination-Focused ERP, EMDR Therapy, Brainspotting, and nervous-system–aware care to help heal what’s underneath the symptoms, reduce compulsions, and support confident, grounded healing.
Whether you are struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, life transitions, relationship challenges, or eating disorders, therapy can provide a supportive environment to explore these patterns and create lasting change.
Even despite your accomplishments, you carry a persistent feeling that you should be doing more, achieving more, or somehow becoming a better version of yourself before truly feeling at peace. Many of the people I work with describe an exhausting cycle of striving, self-criticism, and never quite feeling "enough."
I believe that beneath perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt is often a deeper question of worthiness. We learn to measure our value through achievement, productivity, or the expectations of others, only to find that reaching the next milestone rarely quiets the inner voice telling us we should be doing better.
Whether you are struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, life transitions, relationship challenges, or eating disorders, therapy can provide a supportive environment to explore these patterns and create lasting change.
Even despite your accomplishments, you carry a persistent feeling that you should be doing more, achieving more, or somehow becoming a better version of yourself before truly feeling at peace. Many of the people I work with describe an exhausting cycle of striving, self-criticism, and never quite feeling "enough."
I believe that beneath perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt is often a deeper question of worthiness. We learn to measure our value through achievement, productivity, or the expectations of others, only to find that reaching the next milestone rarely quiets the inner voice telling us we should be doing better.
With years of experience working with adults, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating PTSD and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and grief.
I often utilize an eclectic approach, blending various therapeutic modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, to bring lasting growth.
With years of experience working with adults, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating PTSD and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and grief.
I often utilize an eclectic approach, blending various therapeutic modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, to bring lasting growth.
I have extensive expertise in treating eating disorders and offer an empathetic space to challenge and explore self-esteem, negative self-talk, body image concerns, and disordered eating behaviors.
In couples therapy, I help partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and foster deeper emotional connections. Whether addressing emotional dysregulation, conflict resolution, intimacy concerns, or major life transitions, I am confident that I can provide a supportive space for partners to strengthen their bond.
I have extensive expertise in treating eating disorders and offer an empathetic space to challenge and explore self-esteem, negative self-talk, body image concerns, and disordered eating behaviors.
In couples therapy, I help partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and foster deeper emotional connections. Whether addressing emotional dysregulation, conflict resolution, intimacy concerns, or major life transitions, I am confident that I can provide a supportive space for partners to strengthen their bond.
Day-Hardwig has years of experience and training working with individuals who struggle with eating disorders/body image issues and individuals struggling with sexual addiction.
Dr. Day-Hardwig's clinical approach is heavily influenced by mindfulness based and cognitive-behavioral therapies, with an emphasis on DBT and Internal Family Systems philosophy and techniques. Additionally, Dr. Day-Hardwig is certified as a ketamine assisted therapist and is affiliated with Trauma Healing Journeys.
Day-Hardwig has years of experience and training working with individuals who struggle with eating disorders/body image issues and individuals struggling with sexual addiction.
Dr. Day-Hardwig's clinical approach is heavily influenced by mindfulness based and cognitive-behavioral therapies, with an emphasis on DBT and Internal Family Systems philosophy and techniques. Additionally, Dr. Day-Hardwig is certified as a ketamine assisted therapist and is affiliated with Trauma Healing Journeys.
I have also worked extensively with all types of eating disorders and trauma.
Building solid, trusting relationships is among my greatest strengths as a therapist. It is essential for me to help you work on your issues without fear of criticism and a secure sense that you feel accepted. I strive to create a safe, productive place for you to grow, learn and change. I take a comprehensive approach in my work so that we may consider your life experiences, biology and social environment - all of which influence who you are. We will work collaboratively to identify and change repetitive patterns that may be getting in your way.
I have also worked extensively with all types of eating disorders and trauma.
Building solid, trusting relationships is among my greatest strengths as a therapist. It is essential for me to help you work on your issues without fear of criticism and a secure sense that you feel accepted. I strive to create a safe, productive place for you to grow, learn and change. I take a comprehensive approach in my work so that we may consider your life experiences, biology and social environment - all of which influence who you are. We will work collaboratively to identify and change repetitive patterns that may be getting in your way.
I’m a Clinical Director and entrepreneur with a specific set of skills designed to help you get real results. I can be serious and a complete goofball! My sessions are active, structured, and goal-focused. I believe therapy should move you forward, not just revisit the past week. Together, we’ll identify what you want to change, create a clear plan, and work intentionally toward your goals, so every session feels purposeful and productive. I don't just sit and nod and take notes. I provide I offer a dynamic and solutions focused, interactive approach and offer reflective homework between sessions for continued growth.
I’m a Clinical Director and entrepreneur with a specific set of skills designed to help you get real results. I can be serious and a complete goofball! My sessions are active, structured, and goal-focused. I believe therapy should move you forward, not just revisit the past week. Together, we’ll identify what you want to change, create a clear plan, and work intentionally toward your goals, so every session feels purposeful and productive. I don't just sit and nod and take notes. I provide I offer a dynamic and solutions focused, interactive approach and offer reflective homework between sessions for continued growth.
Clients that are experiencing PTSD, anxiety, or depression could benefit from learning new coping skills and processing their trauma. Some examples of goals that previous clients have made are: decrease in symptoms, increase in self-awareness, and learning to enjoy life.
Clients that are experiencing PTSD, anxiety, or depression could benefit from learning new coping skills and processing their trauma. Some examples of goals that previous clients have made are: decrease in symptoms, increase in self-awareness, and learning to enjoy life.
Do you experience a nagging dissatisfaction you can't name, a pressure to have it all together, a complicated relationship with food or control that helps you cope when life feels like too much or relationship dissatisfaction that leads to unhealthy behaviors in order to cope. My clients are like you looking to reconnect with themselves so they can connect in the outside world with more passion and agency. Our work will help to revive your true self so you can live a life that feels aligned. Together we will help you feel more secure, clear and peaceful about who you are and practice how to reconnect in your important relationships.
Do you experience a nagging dissatisfaction you can't name, a pressure to have it all together, a complicated relationship with food or control that helps you cope when life feels like too much or relationship dissatisfaction that leads to unhealthy behaviors in order to cope. My clients are like you looking to reconnect with themselves so they can connect in the outside world with more passion and agency. Our work will help to revive your true self so you can live a life that feels aligned. Together we will help you feel more secure, clear and peaceful about who you are and practice how to reconnect in your important relationships.
While trauma and PTSD are my specialty, I have worked with many concerns such as grief/loss, eating disorders, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, phobias, mindfulness, relationship dynamics, and severe mental illness.
I only offer telehealth sessions. I respond to new clients, via email, very quickly. Many people find it convenient and comfortable to engage in video therapy from the comfort of their own home or office.
While trauma and PTSD are my specialty, I have worked with many concerns such as grief/loss, eating disorders, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, phobias, mindfulness, relationship dynamics, and severe mental illness.
I only offer telehealth sessions. I respond to new clients, via email, very quickly. Many people find it convenient and comfortable to engage in video therapy from the comfort of their own home or office.
"I need to stop (fill in the blank) drinking, binge eating, obsessively worrying, or beating myself up for my failures.
I believe in the dictum “Show me; don't tell me”. I will not give you cheap advice (you can find that via AI). Instead, I will guide you deeper into yourself to contact your own power, pain, and capacity for growth. Informed by ACT, mindfulness, and internal family systems, my approach will help you see tangible progress while feeling deeply understood.
"I need to stop (fill in the blank) drinking, binge eating, obsessively worrying, or beating myself up for my failures.
I believe in the dictum “Show me; don't tell me”. I will not give you cheap advice (you can find that via AI). Instead, I will guide you deeper into yourself to contact your own power, pain, and capacity for growth. Informed by ACT, mindfulness, and internal family systems, my approach will help you see tangible progress while feeling deeply understood.
Kaplan specializes in treating adolescents and adults for eating disorders, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Dr. Kaplan is trained in a multitude of evidence-based treatment modalities for eating disorders, anxiety, OCD, and trauma. She offers the following modalities: Family-Based Therapy (Maudsley), Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Exposure With Response Prevention, CBT, ACT, RO-DBT, DBT and EMDR.
Kaplan specializes in treating adolescents and adults for eating disorders, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Dr. Kaplan is trained in a multitude of evidence-based treatment modalities for eating disorders, anxiety, OCD, and trauma. She offers the following modalities: Family-Based Therapy (Maudsley), Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Exposure With Response Prevention, CBT, ACT, RO-DBT, DBT and EMDR.
I specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, OCD, and anxiety, with additional experience supporting perfectionism, people-pleasing, and self-worth.
Do you somehow feel like you’re both “too much” and “not enough”? Maybe you’re overwhelmed by anxiety, obsessive thoughts, food and body image concerns, or the pressure to always get things right. I work with teens and adults who are tired of overthinking, self-criticism, and feeling stuck. Together, we’ll understand what’s keeping you trapped and build skills to create more freedom, confidence, and self-trust.
I specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, OCD, and anxiety, with additional experience supporting perfectionism, people-pleasing, and self-worth.
Do you somehow feel like you’re both “too much” and “not enough”? Maybe you’re overwhelmed by anxiety, obsessive thoughts, food and body image concerns, or the pressure to always get things right. I work with teens and adults who are tired of overthinking, self-criticism, and feeling stuck. Together, we’ll understand what’s keeping you trapped and build skills to create more freedom, confidence, and self-trust.
Jenny Bilskie-Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CIEC, EMDR
Phoenix, AZ 85029
Waitlist for new clients
Hi. I’m so glad you’re here.
Perhaps you’ve been holding things together on the outside, but on the inside you feel overwhelmed. You might feel baffled by a deep sadness, or notice your mind often overthinks. Certain things in your life may trigger you, and you don’t fully understand why they feel so big. And if you’re like many of my clients, your relationship with food and your body feels—let’s just say—complicated.
Maybe you struggle to build meaningful connections. Maybe you feel needy—and ashamed for feeling that way. You long to feel more steady, more at ease in your body and in your relationships.
Hi. I’m so glad you’re here.
Perhaps you’ve been holding things together on the outside, but on the inside you feel overwhelmed. You might feel baffled by a deep sadness, or notice your mind often overthinks. Certain things in your life may trigger you, and you don’t fully understand why they feel so big. And if you’re like many of my clients, your relationship with food and your body feels—let’s just say—complicated.
Maybe you struggle to build meaningful connections. Maybe you feel needy—and ashamed for feeling that way. You long to feel more steady, more at ease in your body and in your relationships.
Do you feel stuck in a cycle of negative thoughts, experiences and emotions? Are you highly critical of yourself; do your relationships feel unfulfilling? If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, insecurity, trouble feeling joy, or continually seeking ways to avoid the pain; therapy can help. Could be you're struggling with events in your past, your current life circumstances might feel impossible to overcome, or you worry about the future. Imagine what it would be like to develop internal resilience, to feel joy again, to recognize the person you see in the mirror, to feel like you are in control of your life and decisions.
Do you feel stuck in a cycle of negative thoughts, experiences and emotions? Are you highly critical of yourself; do your relationships feel unfulfilling? If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, insecurity, trouble feeling joy, or continually seeking ways to avoid the pain; therapy can help. Could be you're struggling with events in your past, your current life circumstances might feel impossible to overcome, or you worry about the future. Imagine what it would be like to develop internal resilience, to feel joy again, to recognize the person you see in the mirror, to feel like you are in control of your life and decisions.
As a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, I have years of experience working with teens, adults, and families struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, poor body image, trauma, and OCD.
Finding a therapist can be a daunting and overwhelming process. Then add the other mental challenges, barriers to treatment, and stigma, and it makes sense why it is hard to ask for help. Mental health concerns affect people from every culture and intersectional identity. Throughout my fourteen years of experience, I've discovered how each client is unique and when treated with their cultural/identity needs as a roadmap in the treatment plan, they can recover and thrive more quickly.
As a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, I have years of experience working with teens, adults, and families struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, poor body image, trauma, and OCD.
Finding a therapist can be a daunting and overwhelming process. Then add the other mental challenges, barriers to treatment, and stigma, and it makes sense why it is hard to ask for help. Mental health concerns affect people from every culture and intersectional identity. Throughout my fourteen years of experience, I've discovered how each client is unique and when treated with their cultural/identity needs as a roadmap in the treatment plan, they can recover and thrive more quickly.
I specialize in treating eating disorders, disordered eating, trauma, chronic illness, and anxiety in adults.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and evidence-based. I integrate EMDR, CBT, DBT-informed skills, and trauma-focused interventions to help clients heal underlying wounds rather than simply manage symptoms. Together, we'll identify patterns that no longer serve you, build effective coping skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
I specialize in treating eating disorders, disordered eating, trauma, chronic illness, and anxiety in adults.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and evidence-based. I integrate EMDR, CBT, DBT-informed skills, and trauma-focused interventions to help clients heal underlying wounds rather than simply manage symptoms. Together, we'll identify patterns that no longer serve you, build effective coping skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Winter Groeschl
Licensed Professional Counselor, MC, LPC
8 Endorsed
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor experienced in working with individuals of all ages and walks of life, providing care and support for those facing eating disorders, substance use, depression, anxiety, trauma, and more.
I use an integration of trauma conscious modalities and inclusive approaches with clients, including ART, ACT, mindfulness-based approaches, DBT/CBT, polyvagal theory, and Client Centered modalities. I am an advocate for members of the LGBTQ+ community and am deeply passionate about providing an affirming and safe space for all individuals.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor experienced in working with individuals of all ages and walks of life, providing care and support for those facing eating disorders, substance use, depression, anxiety, trauma, and more.
I use an integration of trauma conscious modalities and inclusive approaches with clients, including ART, ACT, mindfulness-based approaches, DBT/CBT, polyvagal theory, and Client Centered modalities. I am an advocate for members of the LGBTQ+ community and am deeply passionate about providing an affirming and safe space for all individuals.
From eating disorders, perfectionism, anxiety disorders and trauma, I have extensive experience through many years of training, professional development and lived experience.
If you’re sick of the ‘blank slate therapist’ and looking for a relatable, not-so-serious, human-first therapist, then I might be your girl! My vibe is about meeting you where you are at, and having a bit of fun while doing it. If you are ready to step into massive transformation and feel motivated to break the habit of yourself, welcome. If you are tired of people pleasing, perfectionism and high functioning anxiety, then you have found the right place. I can help you finally overcome the pressure of wearing all the hats and step into a space of inner peace.
From eating disorders, perfectionism, anxiety disorders and trauma, I have extensive experience through many years of training, professional development and lived experience.
If you’re sick of the ‘blank slate therapist’ and looking for a relatable, not-so-serious, human-first therapist, then I might be your girl! My vibe is about meeting you where you are at, and having a bit of fun while doing it. If you are ready to step into massive transformation and feel motivated to break the habit of yourself, welcome. If you are tired of people pleasing, perfectionism and high functioning anxiety, then you have found the right place. I can help you finally overcome the pressure of wearing all the hats and step into a space of inner peace.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
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.