Eating Disorders Therapists in Scarborough, ME
Rebecca Padberg, LCPC, helps adults navigate life’s most challenging moments with compassionate, evidence-based care. Serving patients across Maine through LifeStance Health, she provides therapy that is both empathetic and effective, empowering individuals to develop insight, build resilience, and move forward with confidence. Whether addressing persistent anxiety, grief, or relationship stressors, Rebecca works collaboratively with each person to uncover the deeper roots of emotional pain and foster meaningful growth. Rebecca specializes in treating anxiety, PTSD and trauma, and couples’ issues.
Rebecca Padberg, LCPC, helps adults navigate life’s most challenging moments with compassionate, evidence-based care. Serving patients across Maine through LifeStance Health, she provides therapy that is both empathetic and effective, empowering individuals to develop insight, build resilience, and move forward with confidence. Whether addressing persistent anxiety, grief, or relationship stressors, Rebecca works collaboratively with each person to uncover the deeper roots of emotional pain and foster meaningful growth. Rebecca specializes in treating anxiety, PTSD and trauma, and couples’ issues.
I also work with individuals struggling with disordered eating, such as binge eating, bulimia and obesity.
I believe in a holistic strengths-based approach to therapy where you are seen as the expert on your life. With the use of evidence-based tools like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness and Solution-Focused Therapy, I help you explore the roots of your struggles to identify actionable steps in overcoming obstacles and work towards positive change.
I also work with individuals struggling with disordered eating, such as binge eating, bulimia and obesity.
I believe in a holistic strengths-based approach to therapy where you are seen as the expert on your life. With the use of evidence-based tools like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness and Solution-Focused Therapy, I help you explore the roots of your struggles to identify actionable steps in overcoming obstacles and work towards positive change.
Sharon Vigue, LCSW, is passionate about helping individuals in Maine navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clinical expertise, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She supports adolescents, teens, and adults through a personalized and empathetic approach, empowering each person to build resilience, develop coping strategies, and find meaning in their healing journey. Whether addressing mood disorders, trauma, or complex life transitions, Sharon creates a safe and judgment-free space for clients to explore their experiences and move toward lasting emotional wellness.
Sharon Vigue, LCSW, is passionate about helping individuals in Maine navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clinical expertise, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She supports adolescents, teens, and adults through a personalized and empathetic approach, empowering each person to build resilience, develop coping strategies, and find meaning in their healing journey. Whether addressing mood disorders, trauma, or complex life transitions, Sharon creates a safe and judgment-free space for clients to explore their experiences and move toward lasting emotional wellness.
Kathryn Leonard, LCSW, provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy to support adults and seniors in managing a wide range of mental health concerns, with a focus on creating a space of acceptance, collaboration, and lasting change. Serving individuals across the state of Maine, Kathryn works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, and trauma, offering personalized strategies to help them achieve greater emotional well-being and resilience. At LifeStance Health, Kathryn specializes in treating substance use disorders, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Kate’s approach integrates proven method
Kathryn Leonard, LCSW, provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy to support adults and seniors in managing a wide range of mental health concerns, with a focus on creating a space of acceptance, collaboration, and lasting change. Serving individuals across the state of Maine, Kathryn works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, and trauma, offering personalized strategies to help them achieve greater emotional well-being and resilience. At LifeStance Health, Kathryn specializes in treating substance use disorders, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Kate’s approach integrates proven method
Sarah Andreotta, LCSW, helps adults across Maine navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clinical expertise, and a practical approach to healing. As a therapist at LifeStance Health, she works with individuals seeking support for anxiety, depression, trauma, and other emotional concerns that may be affecting their relationships, well-being, or daily functioning. Since beginning her clinical practice in 2011, Sarah has been dedicated to creating a supportive environment where patients feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful changes.
Sarah Andreotta, LCSW, helps adults across Maine navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clinical expertise, and a practical approach to healing. As a therapist at LifeStance Health, she works with individuals seeking support for anxiety, depression, trauma, and other emotional concerns that may be affecting their relationships, well-being, or daily functioning. Since beginning her clinical practice in 2011, Sarah has been dedicated to creating a supportive environment where patients feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful changes.
Have you spent years in personal growth, self-reflection, or therapy, yet still find yourself experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or trauma responses? Do you understand your patterns but feel stuck repeating them? If you're navigating a life transition, healing relationship wounds, or longing to feel more connected to yourself, Brainspotting may help you access the deeper healing you're seeking.
I aspire to create a space where you feel empowered to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and take the lead in your healing, while my role is to be a partner in your process.
Have you spent years in personal growth, self-reflection, or therapy, yet still find yourself experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or trauma responses? Do you understand your patterns but feel stuck repeating them? If you're navigating a life transition, healing relationship wounds, or longing to feel more connected to yourself, Brainspotting may help you access the deeper healing you're seeking.
I aspire to create a space where you feel empowered to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and take the lead in your healing, while my role is to be a partner in your process.
I have a history of working with individuals whom have experienced traumatic events, have depression or anxiety, are experiencing relational problems and those with eating disorders.
Hello and welcome to my profile! I believe that anyone can benefit from therapy. My goal is to create a safe and therapeutic environment for each of my clients. I like to use the first three sessions to get to know the client, establish trust and identify what it is they want to work on. Throughout treatment it is important to me that the client feels as though they are in control of their journey. I like to view myself as a guide for the client while they explore areas that need our attention.
I have a history of working with individuals whom have experienced traumatic events, have depression or anxiety, are experiencing relational problems and those with eating disorders.
Hello and welcome to my profile! I believe that anyone can benefit from therapy. My goal is to create a safe and therapeutic environment for each of my clients. I like to use the first three sessions to get to know the client, establish trust and identify what it is they want to work on. Throughout treatment it is important to me that the client feels as though they are in control of their journey. I like to view myself as a guide for the client while they explore areas that need our attention.
Welcome. The "OLD NORMAL" is gone. The "NEW NORMAL" is what is. Let me help you to re-invent your NEW, NEW NORMAL. Life is a gift. Everyone is special in their own way. I assist individuals by helping them to realize what their positive attributes and potential abilities are within and assist obtaining their goals in life. I believe that It's not the lessons we are given in life that count. It's the way that we handle these challenges that are important. As a result, my clients receive tools of wellness to help them to live in optimal wellness. I am eclectic. Free phone consult to determine if I am a good fit to meet your needs.
Welcome. The "OLD NORMAL" is gone. The "NEW NORMAL" is what is. Let me help you to re-invent your NEW, NEW NORMAL. Life is a gift. Everyone is special in their own way. I assist individuals by helping them to realize what their positive attributes and potential abilities are within and assist obtaining their goals in life. I believe that It's not the lessons we are given in life that count. It's the way that we handle these challenges that are important. As a result, my clients receive tools of wellness to help them to live in optimal wellness. I am eclectic. Free phone consult to determine if I am a good fit to meet your needs.
We are a collaborative of providers with experience in providing counseling services to children, families, individuals, and couples. The mission of The Family Center of Maine is to encourage each individual in all areas of development and stages of life. We are committed to the wellness of individuals, children, families and our community through prevention, intervention, treatment and education.
We are a collaborative of providers with experience in providing counseling services to children, families, individuals, and couples. The mission of The Family Center of Maine is to encourage each individual in all areas of development and stages of life. We are committed to the wellness of individuals, children, families and our community through prevention, intervention, treatment and education.
If you’re feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed or stuck you may also be feeling exhausted from overthinking, analyzing, critiquing yourself, comparing yourself to others, and replaying every conversation and interaction. Maybe you over extend to show up for others and ignore your own needs. Maybe you wonder why after all your efforts you feel so disconnected from yourself and others. Together, we will identify root causes, learn about your specific nervous system patterns, and uncover the many ways your system so brilliantly protects you.
If you’re feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed or stuck you may also be feeling exhausted from overthinking, analyzing, critiquing yourself, comparing yourself to others, and replaying every conversation and interaction. Maybe you over extend to show up for others and ignore your own needs. Maybe you wonder why after all your efforts you feel so disconnected from yourself and others. Together, we will identify root causes, learn about your specific nervous system patterns, and uncover the many ways your system so brilliantly protects you.
Hello. Welcome to my practice. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I provide effective, holistic mental health therapy to those seeking health, balance and peace of mind in their lives. Through a collaborative and trusting relationship with my clients, I offer treatment that is ethical, professional, confidential, and one based upon respect. Within my practice I serve primarily adults of all ages in individual therapy. I do not provide couples counseling.
Hello. Welcome to my practice. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I provide effective, holistic mental health therapy to those seeking health, balance and peace of mind in their lives. Through a collaborative and trusting relationship with my clients, I offer treatment that is ethical, professional, confidential, and one based upon respect. Within my practice I serve primarily adults of all ages in individual therapy. I do not provide couples counseling.
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Colleen specializes in working with those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, communication, substance use, disordered eating, transitional periods of life, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and persons healing from trauma.
Colleen Clark is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and practicing therapist in Portland, Maine. Her approach to counseling integrates classical therapeutic approaches, mindfulness and artistic modalities. Colleen believes strongly that any therapeutic relationship in which the therapist is held up as an expert is innately flawed. You are the expert on you. In sessions, Colleen will work with you to build a relationship built on mutual respect and trust, and seek to create a safe and nurturing space in which you can uncover and listen to your own intrinsic wisdom.
Colleen specializes in working with those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, communication, substance use, disordered eating, transitional periods of life, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and persons healing from trauma.
Colleen Clark is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and practicing therapist in Portland, Maine. Her approach to counseling integrates classical therapeutic approaches, mindfulness and artistic modalities. Colleen believes strongly that any therapeutic relationship in which the therapist is held up as an expert is innately flawed. You are the expert on you. In sessions, Colleen will work with you to build a relationship built on mutual respect and trust, and seek to create a safe and nurturing space in which you can uncover and listen to your own intrinsic wisdom.
I have extensive experience working with clients with eating disorders at all levels of care.
I work with adults of all ages. I work with clients who struggle with medical and health related issues and health anxiety. And I work with clients who are struggling with grief and loss, including people who are coping with a loved one experiencing dementia. I work with clients who struggle with food, eating, and body image issues as well.
I have extensive experience working with clients with eating disorders at all levels of care.
I work with adults of all ages. I work with clients who struggle with medical and health related issues and health anxiety. And I work with clients who are struggling with grief and loss, including people who are coping with a loved one experiencing dementia. I work with clients who struggle with food, eating, and body image issues as well.
Lindy Graham Wellspace Maine
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Portland, ME 04101
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WellSpace Maine serves people in Maine seeking counseling for a variety of challenges. With 40 therapists and a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, we are able to meet the needs of many people in the community through in-person and telehealth therapy services. Therapists at WellSpace have a variety of specializations and you can read more about us on our website linked below.
WellSpace Maine serves people in Maine seeking counseling for a variety of challenges. With 40 therapists and a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, we are able to meet the needs of many people in the community through in-person and telehealth therapy services. Therapists at WellSpace have a variety of specializations and you can read more about us on our website linked below.
An intersectional feminist committed to social justice causes including anti-racism and fat liberation, I have experience treating young adults and adults struggling with disordered eating, obsessions and compulsions, chronic disease, trauma, anxiety, substance misuse, difficult relationships and career or school related stress.
Are you feeling stuck in a certain pattern of thoughts or behaviors that you find worrisome or troubling? Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed in your life and are beginning to wonder if you may benefit from some additional support. I have worked and trained in a variety of mental health settings including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, medical hospitals and college campuses. I welcome the opportunity to work with people of all gender identities and all body shapes and sizes.
An intersectional feminist committed to social justice causes including anti-racism and fat liberation, I have experience treating young adults and adults struggling with disordered eating, obsessions and compulsions, chronic disease, trauma, anxiety, substance misuse, difficult relationships and career or school related stress.
Are you feeling stuck in a certain pattern of thoughts or behaviors that you find worrisome or troubling? Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed in your life and are beginning to wonder if you may benefit from some additional support. I have worked and trained in a variety of mental health settings including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, medical hospitals and college campuses. I welcome the opportunity to work with people of all gender identities and all body shapes and sizes.
In my practice I utilize a collaborative, strengths-based model to help clients increase awareness and develop strategies to feel more successful in their lives. My therapeutic approach is overall eclectic, drawing on my training in the evidence-based modalities of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). As an LMHC with a Master's Degree in Art Therapy, I also incorporate expressive therapy when beneficial. In all of my work, I aim to focus my approach depending on the needs of the client I am working with.
In my practice I utilize a collaborative, strengths-based model to help clients increase awareness and develop strategies to feel more successful in their lives. My therapeutic approach is overall eclectic, drawing on my training in the evidence-based modalities of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). As an LMHC with a Master's Degree in Art Therapy, I also incorporate expressive therapy when beneficial. In all of my work, I aim to focus my approach depending on the needs of the client I am working with.
I have over 14 years experience working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, negative body image, anxiety, perfectionism.
Do you struggle with the image you see in the mirror? Perhaps you want to get some relief from the constant voice in your head that says you are not good enough. Maybe, like many of my clients, you want to be able to sit down for a second without immediately feeling like you need to be doing something else, something more. If any of these thoughts have crossed your mind, you are like many other clients I have supported to work with the over-achieving mind. Perfectionism comes in many forms; through body image, food, work, academics, athletics, even relationships and parenting.
I have over 14 years experience working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, negative body image, anxiety, perfectionism.
Do you struggle with the image you see in the mirror? Perhaps you want to get some relief from the constant voice in your head that says you are not good enough. Maybe, like many of my clients, you want to be able to sit down for a second without immediately feeling like you need to be doing something else, something more. If any of these thoughts have crossed your mind, you are like many other clients I have supported to work with the over-achieving mind. Perfectionism comes in many forms; through body image, food, work, academics, athletics, even relationships and parenting.
Elizabeth also specializes in treating those who struggled with eating disorders.
Elizabeth (she, her, hers) received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts and her Masters in Social Work degree from Boston College along with a paralegal certificate from Northeastern University. She conducted her internship at a community health center in Boston working as a domestic violence advocate and created a task force to educate the community regarding domestic violence prevention and intervention. She also worked at Boston Children’s Hospital in the inpatient psychiatric unit along with the emergency department with children, adolescents, and families who struggle with mental health issues.
Elizabeth also specializes in treating those who struggled with eating disorders.
Elizabeth (she, her, hers) received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts and her Masters in Social Work degree from Boston College along with a paralegal certificate from Northeastern University. She conducted her internship at a community health center in Boston working as a domestic violence advocate and created a task force to educate the community regarding domestic violence prevention and intervention. She also worked at Boston Children’s Hospital in the inpatient psychiatric unit along with the emergency department with children, adolescents, and families who struggle with mental health issues.
My work is informed by evidence-based treatments such as Intuitive Eating model of treatment, Family-Based Treatment for adolescents with eating disorders, CBT approaches, and other evidence-based treatments based on the client's presenting problem.
I believe that the healing that occurs in therapy forms and grows from the relationship between the client and therapist. My work is rooted in connection, compassion and empathy. I believe that each of us is the expert on ourselves and our path, and the therapist’s role is that of a supportive guide through our own individual journeys.
My work is informed by evidence-based treatments such as Intuitive Eating model of treatment, Family-Based Treatment for adolescents with eating disorders, CBT approaches, and other evidence-based treatments based on the client's presenting problem.
I believe that the healing that occurs in therapy forms and grows from the relationship between the client and therapist. My work is rooted in connection, compassion and empathy. I believe that each of us is the expert on ourselves and our path, and the therapist’s role is that of a supportive guide through our own individual journeys.
My clients may be healing from an eating disorder or struggling with body image, adjusting to the perinatal and postpartum seasons, processing trauma, or navigating anxiety, depression, and other mood concerns.
I bring thousands of hours of experience supporting clients through eating disorder recovery, perinatal concerns, anxiety, trauma, and neurodivergence. As someone recovered from an eating disorder myself, I bring both professional and personal understanding, while continuing advanced training to stay grounded in current research.
My clients may be healing from an eating disorder or struggling with body image, adjusting to the perinatal and postpartum seasons, processing trauma, or navigating anxiety, depression, and other mood concerns.
I bring thousands of hours of experience supporting clients through eating disorder recovery, perinatal concerns, anxiety, trauma, and neurodivergence. As someone recovered from an eating disorder myself, I bring both professional and personal understanding, while continuing advanced training to stay grounded in current research.
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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.