Eating Disorders Therapists in Richfield, MN
I have over 10 years of experience helping women, young adults and teenagers from many races and ethnicities, work through their struggles ranging from eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues to family conflict.
Seeking therapy, whether it's your first time or returning, is a courageous step .The therapeutic relationship is one of the strongest tools we can develop for healing. I strive to create a non-judgmental, person-centered and compassionate space for all my clients. I believe everyone is an expert in their lives and I provide a space to help you better understand your emotions, relational patterns, life changes, and past and/or present trauma. I utilize evidenced based theories, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance Commitment therapy, EFFT and Cognitive Processing Therapy.
I have over 10 years of experience helping women, young adults and teenagers from many races and ethnicities, work through their struggles ranging from eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues to family conflict.
Seeking therapy, whether it's your first time or returning, is a courageous step .The therapeutic relationship is one of the strongest tools we can develop for healing. I strive to create a non-judgmental, person-centered and compassionate space for all my clients. I believe everyone is an expert in their lives and I provide a space to help you better understand your emotions, relational patterns, life changes, and past and/or present trauma. I utilize evidenced based theories, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance Commitment therapy, EFFT and Cognitive Processing Therapy.
You’re probably on this page because you’re looking for change - maybe you’re stressed out, maybe you’re not feeling like yourself, or perhaps there’s a thought or two that you just can’t seem to shake. Fortunately, you’re already moving forward - as they say, action is the only solution to despair! Your challenges are unique but so are your strengths. I want to help you feel empowered, supported, and active as you work towards meaningful and lasting changes. I am fiercely optimistic about how therapy can help those willing to put in the work. Vulnerability and self-reflection can be difficult but the reward is incredible!
You’re probably on this page because you’re looking for change - maybe you’re stressed out, maybe you’re not feeling like yourself, or perhaps there’s a thought or two that you just can’t seem to shake. Fortunately, you’re already moving forward - as they say, action is the only solution to despair! Your challenges are unique but so are your strengths. I want to help you feel empowered, supported, and active as you work towards meaningful and lasting changes. I am fiercely optimistic about how therapy can help those willing to put in the work. Vulnerability and self-reflection can be difficult but the reward is incredible!
I specialize in concerns related to relationships, complex relational trauma and acute trauma, stigma and marginalization, family of origin issues, sexuality and gender identity, religious trauma and religious deconstruction, body image and eating, perfectionism, and grief. I offer collaborative, empathic conversations that support you in developing insight into relationship patterns, healing from traumatic experiences and loss, understanding how your past affects your present, exploring questions related to identity, deepening self-awareness, and integrating your new insights and skills to create meaningful change in your life.
I specialize in concerns related to relationships, complex relational trauma and acute trauma, stigma and marginalization, family of origin issues, sexuality and gender identity, religious trauma and religious deconstruction, body image and eating, perfectionism, and grief. I offer collaborative, empathic conversations that support you in developing insight into relationship patterns, healing from traumatic experiences and loss, understanding how your past affects your present, exploring questions related to identity, deepening self-awareness, and integrating your new insights and skills to create meaningful change in your life.
Kate (she/her) is a queer woman who believes stories are powerful, vulnerability is courageous, and everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Her practice is strengths-based and explicitly affirming of neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2S+, and BIPOC communities, as well as all bodies and relationship structures. She is passionate about supporting queer youth, addressing burnout and moral injury in helping professionals, and the human-animal bond. In her free time, Kate enjoys gardening, reading, hiking, and nerdy games.
Kate (she/her) is a queer woman who believes stories are powerful, vulnerability is courageous, and everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Her practice is strengths-based and explicitly affirming of neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2S+, and BIPOC communities, as well as all bodies and relationship structures. She is passionate about supporting queer youth, addressing burnout and moral injury in helping professionals, and the human-animal bond. In her free time, Kate enjoys gardening, reading, hiking, and nerdy games.
Ann Steely
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LADC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I hold a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the MN Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and a certificate in treating Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviors through the William Alanson White Institute in NYC.
My name is Ann Steely and I am a clinical social worker and owner of Heartland Psychotherapy. I specialize in working with adolescents/adults in individual and family therapy. My focus in therapy is on my relationship with you, understanding what you need as an individual, and using this understanding to help you find insight into how to make the changes you want to make in your life. Psychotherapy is a process of working together towards healing and change. I will help you understand yourself authentically and find greater ease through the exploration of your emotional experience, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
I hold a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the MN Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and a certificate in treating Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviors through the William Alanson White Institute in NYC.
My name is Ann Steely and I am a clinical social worker and owner of Heartland Psychotherapy. I specialize in working with adolescents/adults in individual and family therapy. My focus in therapy is on my relationship with you, understanding what you need as an individual, and using this understanding to help you find insight into how to make the changes you want to make in your life. Psychotherapy is a process of working together towards healing and change. I will help you understand yourself authentically and find greater ease through the exploration of your emotional experience, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
I specialize in anger management and relationship development. I enjoy teaching clients how to better communicate their needs and how to enhance their ability to listen and hear the needs of others as they are presented. I am a solution focused therapist. I aim to assist clients in gaining the insights and skills necessary to bring their life experience within their relationships to a positive level.
I also enjoy working with survivors of abuses such as emotional, physical or sexual.
I specialize in anger management and relationship development. I enjoy teaching clients how to better communicate their needs and how to enhance their ability to listen and hear the needs of others as they are presented. I am a solution focused therapist. I aim to assist clients in gaining the insights and skills necessary to bring their life experience within their relationships to a positive level.
I also enjoy working with survivors of abuses such as emotional, physical or sexual.
Rebecca Roepke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LICSW, CATP, RYT-500, EAGALA
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Unleash your inner mermaid. Like a mermaid, you were born wondrous and whole, with awe-inspiring potential. Perhaps, like her, trauma hides your power, voice, and sense of magic; tries to cut you off from true self, body, community, and nature’s rhythms; tells oppressive stories that serve to keep you “in your place,” lost, lonely, ashamed, fearful, unfulfilled, or hating your body. The mermaid reclaims her birthright and returns to her community– stronger and more magnificent than ever. You, too, can lay that colonizing fear “am I enough?” in its watery grave, re-discover your voice & trust through therapeutic yoga or ecotherapy.
Unleash your inner mermaid. Like a mermaid, you were born wondrous and whole, with awe-inspiring potential. Perhaps, like her, trauma hides your power, voice, and sense of magic; tries to cut you off from true self, body, community, and nature’s rhythms; tells oppressive stories that serve to keep you “in your place,” lost, lonely, ashamed, fearful, unfulfilled, or hating your body. The mermaid reclaims her birthright and returns to her community– stronger and more magnificent than ever. You, too, can lay that colonizing fear “am I enough?” in its watery grave, re-discover your voice & trust through therapeutic yoga or ecotherapy.
I work to help adults, children and couples make adjustments in their lives so they are more comfortable and in control of their behaviors and emotions. I have a genuine desire to get to know my clients and understand the difficulties they are experiencing. My therapy combines psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches. I have particular interests helping people who are dealing with issues of depression, anxiety, health concerns, relationship problems, parenting difficulties, substance abuse, ADHD or school performance. Along with work as a psychologist, I have worked as a special education teacher which enhances my understanding of special needs children.
I work to help adults, children and couples make adjustments in their lives so they are more comfortable and in control of their behaviors and emotions. I have a genuine desire to get to know my clients and understand the difficulties they are experiencing. My therapy combines psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches. I have particular interests helping people who are dealing with issues of depression, anxiety, health concerns, relationship problems, parenting difficulties, substance abuse, ADHD or school performance. Along with work as a psychologist, I have worked as a special education teacher which enhances my understanding of special needs children.
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The therapists at Emerge Therapy can help you understand and transform long-standing patterns that no longer serve you well. This includes being curious about early and current relationships, exploring unacceptable or difficult emotions, and increasing awareness of the relationship between mind and body. We have a holistic perspective on mental health and seek lasting change through in-depth and integrative work.
The therapists at Emerge Therapy can help you understand and transform long-standing patterns that no longer serve you well. This includes being curious about early and current relationships, exploring unacceptable or difficult emotions, and increasing awareness of the relationship between mind and body. We have a holistic perspective on mental health and seek lasting change through in-depth and integrative work.
From an internship at a Women's Correctional Facility in Baltimore, to work at two prominent Eating Disorder treatment centers, to post graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, I strive to meet patients where they are at as they uncover parts of themselves.
Life is full of relationships, experiences, and events that impact us and ultimately shape who we are and how we interact with the others in the world. I strive to join with my patients to work through the challenging and painful things in life so that together we can move towards greater understanding. The relationship between patient and therapist creates the foundation essential to explore and ultimately work through these difficulties that cause pain and struggle. In order to move towards healing we need to feel heard, understood, and accepted just as we are.
From an internship at a Women's Correctional Facility in Baltimore, to work at two prominent Eating Disorder treatment centers, to post graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, I strive to meet patients where they are at as they uncover parts of themselves.
Life is full of relationships, experiences, and events that impact us and ultimately shape who we are and how we interact with the others in the world. I strive to join with my patients to work through the challenging and painful things in life so that together we can move towards greater understanding. The relationship between patient and therapist creates the foundation essential to explore and ultimately work through these difficulties that cause pain and struggle. In order to move towards healing we need to feel heard, understood, and accepted just as we are.
I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders and body-image distress and bring my experience from the inpatient setting to outpatient work.
I believe that you are the expert on your life, and you bring your own set of strengths into the therapeutic process. My aim is to support you on your path to becoming your most authentic self and living a life that aligns with your personal values. Therapy is a collaborative process, and I strive to give you autonomy throughout our work together. I am passionate about creating an environment where individuals of all backgrounds feel safe to share and express themselves openly as we work together.
I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders and body-image distress and bring my experience from the inpatient setting to outpatient work.
I believe that you are the expert on your life, and you bring your own set of strengths into the therapeutic process. My aim is to support you on your path to becoming your most authentic self and living a life that aligns with your personal values. Therapy is a collaborative process, and I strive to give you autonomy throughout our work together. I am passionate about creating an environment where individuals of all backgrounds feel safe to share and express themselves openly as we work together.
I received my master’s degree in Integrative Behavioral Health from the University of Minnesota and have since specialized in treating eating disorders, body image distress, developmental trauma, anxiety, and depression.
My work is informed by weight inclusive and fat activist movements. I am theoretically grounded in feminist psychology, somatic, and mindfulness approaches. I believe we all have the intrinsic ability to heal and can learn to hear our own voice of wisdom amidst the internal chaos. Theory aside, I orient towards relationship and collaboration.
I received my master’s degree in Integrative Behavioral Health from the University of Minnesota and have since specialized in treating eating disorders, body image distress, developmental trauma, anxiety, and depression.
My work is informed by weight inclusive and fat activist movements. I am theoretically grounded in feminist psychology, somatic, and mindfulness approaches. I believe we all have the intrinsic ability to heal and can learn to hear our own voice of wisdom amidst the internal chaos. Theory aside, I orient towards relationship and collaboration.
I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Therapy and specialize in attachment trauma, co-occurring disorders, coping skills, chronic illness, mood disorders, body-image, and eating disorders.
I am ready and prepared to discuss whatever you bring to session on any given day. I show up as an equal partner in the therapeutic relationship, meaning I will be there for support and guidance as you reach your goals and overall potential during your unique healing journey. I offer individual, DBT, and couple therapy.
I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Therapy and specialize in attachment trauma, co-occurring disorders, coping skills, chronic illness, mood disorders, body-image, and eating disorders.
I am ready and prepared to discuss whatever you bring to session on any given day. I show up as an equal partner in the therapeutic relationship, meaning I will be there for support and guidance as you reach your goals and overall potential during your unique healing journey. I offer individual, DBT, and couple therapy.
I am deeply passionate about working with adults, older teens, relational groups and families around OCD, body image and disordered eating, identity exploration, attachment wounds, and complex trauma, as well as a variety of other concerns.
I am a queer, disabled, nonbinary human who lives with OCD. I am very committed to maintaining a space that acknowledges the struggles that living as a person with one or more marginalized identities brings every day. I believe that creating a space where you can exist without judgment and you know that you have a person in your corner is vital to thriving.
I am deeply passionate about working with adults, older teens, relational groups and families around OCD, body image and disordered eating, identity exploration, attachment wounds, and complex trauma, as well as a variety of other concerns.
I am a queer, disabled, nonbinary human who lives with OCD. I am very committed to maintaining a space that acknowledges the struggles that living as a person with one or more marginalized identities brings every day. I believe that creating a space where you can exist without judgment and you know that you have a person in your corner is vital to thriving.
My experience includes anxiety, depression, trauma, EMDR, substance use disorder, eating disorder, self esteem, body image, perinatal mental health, and parenting.
Clients who are looking for a nonjudgemental compassionate connection can book sessions with me either virtually or in-person. I have a wide range of skills and experience working with sensitive content and marginalized populations. I have a DBT informed therapeutic lens and offer EMDR as a tool in healing.
My experience includes anxiety, depression, trauma, EMDR, substance use disorder, eating disorder, self esteem, body image, perinatal mental health, and parenting.
Clients who are looking for a nonjudgemental compassionate connection can book sessions with me either virtually or in-person. I have a wide range of skills and experience working with sensitive content and marginalized populations. I have a DBT informed therapeutic lens and offer EMDR as a tool in healing.
I am a clinical therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety.
My therapeutic style is collaborative, direct, and affirming. I recognize that therapy is an investment in both time and money. The purpose of my work is to provide my clients with knowledge and practical solutions to address the problems that interfere with life in the most efficient way possible.
I am a clinical therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety.
My therapeutic style is collaborative, direct, and affirming. I recognize that therapy is an investment in both time and money. The purpose of my work is to provide my clients with knowledge and practical solutions to address the problems that interfere with life in the most efficient way possible.
I have experience in the treatment of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and body image concerns (body dysmorphic disorder).
I believe in a relational approach to empower an individual to take back their life. I am here to walk WITH you in your journey. I believe that a whole-person approach, encompassing the mind, body and spirit will create an experience for individuals to grow and find their inner-self. I love helping people achieve what they didn't believe was possible within themselves. I strive to create a relaxed, open and light-hearted environment while working through life's obstacles. I am a Christian based counselor that is passionate about incorporating faith in sessions upon request.
I have experience in the treatment of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and body image concerns (body dysmorphic disorder).
I believe in a relational approach to empower an individual to take back their life. I am here to walk WITH you in your journey. I believe that a whole-person approach, encompassing the mind, body and spirit will create an experience for individuals to grow and find their inner-self. I love helping people achieve what they didn't believe was possible within themselves. I strive to create a relaxed, open and light-hearted environment while working through life's obstacles. I am a Christian based counselor that is passionate about incorporating faith in sessions upon request.
I have helped clients examine a wide range of issues (relational conflict, workplace difficulties, eating disorders, body image distress, addictions, trauma, spirituality, gender identity, aging, grief and loss, and sexual orientation).
I draw from various research-based treatment modalities including, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy-- utilizing all through a psychodynamic lens that links the past to the present in order to create the future you want for yourself and your loved ones.
I have helped clients examine a wide range of issues (relational conflict, workplace difficulties, eating disorders, body image distress, addictions, trauma, spirituality, gender identity, aging, grief and loss, and sexual orientation).
I draw from various research-based treatment modalities including, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy-- utilizing all through a psychodynamic lens that links the past to the present in order to create the future you want for yourself and your loved ones.
Therapy doesn't have to start with answers—it can start with curiosity. Whether you're feeling disconnected from yourself, overwhelmed by expectations, questioning who you are or what you want, or you identify as a people-pleaser, perfectionist, or "just an anxious person," you deserve a space to slow down. Together, we'll explore the patterns, relationships, and experiences that have shaped you while building awareness of the parts of yourself that are trying to protect you. Using a strengths-based, values-focused approach, we'll make space for self-compassion, authenticity, and choices that feel more aligned with who you are.
Therapy doesn't have to start with answers—it can start with curiosity. Whether you're feeling disconnected from yourself, overwhelmed by expectations, questioning who you are or what you want, or you identify as a people-pleaser, perfectionist, or "just an anxious person," you deserve a space to slow down. Together, we'll explore the patterns, relationships, and experiences that have shaped you while building awareness of the parts of yourself that are trying to protect you. Using a strengths-based, values-focused approach, we'll make space for self-compassion, authenticity, and choices that feel more aligned with who you are.
I have been working in the field of psychology for 20+ years. When people ask why I do the work I do, I usually respond, "because people are always interesting." I enjoy the process of getting to know someone's story and helping them to work towards understanding and change.
I have been working in the field of psychology for 20+ years. When people ask why I do the work I do, I usually respond, "because people are always interesting." I enjoy the process of getting to know someone's story and helping them to work towards understanding and change.
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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.