Eating Disorders Therapists in Milford, OH
In addition to his primary specialties, he offers support for eating disorders, substance use concerns, PTSD and trauma, and additional mental health needs.
Sean is especially passionate about health psychology, men’s mental health, and LGBTQ+ affirming care. He has particular clinical interest in sleep disorders and insomnia, weight management, readiness for bariatric surgery, and sexual health and wellness concerns, including male sexual dysfunctions and concerns related to pornography use. Sean also works with patients exploring identity, masculinity, and personal growth, helping them better understand the connections between mental, emotional, and physical well-being. His approach emphasizes culturally informed care that honors each patient’s unique experiences, values, and goals.
In addition to his primary specialties, he offers support for eating disorders, substance use concerns, PTSD and trauma, and additional mental health needs.
Sean is especially passionate about health psychology, men’s mental health, and LGBTQ+ affirming care. He has particular clinical interest in sleep disorders and insomnia, weight management, readiness for bariatric surgery, and sexual health and wellness concerns, including male sexual dysfunctions and concerns related to pornography use. Sean also works with patients exploring identity, masculinity, and personal growth, helping them better understand the connections between mental, emotional, and physical well-being. His approach emphasizes culturally informed care that honors each patient’s unique experiences, values, and goals.
I love working with older adolescents and adults, specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, women's issues, and disordered eating.
I am trained to work with depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and trauma. I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help challenge negative thinking patterns and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to process trauma and turn negative brain images into positive images
I love working with older adolescents and adults, specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, women's issues, and disordered eating.
I am trained to work with depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and trauma. I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help challenge negative thinking patterns and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to process trauma and turn negative brain images into positive images
Maryellen Smolenski holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky, a master’s degree in expressive therapy from the University of Louisville and a bachelor’s degree in art and psychology from Southern Connecticut State University. She has 40 years of clinical experience working in residential, in-patient and private practice with groups and individuals. She was an adjunct faculty member serving on thesis review committees, conducting graduate seminars and teaching classes in therapy practice with several local universities.
Maryellen Smolenski holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky, a master’s degree in expressive therapy from the University of Louisville and a bachelor’s degree in art and psychology from Southern Connecticut State University. She has 40 years of clinical experience working in residential, in-patient and private practice with groups and individuals. She was an adjunct faculty member serving on thesis review committees, conducting graduate seminars and teaching classes in therapy practice with several local universities.
Christine Newman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LISW-S
1 Endorsed
Milford, OH 45150
Waitlist for new clients
Feeling stuck in behaviors that no longer serve you? Overwhelmed by life's demands? I'm Christine, and I'm glad you're here!
In my role, I work with folks who consistently self-sacrifice and lose touch with their own needs. They're often people-pleasers and/or neurodivergent, seeking more peaceful relationships with themselves and others.
People I work with know traditional therapeutic techniques don't cut it for them. They're highly sensitive, insightful, and feel weighed down by internal and external expectations. If you're anxious or unsure about how to achieve balance in your life, you're not alone. I'm here to support you.
Feeling stuck in behaviors that no longer serve you? Overwhelmed by life's demands? I'm Christine, and I'm glad you're here!
In my role, I work with folks who consistently self-sacrifice and lose touch with their own needs. They're often people-pleasers and/or neurodivergent, seeking more peaceful relationships with themselves and others.
People I work with know traditional therapeutic techniques don't cut it for them. They're highly sensitive, insightful, and feel weighed down by internal and external expectations. If you're anxious or unsure about how to achieve balance in your life, you're not alone. I'm here to support you.
I have substantial experience working with trauma, binge- eating disorder, geriatrics, substance use, sexual abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, and suicide.
Being at peace in the world as we face life's stresses and difficulties is the place I hope to bring my clients. Life is a challenge - one finds sadness and joy; darkness and light; despair and hope. We can learn how to face all of these experiences, accepting both the consolation and the trials inherent in each. I can help clients navigate this great journey, as they build the habits needed to bring a fullness of life.
I hold a master’s degree in Social Work from Portland State University and have practiced in the areas of adults, children, families, couples, and geriatrics for nearly twenty years.
I have substantial experience working with trauma, binge- eating disorder, geriatrics, substance use, sexual abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, and suicide.
Being at peace in the world as we face life's stresses and difficulties is the place I hope to bring my clients. Life is a challenge - one finds sadness and joy; darkness and light; despair and hope. We can learn how to face all of these experiences, accepting both the consolation and the trials inherent in each. I can help clients navigate this great journey, as they build the habits needed to bring a fullness of life.
I hold a master’s degree in Social Work from Portland State University and have practiced in the areas of adults, children, families, couples, and geriatrics for nearly twenty years.
Are you looking for answers and cannot seem to move past problems that come up? I want to help you get past what needs to be left behind and move forward with confidence. I can help! Often anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms can get in the way of your daily life and affect your happiness. I have strategies that I can offer to help you through these issues to achieve happiness and functioning at your highest level on a daily basis.
Are you looking for answers and cannot seem to move past problems that come up? I want to help you get past what needs to be left behind and move forward with confidence. I can help! Often anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms can get in the way of your daily life and affect your happiness. I have strategies that I can offer to help you through these issues to achieve happiness and functioning at your highest level on a daily basis.
For nearly 5 decades our practice has been providing mental therapy services in the Greater Cincinnati area. Most of my current work is providing diagnostic services for adolescents and adults who are struggling with atttention span disorders (ADD/ADHD). I'm proud of the work I've been doing for the past 20 years in helping my clientele identify patterns related to ADHD and finding solutions. I'm also proud of the practice that I've built, providing mental health services to an array of clientele.
For nearly 5 decades our practice has been providing mental therapy services in the Greater Cincinnati area. Most of my current work is providing diagnostic services for adolescents and adults who are struggling with atttention span disorders (ADD/ADHD). I'm proud of the work I've been doing for the past 20 years in helping my clientele identify patterns related to ADHD and finding solutions. I'm also proud of the practice that I've built, providing mental health services to an array of clientele.
Is anxiety and depression stopping you from being happy? Don't let it hold you back anymore. I can help you overcome these issues to live a more fulfilling life. Reach your goals and stop worrying about what can hold you back. Improving your life will improve all the lives around you.
Is anxiety and depression stopping you from being happy? Don't let it hold you back anymore. I can help you overcome these issues to live a more fulfilling life. Reach your goals and stop worrying about what can hold you back. Improving your life will improve all the lives around you.
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I specialize in working with adults and teens experiencing anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, body image concerns, and binge eating.
I use evidence-based treatments, which means our work together will be personalized, intentional, and active. We'll practice specific skills during and outside of session to help you meet your goals and make the changes you're looking for.
I specialize in working with adults and teens experiencing anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, body image concerns, and binge eating.
I use evidence-based treatments, which means our work together will be personalized, intentional, and active. We'll practice specific skills during and outside of session to help you meet your goals and make the changes you're looking for.
I enjoy working with a wide range of presentations with preference for eating disorders; obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, and trauma/grief related disorders.
I believe healing comes from balancing acceptance and change. Using evidence-based treatments and DBT-informed approaches. I help clients facing eating disorders and other mental health challenges build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and move toward meaningful goals.
I enjoy working with a wide range of presentations with preference for eating disorders; obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, and trauma/grief related disorders.
I believe healing comes from balancing acceptance and change. Using evidence-based treatments and DBT-informed approaches. I help clients facing eating disorders and other mental health challenges build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and move toward meaningful goals.
I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders and depression.
Life is more than the simple math equation you once thought it was. It's a bit more like the 'story problems' where details can get lost and, sometimes, it seems impossible to balance it all out. Life's big moments can be hard - even the 'exciting ones' like graduation, Thanksgiving Dinner, marriage, a new baby, and career shifts. If life is feeling like a 'trick question' right now, this could be a good time to find a supportive counselor to help you sort it all out. It's likely you have already tried to do some of this work on your own, but are ready to gain deeper understanding, acquire new skills, and explore possibilities.
I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders and depression.
Life is more than the simple math equation you once thought it was. It's a bit more like the 'story problems' where details can get lost and, sometimes, it seems impossible to balance it all out. Life's big moments can be hard - even the 'exciting ones' like graduation, Thanksgiving Dinner, marriage, a new baby, and career shifts. If life is feeling like a 'trick question' right now, this could be a good time to find a supportive counselor to help you sort it all out. It's likely you have already tried to do some of this work on your own, but are ready to gain deeper understanding, acquire new skills, and explore possibilities.
The people I work with typically struggle with symptoms like binge eating, overeating, other eating disorders, or body image.
Through specialized treatment approaches, I can help you reduce your binge eating, improve your body image, decrease anxiety, improve your mood and build better relationships. I have over a decade of experience in the eating disorder field and specialize in treating binge eating and mood and anxiety disorders. I take a collaborative, yet direct approach.
The people I work with typically struggle with symptoms like binge eating, overeating, other eating disorders, or body image.
Through specialized treatment approaches, I can help you reduce your binge eating, improve your body image, decrease anxiety, improve your mood and build better relationships. I have over a decade of experience in the eating disorder field and specialize in treating binge eating and mood and anxiety disorders. I take a collaborative, yet direct approach.
You may be navigating an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, trauma, perfectionism, or supporting a loved one on a recovery journey.
I specialize in treating eating disorders and co-occurring concerns like anxiety, depression, trauma, and perfectionism. I offer compassionate, trauma-informed care using evidence-based therapies (DBT, RO-DBT, ACT, ERP) alongside experiential and music therapy to help you build insight, skills, and sustainable change aligned with your values.
You may be navigating an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, trauma, perfectionism, or supporting a loved one on a recovery journey.
I specialize in treating eating disorders and co-occurring concerns like anxiety, depression, trauma, and perfectionism. I offer compassionate, trauma-informed care using evidence-based therapies (DBT, RO-DBT, ACT, ERP) alongside experiential and music therapy to help you build insight, skills, and sustainable change aligned with your values.
Before opening my private practice, I was Clinical Director of an eating disorders treatment center.
I care about genuine connection and doing what works! My style is active, flexible, and focused on strengths. I have specialized experience caring for individuals, families, and groups, leading teams, and developing innovative treatments. I build collaborative, authentic partnerships to help people get un-stuck and move toward their values.
Before opening my private practice, I was Clinical Director of an eating disorders treatment center.
I care about genuine connection and doing what works! My style is active, flexible, and focused on strengths. I have specialized experience caring for individuals, families, and groups, leading teams, and developing innovative treatments. I build collaborative, authentic partnerships to help people get un-stuck and move toward their values.
My specialty areas are treating athletes (professional, college, and high school), eating disorders/body image concerns, anxiety/panic, adjustment, and identity development.
I approach therapy through an egalitarian lens in which treatment is a collaborative effort. I maintain the understanding that the client is the expert of their own life. Through our work together, my goal is to help client's identify treatment goals, then utilize tailored therapeutic interventions to help them achieve improvement in overall functioning.
My specialty areas are treating athletes (professional, college, and high school), eating disorders/body image concerns, anxiety/panic, adjustment, and identity development.
I approach therapy through an egalitarian lens in which treatment is a collaborative effort. I maintain the understanding that the client is the expert of their own life. Through our work together, my goal is to help client's identify treatment goals, then utilize tailored therapeutic interventions to help them achieve improvement in overall functioning.
I help clients achieve physical and emotional wellness by combining my expertise in nutrition and eating disorders with a holistic approach to mental health.
My ideal client is someone struggling with stress, anxiety, or emotional pain, relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms. They need guidance in understanding their behaviors, emotions, and thought patterns. Their goal is to break free from these harmful habits and develop healthier ways to cope. By fostering self-awareness and providing alternative strategies, I help them find balance, wellness, and fulfillment, empowering them to live a happier, more authentic life.
I help clients achieve physical and emotional wellness by combining my expertise in nutrition and eating disorders with a holistic approach to mental health.
My ideal client is someone struggling with stress, anxiety, or emotional pain, relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms. They need guidance in understanding their behaviors, emotions, and thought patterns. Their goal is to break free from these harmful habits and develop healthier ways to cope. By fostering self-awareness and providing alternative strategies, I help them find balance, wellness, and fulfillment, empowering them to live a happier, more authentic life.
I work with clients who may be struggling with disordered eating, depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD.
Seeking support in therapy can bring relief, clarity, and the sense of finally feeling understood. As a Licensed Professional Counselor serving adults across Texas, Ohio, and Arizona, I provide virtual therapy for individuals navigating trauma, mood disorders, and the emotional impact of caregiving. Many clients come in feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, anxious, or disconnected from themselves while trying to manage life’s demands or care for others. Therapy offers a space to slow down, process what you are carrying, and understand patterns that feel hard to change.
I work with clients who may be struggling with disordered eating, depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD.
Seeking support in therapy can bring relief, clarity, and the sense of finally feeling understood. As a Licensed Professional Counselor serving adults across Texas, Ohio, and Arizona, I provide virtual therapy for individuals navigating trauma, mood disorders, and the emotional impact of caregiving. Many clients come in feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, anxious, or disconnected from themselves while trying to manage life’s demands or care for others. Therapy offers a space to slow down, process what you are carrying, and understand patterns that feel hard to change.
Jacob specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), offering tailored support for individuals dealing with overwhelming stress, mood instability, or the emotional impact of trauma. He also has experience working with complex conditions such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, helping clients better manage symptoms and improve their overall quality of life.Jacob specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), offering tailored support for individuals dealing with overwhelming stress, mood instability, or the emotional impact of trauma. He also has experi
Jacob specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), offering tailored support for individuals dealing with overwhelming stress, mood instability, or the emotional impact of trauma. He also has experience working with complex conditions such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, helping clients better manage symptoms and improve their overall quality of life.Jacob specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), offering tailored support for individuals dealing with overwhelming stress, mood instability, or the emotional impact of trauma. He also has experi
I am familiar with issues that impact College Students, Cancer/Serious Illness Patients, Caregivers, and people with Eating Disorders.
I have a background in practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and recently became trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Most of my clients will at some point hear me talk about defining one’s values, how to be more self-compassionate, and the benefits of mindfulness.
I am familiar with issues that impact College Students, Cancer/Serious Illness Patients, Caregivers, and people with Eating Disorders.
I have a background in practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and recently became trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Most of my clients will at some point hear me talk about defining one’s values, how to be more self-compassionate, and the benefits of mindfulness.
I specialize in supporting individuals aged 13-60 dealing with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, trauma, attachment issues, anxiety, and depression.
As a therapist who has been in therapy throughout my life, I bring a unique perspective to my work with adolescents, individuals, and families. I offer trauma-informed care that fosters healing and empowers people to move forward. I employ a strengths-based approach and tailor various treatment modalities to fit each client and their unique journey. I want you to leave our sessions equipped with the tools, skills, understanding, and positive beliefs needed for your ongoing journey.
I specialize in supporting individuals aged 13-60 dealing with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, trauma, attachment issues, anxiety, and depression.
As a therapist who has been in therapy throughout my life, I bring a unique perspective to my work with adolescents, individuals, and families. I offer trauma-informed care that fosters healing and empowers people to move forward. I employ a strengths-based approach and tailor various treatment modalities to fit each client and their unique journey. I want you to leave our sessions equipped with the tools, skills, understanding, and positive beliefs needed for your ongoing journey.
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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.