Eating Disorders Therapists in Portland, OR
I offer warm, direct, and compassionate dialogue that welcomes all of your experiences and emotions. I can support in areas of anxiety, depression, grief, family and relationship challenges, identity formation, sexuality, gender identity, and personal growth. I can help with individualized and practical tools to help you find self-compassion, curiosity, healing, and connection. I show up as myself in the therapy room- integrating humor, story telling, and metaphors. I’m spirited, imperfect, and whole – hopefully allowing you to be your whole self with me.
I offer warm, direct, and compassionate dialogue that welcomes all of your experiences and emotions. I can support in areas of anxiety, depression, grief, family and relationship challenges, identity formation, sexuality, gender identity, and personal growth. I can help with individualized and practical tools to help you find self-compassion, curiosity, healing, and connection. I show up as myself in the therapy room- integrating humor, story telling, and metaphors. I’m spirited, imperfect, and whole – hopefully allowing you to be your whole self with me.
I have worked in a variety of settings, but my most
specialized training is in the treatment of eating disorders and addictions.
My approach to therapy is practical,
result-oriented, and emphasizes
empowerment through the
building of insight and
self-awareness. In an
atmosphere of trust and
collaboration, I will work with
you to understand the meaning
of your symptoms and rediscover
your capacity to make
meaningful choices that are right
for you.
I have worked in a variety of settings, but my most
specialized training is in the treatment of eating disorders and addictions.
My approach to therapy is practical,
result-oriented, and emphasizes
empowerment through the
building of insight and
self-awareness. In an
atmosphere of trust and
collaboration, I will work with
you to understand the meaning
of your symptoms and rediscover
your capacity to make
meaningful choices that are right
for you.
Specializing in treating people suffering from trauma and eating disorders, I also work with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, parenting, low self-esteem, addiction, and marital conflicts.
I believe that our relationships deeply effect how we feel, including our relationships to our bodies, our environment, our loved-ones, and our thoughts. Examining these relationships through somatic approaches as well as psychodynamic inquiry increases self-awareness and provides an opportunity to develop skills and resources to facilitate lasting change.
Specializing in treating people suffering from trauma and eating disorders, I also work with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, parenting, low self-esteem, addiction, and marital conflicts.
I believe that our relationships deeply effect how we feel, including our relationships to our bodies, our environment, our loved-ones, and our thoughts. Examining these relationships through somatic approaches as well as psychodynamic inquiry increases self-awareness and provides an opportunity to develop skills and resources to facilitate lasting change.
Whether the root of your stress is a struggle with food or disordered eating, worry, depression or situational stressors, I offer a place to collaboratively explore solutions and help implement the changes that support feeling better.
I bring over 20 years of experience helping adults and adolescents at a partial hospital level of care into my therapeutic approach, helping clients address their struggles whether they are related to an eating disorder or other mood and anxiety concerns.
Whether the root of your stress is a struggle with food or disordered eating, worry, depression or situational stressors, I offer a place to collaboratively explore solutions and help implement the changes that support feeling better.
I bring over 20 years of experience helping adults and adolescents at a partial hospital level of care into my therapeutic approach, helping clients address their struggles whether they are related to an eating disorder or other mood and anxiety concerns.
I treat eating disorders ( binge eating, bulimia, anorexia, exercise addiction), anxiety, depression, traits of borderline personality, interpersonal trauma, and relationship problems in families and couples.
I believe that people are doing the best they can to manage the problems they face. However, sometimes the way we cope starts to hurt us. I help clients understand what purpose their actions, feelings, and beliefs serve, and determine alternate ways of meeting needs that are not damaging.
I treat eating disorders ( binge eating, bulimia, anorexia, exercise addiction), anxiety, depression, traits of borderline personality, interpersonal trauma, and relationship problems in families and couples.
I believe that people are doing the best they can to manage the problems they face. However, sometimes the way we cope starts to hurt us. I help clients understand what purpose their actions, feelings, and beliefs serve, and determine alternate ways of meeting needs that are not damaging.
I specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, body trust, trauma, ADHD in women, and identity healing.
Many of the women I work with feel stretched thin by perfectionism, ADHD, burnout, or relationship patterns that have pulled them away from who they are. They’re tired of dieting, people-pleasing, or trying to “fix” themselves. I also support clients of all genders when the focus is identity healing, emotional regulation, or navigating complex relational dynamics.
I specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, body trust, trauma, ADHD in women, and identity healing.
Many of the women I work with feel stretched thin by perfectionism, ADHD, burnout, or relationship patterns that have pulled them away from who they are. They’re tired of dieting, people-pleasing, or trying to “fix” themselves. I also support clients of all genders when the focus is identity healing, emotional regulation, or navigating complex relational dynamics.
It takes strength and courage to reach out for help. It is a privilege, as a licensed professional counselor, to provide a supportive, safe, and mutually respectful environment for you to explore problems that may arise during times of increased stress and life transitions. Whether you are struggling with feelings such as sadness, guilt, anger, disappointment, or inner-conflict, as your therapist, I will collaborate with you using an authentic, kind, and skilled approach. The therapeutic relationship can provide a safe space to increase self-awareness and recognize behaviors and relationship patterns that can make you feel stuck.
It takes strength and courage to reach out for help. It is a privilege, as a licensed professional counselor, to provide a supportive, safe, and mutually respectful environment for you to explore problems that may arise during times of increased stress and life transitions. Whether you are struggling with feelings such as sadness, guilt, anger, disappointment, or inner-conflict, as your therapist, I will collaborate with you using an authentic, kind, and skilled approach. The therapeutic relationship can provide a safe space to increase self-awareness and recognize behaviors and relationship patterns that can make you feel stuck.
I am passionate about working with people who want to heal past trauma and find more safety and happiness within themselves and their relationships, as well as those experiencing grief and loss. Is the past interfering with your quality of life and ability to sustain healthy relationships in the present? Do you feel stuck and unsure how to move forward? Have you recently lost someone you love or experienced a major life transition? Do you experience feelings of shame and hopelessness, nightmares, ruminating thoughts or addictive behavior? I provide a safe space to address past and present traumatic experiences and losses.
I am passionate about working with people who want to heal past trauma and find more safety and happiness within themselves and their relationships, as well as those experiencing grief and loss. Is the past interfering with your quality of life and ability to sustain healthy relationships in the present? Do you feel stuck and unsure how to move forward? Have you recently lost someone you love or experienced a major life transition? Do you experience feelings of shame and hopelessness, nightmares, ruminating thoughts or addictive behavior? I provide a safe space to address past and present traumatic experiences and losses.
Specialized in IFS, eating disorders, and complex trauma – Do you have negative thoughts about yourself that won’t go away?
I’m relaxed and informal—sometimes a bit of humor helps us open up. I’ll also challenge you to go deeper, focusing on the real issues rather than staying on the surface. Using IFS, EMDR, DBT/ACT, and attachment-based approaches, I help you build skills to feel better in the moment and create lasting change.
Specialized in IFS, eating disorders, and complex trauma – Do you have negative thoughts about yourself that won’t go away?
I’m relaxed and informal—sometimes a bit of humor helps us open up. I’ll also challenge you to go deeper, focusing on the real issues rather than staying on the surface. Using IFS, EMDR, DBT/ACT, and attachment-based approaches, I help you build skills to feel better in the moment and create lasting change.
My clients tend to be those struggling with eating disorders/ disordered eating/body image issues, are neurodivergent, and/or are part of the lgbtq+ community.
We cannot shame ourselves into behavior change, and that's why I take a compassion-focused approach to everything I do. Self-compassion might be brand new to you, which is totally cool! It's a skill that might not feel natural at first, but eventually can become the default way you respond to yourself (and hopefully others as well). I believe your experience in therapy should be as unique as you are. I integrate many different modalities to fit your personality, goals, and preferences. Everything we do in therapy will be collaborative, as my goal is to reduce the inherent power dynamic that the therapeutic relationship can create.
My clients tend to be those struggling with eating disorders/ disordered eating/body image issues, are neurodivergent, and/or are part of the lgbtq+ community.
We cannot shame ourselves into behavior change, and that's why I take a compassion-focused approach to everything I do. Self-compassion might be brand new to you, which is totally cool! It's a skill that might not feel natural at first, but eventually can become the default way you respond to yourself (and hopefully others as well). I believe your experience in therapy should be as unique as you are. I integrate many different modalities to fit your personality, goals, and preferences. Everything we do in therapy will be collaborative, as my goal is to reduce the inherent power dynamic that the therapeutic relationship can create.
I work with individuals 16 and older in Oregon and Washington with eating disorders including Anorexia, Bulimia, ARFID, Orthorexia, and Binge Eating Disorder.
Recovery is SO worth it, and I would be honored to help you navigate this process. I am committed to fat liberation, body neutrality, and anti-racist work and operate from a Health at Every Size lens. When you get to know me, you will learn that I love love love my job and am so honored to get to work with amazing, passionate, and brave humans each day.
I work with individuals 16 and older in Oregon and Washington with eating disorders including Anorexia, Bulimia, ARFID, Orthorexia, and Binge Eating Disorder.
Recovery is SO worth it, and I would be honored to help you navigate this process. I am committed to fat liberation, body neutrality, and anti-racist work and operate from a Health at Every Size lens. When you get to know me, you will learn that I love love love my job and am so honored to get to work with amazing, passionate, and brave humans each day.
I then helped open Monte Nido's Clementine, a residential eating disorder treatment facility as an individual and group therapist.
I would love to support you in building self-awareness, cultivating self-compassion, and connecting with your own inherent wisdom. Together, we’ll uncover what’s blocking you and causing feelings of being stuck or disconnected. In a world shaped by diet culture, fatphobia, social media, societal expectations, and more, it’s easy to feel like parts of ourselves fragment, and we can lose touch with our bodies and sense of self. I specialize in helping people reconnect with their thoughts, bodies, and inner wisdom. You’ll learn to shift harmful patterns of thinking and self-talk, approaching yourself with kindness and curiosity.
I then helped open Monte Nido's Clementine, a residential eating disorder treatment facility as an individual and group therapist.
I would love to support you in building self-awareness, cultivating self-compassion, and connecting with your own inherent wisdom. Together, we’ll uncover what’s blocking you and causing feelings of being stuck or disconnected. In a world shaped by diet culture, fatphobia, social media, societal expectations, and more, it’s easy to feel like parts of ourselves fragment, and we can lose touch with our bodies and sense of self. I specialize in helping people reconnect with their thoughts, bodies, and inner wisdom. You’ll learn to shift harmful patterns of thinking and self-talk, approaching yourself with kindness and curiosity.
I help individuals navigate challenges like anxiety, stress, overwhelming emotions, life transitions, identity development, disordered eating, trauma, and attachment wounds.
You might be feeling overwhelmed by life’s transitions, searching for a space to unpack your emotions and truly be seen. Maybe anxiety, stress, or overwhelming emotions are weighing you down. Or maybe you’re facing challenges with your personal identity. At times, you may feel disconnected from yourself or from those around you, questioning your worth and how you fit into the world. You might also be carrying the burden of societal pressures, whether it’s around body image, career, or emotional expectations, and you’re longing for relief and self-acceptance. You truly want is to feel empowered and connected—to yourself and others.
I help individuals navigate challenges like anxiety, stress, overwhelming emotions, life transitions, identity development, disordered eating, trauma, and attachment wounds.
You might be feeling overwhelmed by life’s transitions, searching for a space to unpack your emotions and truly be seen. Maybe anxiety, stress, or overwhelming emotions are weighing you down. Or maybe you’re facing challenges with your personal identity. At times, you may feel disconnected from yourself or from those around you, questioning your worth and how you fit into the world. You might also be carrying the burden of societal pressures, whether it’s around body image, career, or emotional expectations, and you’re longing for relief and self-acceptance. You truly want is to feel empowered and connected—to yourself and others.
My clinical interests include trauma, highly sensitive people, eating disorders & disordered eating, anxiety, food's effect on mood, LGBTQ health and empowerment, and women's health and empowerment.
My path to the study of nutrition and counseling began in 2008 when my doctor helped me realize the connection between my mood and my choices in food. After many years of study and clinical work I've learned many other ways to help the brain and body through counseling and nutrition. From 2012-2014 I worked as an intern therapist at Seattle Counseling Service where I taught an ongoing Food & Mood group. Since then I have worked in private practice helping people with food and mental health issues.
My clinical interests include trauma, highly sensitive people, eating disorders & disordered eating, anxiety, food's effect on mood, LGBTQ health and empowerment, and women's health and empowerment.
My path to the study of nutrition and counseling began in 2008 when my doctor helped me realize the connection between my mood and my choices in food. After many years of study and clinical work I've learned many other ways to help the brain and body through counseling and nutrition. From 2012-2014 I worked as an intern therapist at Seattle Counseling Service where I taught an ongoing Food & Mood group. Since then I have worked in private practice helping people with food and mental health issues.
Living with chronic illness, trauma, or disordered eating patterns can leave you exhausted and disconnected from yourself.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and affirming. I draw from EMDR, ACT, Narrative Therapy, Health at Every Size (HAES), mindfulness, and relational work to meet you where you are. We can explore your relationship with food and body, build self-trust, and process trauma. I'll help you reconnect with your body as a source of wisdom, not something to fight.
Living with chronic illness, trauma, or disordered eating patterns can leave you exhausted and disconnected from yourself.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and affirming. I draw from EMDR, ACT, Narrative Therapy, Health at Every Size (HAES), mindfulness, and relational work to meet you where you are. We can explore your relationship with food and body, build self-trust, and process trauma. I'll help you reconnect with your body as a source of wisdom, not something to fight.
I specialize in neurodiversity, gender diversity, eating disorders, and coping with chronic health conditions.
I am social justice-oriented, psychodynamic in orientation, and utilize evidence-based practices such as ACT, DBT, and EMDR. I like to get at the root of things and appreciate deep, identity-based work that is contingent on a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship in which respect and autonomy are the foundation of our connection.
I specialize in neurodiversity, gender diversity, eating disorders, and coping with chronic health conditions.
I am social justice-oriented, psychodynamic in orientation, and utilize evidence-based practices such as ACT, DBT, and EMDR. I like to get at the root of things and appreciate deep, identity-based work that is contingent on a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship in which respect and autonomy are the foundation of our connection.
I specialize in providing individual therapy to teens and adults, mainly focusing on life transitions, exploring gender and sexuality, strengthening relationships, and assisting individuals in recovery from eating disorders.
As a therapist, my goal is to create a secure, supportive environment where clients feel safe to explore and grow. I believe in the power of a collaborative therapeutic relationship, and over the years, I've developed a style that integrates narrative therapy with emotion-focused interventions. Each session is approached with curiosity and humility, ensuring that clients have the space to experience meaningful, positive change.
I specialize in providing individual therapy to teens and adults, mainly focusing on life transitions, exploring gender and sexuality, strengthening relationships, and assisting individuals in recovery from eating disorders.
As a therapist, my goal is to create a secure, supportive environment where clients feel safe to explore and grow. I believe in the power of a collaborative therapeutic relationship, and over the years, I've developed a style that integrates narrative therapy with emotion-focused interventions. Each session is approached with curiosity and humility, ensuring that clients have the space to experience meaningful, positive change.
I have worked in a variety of treatment settings, most relevant being 3 years at Rainrock Treatment Center, a residential program for eating disorders.
I believe we each have within us all that we need in order to create the life we desire and that therapy is a collaborative effort between client and therapist to work towards creating this life. I see my role as a therapist to be one in which I inspire clients to open up to the possibilities within themselves and to support, challenge and hold them through that process. I also strongly believe that healing comes from addressing all parts of the self (emotional, physical and spiritual) and bringing these into alignment.
I have worked in a variety of treatment settings, most relevant being 3 years at Rainrock Treatment Center, a residential program for eating disorders.
I believe we each have within us all that we need in order to create the life we desire and that therapy is a collaborative effort between client and therapist to work towards creating this life. I see my role as a therapist to be one in which I inspire clients to open up to the possibilities within themselves and to support, challenge and hold them through that process. I also strongly believe that healing comes from addressing all parts of the self (emotional, physical and spiritual) and bringing these into alignment.
Accepting Clients: Individual and family therapy can provide space to improve communication, repair wounds, and build the skills needed to support teens and young adults move through changing environments. Whether you need coping tools for emotional resilience, or space to unpack changing of relationships between generations, therapy is a brave and compassionate choice.
Accepting Clients: Individual and family therapy can provide space to improve communication, repair wounds, and build the skills needed to support teens and young adults move through changing environments. Whether you need coping tools for emotional resilience, or space to unpack changing of relationships between generations, therapy is a brave and compassionate choice.
I am passionate about treating disordered eating and eating disorders, supporting people through life transitions and navigating the difficult choices that happen at critical periods of development.
My ultimate goal is to meet my clients where they are and help empower them to draw upon internal and external resources of strength. I utilize a relational approach with a creative flair; each session is catered to fit the needs of the individual. You know yourself best and my job is to ensure that you feel seen and heard. Maybe you're struggling with feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, or feeling "stuck" about what you need. Let's figure it out together.
I am passionate about treating disordered eating and eating disorders, supporting people through life transitions and navigating the difficult choices that happen at critical periods of development.
My ultimate goal is to meet my clients where they are and help empower them to draw upon internal and external resources of strength. I utilize a relational approach with a creative flair; each session is catered to fit the needs of the individual. You know yourself best and my job is to ensure that you feel seen and heard. Maybe you're struggling with feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, or feeling "stuck" about what you need. Let's figure it out together.
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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.