Eating Disorders Therapists in Jefferson Hills, PA
I am a National Board Certified Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of PA as well as a School Counselor certified in grades K to 12.
I specialize in working with children and teens with anxiety and play a crucial role in providing support and guidance to young individuals by helping to navigate through their emotions.
I am a National Board Certified Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of PA as well as a School Counselor certified in grades K to 12.
I specialize in working with children and teens with anxiety and play a crucial role in providing support and guidance to young individuals by helping to navigate through their emotions.
Holly
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, NCC, LPC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Connections matter. I believe in creating strong, professional relationships with my clients. My ideal client feels a genuine bond with me and trusts that I can walk alongside them throughout their counseling experience. My purpose is to support clients in identifying and refining their wants and needs, empowering them to make choices that align with their values for improved well-being and a more fulfilling life. I engage holistically, considering life stage, strengths, and wellness, using cognitive-behavioral and reality therapy with a focus on practical strategies that help clients feel supported.
Connections matter. I believe in creating strong, professional relationships with my clients. My ideal client feels a genuine bond with me and trusts that I can walk alongside them throughout their counseling experience. My purpose is to support clients in identifying and refining their wants and needs, empowering them to make choices that align with their values for improved well-being and a more fulfilling life. I engage holistically, considering life stage, strengths, and wellness, using cognitive-behavioral and reality therapy with a focus on practical strategies that help clients feel supported.
Sanderson Psychological is a mental health counseling practice that values quality of client care. We have multiple providers with varying interests and expertise in order to provide the best therapist/client fit. Our mission is to help our clients reconnect with themselves and to explore current or past experiences that have not yet been processed. We hope that through this journey, we will help our clients find deeper self-understanding and compassion.
Sanderson Psychological is a mental health counseling practice that values quality of client care. We have multiple providers with varying interests and expertise in order to provide the best therapist/client fit. Our mission is to help our clients reconnect with themselves and to explore current or past experiences that have not yet been processed. We hope that through this journey, we will help our clients find deeper self-understanding and compassion.
More Than Just Talk....... If you haven't been in psychotherapy before, you may not realize that the traditional approach to treatment is to educate the client about their conditions and teach them how to change their own feelings and behaviors. Although this approach can be very helpful, it is usually a long process that depends a great deal on the individual's courageous persistence. Moreover, a change in behavior and belief does not necessarily resolve the history of negative experiences fueling such things as depression and anxiety. These are some of the reasons I offer "More Than Just Talk".
More Than Just Talk....... If you haven't been in psychotherapy before, you may not realize that the traditional approach to treatment is to educate the client about their conditions and teach them how to change their own feelings and behaviors. Although this approach can be very helpful, it is usually a long process that depends a great deal on the individual's courageous persistence. Moreover, a change in behavior and belief does not necessarily resolve the history of negative experiences fueling such things as depression and anxiety. These are some of the reasons I offer "More Than Just Talk".
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I have received specialized training in utilizing EMDR, neurofeedback, OCD, eating disorders, depression, anxiety and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for use with clients of all ages.
I utilize an individualized and eclectic approach with my clients, drawing on elements of solution-focused, mindfulness, dialectical behavioral, and cognitive behavioral theories and tailoring the therapeutic experience to each client’s individual needs. I believe in cultivating a trusting, warm, and client-centered relationship to allow clients to grow.
I have received specialized training in utilizing EMDR, neurofeedback, OCD, eating disorders, depression, anxiety and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for use with clients of all ages.
I utilize an individualized and eclectic approach with my clients, drawing on elements of solution-focused, mindfulness, dialectical behavioral, and cognitive behavioral theories and tailoring the therapeutic experience to each client’s individual needs. I believe in cultivating a trusting, warm, and client-centered relationship to allow clients to grow.
You may be experiencing anxiety, intrusive thoughts or memories about a situation that continue to invade your thinking. These symptoms can often be addressed through unique Trauma treatment methods that typically provide relief more rapidly.
You may be experiencing anxiety, intrusive thoughts or memories about a situation that continue to invade your thinking. These symptoms can often be addressed through unique Trauma treatment methods that typically provide relief more rapidly.
I have worked in a variety of mental health settings throughout my career and I have extensive experience working with children, teens, and adults with a wide range of mental health disorders. I have several years of experience working with individuals with drug and alcohol addictions, including those who use medication-assisted therapies. I enjoy working with clients with a variety of diagnoses including depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I believe there is hope for any mental health challenge.
I have worked in a variety of mental health settings throughout my career and I have extensive experience working with children, teens, and adults with a wide range of mental health disorders. I have several years of experience working with individuals with drug and alcohol addictions, including those who use medication-assisted therapies. I enjoy working with clients with a variety of diagnoses including depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I believe there is hope for any mental health challenge.
As an EMDR therapist in training, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating the impact of trauma, with particular interests in domestic and sexual violence, eating disorders, and the many ways past experiences can shape how we relate to ourselves and others.
My therapeutic approach draws from EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, and Relational-Cultural Therapy. Together we might explore the stories that have shaped you, identify patterns that no longer serve you, and build skills that support emotional regulation, self-understanding, and connections.
As an EMDR therapist in training, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating the impact of trauma, with particular interests in domestic and sexual violence, eating disorders, and the many ways past experiences can shape how we relate to ourselves and others.
My therapeutic approach draws from EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, and Relational-Cultural Therapy. Together we might explore the stories that have shaped you, identify patterns that no longer serve you, and build skills that support emotional regulation, self-understanding, and connections.
I specialize in humanistic and evidence-based approaches to therapy that focus on treating trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders, and family issues (past and current).
I believe that healing and growth occur within safe, secure relationships where the individual is seen and soothed. I utilize a variety modalities (rooted in person-centered therapy methods) to assist individuals heal past traumas and equip them with skills to develop into their true self. I view mental health treatment as a pilgrimage of self-discovery which enables the client to break the patterns of dysfunction & dysregulation that are the product of trying to cope with stressors. Our sessions will be a place for you to breathe, to be seen, & experience respect while we venture together towards wholeness and mental wellness.
I specialize in humanistic and evidence-based approaches to therapy that focus on treating trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders, and family issues (past and current).
I believe that healing and growth occur within safe, secure relationships where the individual is seen and soothed. I utilize a variety modalities (rooted in person-centered therapy methods) to assist individuals heal past traumas and equip them with skills to develop into their true self. I view mental health treatment as a pilgrimage of self-discovery which enables the client to break the patterns of dysfunction & dysregulation that are the product of trying to cope with stressors. Our sessions will be a place for you to breathe, to be seen, & experience respect while we venture together towards wholeness and mental wellness.
We specialize in supporting individuals navigating trauma/cptsd, eating disorders, attachment wounds, anxiety, and depression.
At Whole Hearted Healing, we believe that true healing happens through connection with yourself, others, and with the world around you. WHH is trauma-informed, queer-founded/affirming, culturally sensitive, providing a safe and compassionate space where all identities are welcomed and celebrated. We offer a unique blend of therapeutic modalities and healing offerings.
Michaela now offers EMDR intensives. Intensives can be helpful for those wanting to experience deeper healing in a condensed time frame or who are ready to move beyond traditional weekly sessions. Equine services can be incorporated into intensives upon request.
We specialize in supporting individuals navigating trauma/cptsd, eating disorders, attachment wounds, anxiety, and depression.
At Whole Hearted Healing, we believe that true healing happens through connection with yourself, others, and with the world around you. WHH is trauma-informed, queer-founded/affirming, culturally sensitive, providing a safe and compassionate space where all identities are welcomed and celebrated. We offer a unique blend of therapeutic modalities and healing offerings.
Michaela now offers EMDR intensives. Intensives can be helpful for those wanting to experience deeper healing in a condensed time frame or who are ready to move beyond traditional weekly sessions. Equine services can be incorporated into intensives upon request.
Fourth River Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCDPD
3 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Waitlist for new clients
Bridget is also an Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS).
Fourth River Therapy is a group private practice founded and operated by experienced Licensed Clinical Social Workers and psychotherapists. Our mission is to provide quality, accessible, and personalized mental healthcare. We are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and see people in person as well as across the state virtually. Additionally, we can accept virtual clients based in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Please see our website for more information!
Bridget is also an Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist (IEDS).
Fourth River Therapy is a group private practice founded and operated by experienced Licensed Clinical Social Workers and psychotherapists. Our mission is to provide quality, accessible, and personalized mental healthcare. We are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and see people in person as well as across the state virtually. Additionally, we can accept virtual clients based in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Please see our website for more information!
My ideal client feels overwhelmed by anxiety, eating disorders or body image concerns, and tension in their marriage or relationships.
I help individuals and couples navigate anxiety, eating disorders, body image concerns, and relationship stress. I offer thoughtful, evidence-based therapy that strengthens communication, builds self-trust, and supports lasting change. My approach is warm, direct, and grounded in meaningful growth.
My ideal client feels overwhelmed by anxiety, eating disorders or body image concerns, and tension in their marriage or relationships.
I help individuals and couples navigate anxiety, eating disorders, body image concerns, and relationship stress. I offer thoughtful, evidence-based therapy that strengthens communication, builds self-trust, and supports lasting change. My approach is warm, direct, and grounded in meaningful growth.
My primary focus is working with individuals and families dealing with a wide range of issues, including eating disorders, body image, anxiety, depression, grief, sexuality, and life transitions.
I have extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in various settings, including outpatient, family therapy, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. I draw from several techniques to meet you where you are including CBT, DBT, Humanistic, Solution Focused, and Maudsley Family Therapy.
My primary focus is working with individuals and families dealing with a wide range of issues, including eating disorders, body image, anxiety, depression, grief, sexuality, and life transitions.
I have extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in various settings, including outpatient, family therapy, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. I draw from several techniques to meet you where you are including CBT, DBT, Humanistic, Solution Focused, and Maudsley Family Therapy.
I provide evidence-based therapy for the treatment of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use problems for adolescent and adult clients. Treatments include Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, and Exposure and Response Prevention. I also offer psychological assessments of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disorders. I am licensed in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
I provide evidence-based therapy for the treatment of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use problems for adolescent and adult clients. Treatments include Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, and Exposure and Response Prevention. I also offer psychological assessments of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disorders. I am licensed in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Alexa Stern
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
3 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize in treating adults across the lifespan with: Anxiety, Depression, Mood Disorders, Perinatal/Postpartum issues, Eating Disorders, Relationship issues, Trauma, and Self Esteem/Shame, among other issues.
I utilize an embodied and integrated approach to support clients to heal from past wounds and improve current functioning. As a body-oriented therapist, I believe attending to posture, gesture, breath, tensions, voice, and movement can yield powerful insights and changes in how we experience ourselves and the world and facilitate the integration of body, mind and spirit toward fuller authentic living. Often, we need to encounter what we find within us to be deeply unacceptable, painful, and terrifying to be set free and transform. As a compassionate, supportive guide, I am humbled and honored to accompany my clients on this journey.
I specialize in treating adults across the lifespan with: Anxiety, Depression, Mood Disorders, Perinatal/Postpartum issues, Eating Disorders, Relationship issues, Trauma, and Self Esteem/Shame, among other issues.
I utilize an embodied and integrated approach to support clients to heal from past wounds and improve current functioning. As a body-oriented therapist, I believe attending to posture, gesture, breath, tensions, voice, and movement can yield powerful insights and changes in how we experience ourselves and the world and facilitate the integration of body, mind and spirit toward fuller authentic living. Often, we need to encounter what we find within us to be deeply unacceptable, painful, and terrifying to be set free and transform. As a compassionate, supportive guide, I am humbled and honored to accompany my clients on this journey.
I am a clinical psychologist with specialized training in treating individuals with eating disorders.
You are the expert of your own experience. For this reason, my primary goal in the first session is to get to know you and your goals for therapy. Together we will make an individualized treatment plan to fit your needs and help you work towards your goals.
I am a clinical psychologist with specialized training in treating individuals with eating disorders.
You are the expert of your own experience. For this reason, my primary goal in the first session is to get to know you and your goals for therapy. Together we will make an individualized treatment plan to fit your needs and help you work towards your goals.
Prior to opening my practice, I cultivated 14 years of experience through the Eating Disorders and Adult Mood Disorders Clinics at WPIC.
Every life has its own obstacles. Finding a healthy way to move through or past these obstacles ultimately determines our happiness. I utilize a skills based approach to treatment, with my goal being to work with my clients to decrease their symptoms, restore balance and improve overall quality of life. Integrating complementary techniques, I offer an eclectic and highly personalized approach, tailored to each individual client's situation. With compassion, humor, and understanding, I work with each client to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
Prior to opening my practice, I cultivated 14 years of experience through the Eating Disorders and Adult Mood Disorders Clinics at WPIC.
Every life has its own obstacles. Finding a healthy way to move through or past these obstacles ultimately determines our happiness. I utilize a skills based approach to treatment, with my goal being to work with my clients to decrease their symptoms, restore balance and improve overall quality of life. Integrating complementary techniques, I offer an eclectic and highly personalized approach, tailored to each individual client's situation. With compassion, humor, and understanding, I work with each client to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
I specialize in working with eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, couples, family therapy, adjustment concerns, autism or social concerns.
My goal is to help clients feel comfortable so that they may take that crucial step of starting therapy for the first time or restarting therapy. I prioritize understanding your goals for therapy and partnering with you to reach them. For the quickest response, please email and I will respond as soon as I can.
I specialize in working with eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, couples, family therapy, adjustment concerns, autism or social concerns.
My goal is to help clients feel comfortable so that they may take that crucial step of starting therapy for the first time or restarting therapy. I prioritize understanding your goals for therapy and partnering with you to reach them. For the quickest response, please email and I will respond as soon as I can.
I was trained at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital and use evidence-based treatments to support children and teens with OCD, eating disorders, ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
In therapy, your child will learn to understand what’s keeping them stuck and develop new ways of responding to challenges. Whether we’re addressing self-critical thoughts, perfectionism, anxiety, or behavioral difficulties, I help children build confidence and develop practical skills that support lasting change.
I was trained at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital and use evidence-based treatments to support children and teens with OCD, eating disorders, ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
In therapy, your child will learn to understand what’s keeping them stuck and develop new ways of responding to challenges. Whether we’re addressing self-critical thoughts, perfectionism, anxiety, or behavioral difficulties, I help children build confidence and develop practical skills that support lasting change.
My experience includes family therapy, inpatient eating disorder clinic, outpatient, child therapy and group therapy.
In our first meeting, I would like to get to know you and what goals you would like to work on with me. I would like to learn about your interests and what matters to you most. We can explore your core beliefs and ways that you understand and interpret the world. In our first session, I may provide tools we can utilize as we continue working together.
My experience includes family therapy, inpatient eating disorder clinic, outpatient, child therapy and group therapy.
In our first meeting, I would like to get to know you and what goals you would like to work on with me. I would like to learn about your interests and what matters to you most. We can explore your core beliefs and ways that you understand and interpret the world. In our first session, I may provide tools we can utilize as we continue working 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.