Eating Disorders Therapists in North Huntingdon, PA
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.
Lisa has training in the treatment of Eating Disorders, having worked on eating disorders units at Pittsburgh hospitals including COPE at WPIC and Saint Francis Hospital.
Worried? Anxious? Depressed? Relationship issues and parenting concerns making you bonkers? I can help! Lisa Pope is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience providing effective, quality counseling services for individuals, couples and families. Using a CBT/DBT skills based approach to treatment, Lisa TEACHES clients how to decrease their symptoms, restore balance and improve the overall quality of life! "My vision as a counselor is to teach clients the coping skills they need in order to be more effective in their day to day lives."
Lisa has training in the treatment of Eating Disorders, having worked on eating disorders units at Pittsburgh hospitals including COPE at WPIC and Saint Francis Hospital.
Worried? Anxious? Depressed? Relationship issues and parenting concerns making you bonkers? I can help! Lisa Pope is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience providing effective, quality counseling services for individuals, couples and families. Using a CBT/DBT skills based approach to treatment, Lisa TEACHES clients how to decrease their symptoms, restore balance and improve the overall quality of life! "My vision as a counselor is to teach clients the coping skills they need in order to be more effective in their day to day lives."
Carissa Atkinson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
My clinical experience began in general private practice, and I later moved on to develop a more specialized treatment approach through an internship with The Center for OCD and Anxiety in August 2020. From there, I transitioned into my roles as Associate Therapist, Intake Manager, and Caregiver Support Group Leader until February 2024. As I believe that effective therapy includes an appropriate balance of empathy, humor, active listening, and proper guidance rooted in evidence-based practices, I utilize an eclectic mix of therapeutic modalities (listed below) to tailor treatment according to the specific needs of each individual.
My clinical experience began in general private practice, and I later moved on to develop a more specialized treatment approach through an internship with The Center for OCD and Anxiety in August 2020. From there, I transitioned into my roles as Associate Therapist, Intake Manager, and Caregiver Support Group Leader until February 2024. As I believe that effective therapy includes an appropriate balance of empathy, humor, active listening, and proper guidance rooted in evidence-based practices, I utilize an eclectic mix of therapeutic modalities (listed below) to tailor treatment according to the specific needs of each individual.
We all struggle in the relationships that are important to us and need help some of the time to develop skills to strengthen these relationships. We lose connection and have difficulty communicating with our partners or spouses; we get stuck in conflict with our children; we lose track of who we are; we dread going to work because it feels hostile or unsafe; we question our faith; we have trouble expressing needs at school; and we neglect our bodies and our health. The relationships we have with ourselves and others are always evolving and we need to change with them.
We all struggle in the relationships that are important to us and need help some of the time to develop skills to strengthen these relationships. We lose connection and have difficulty communicating with our partners or spouses; we get stuck in conflict with our children; we lose track of who we are; we dread going to work because it feels hostile or unsafe; we question our faith; we have trouble expressing needs at school; and we neglect our bodies and our health. The relationships we have with ourselves and others are always evolving and we need to change with them.
I am a licensed professional mental health counselor certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors. I work side-by-side with my clients to identify realistic and attainable personal goals to produce self-awareness and positive change. I provide a safe and relaxed environment to process life’s complications such as sport performance difficulties, relationship issues, phase of life struggles, anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and more.
I am a licensed professional mental health counselor certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors. I work side-by-side with my clients to identify realistic and attainable personal goals to produce self-awareness and positive change. I provide a safe and relaxed environment to process life’s complications such as sport performance difficulties, relationship issues, phase of life struggles, anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and more.
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Rebecca Ryberg
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Becca is a licensed professional counselor who has been working in the mental health care field since 2015. In addition to being a LPC, Becca is EMDR and TF-CBT Trained. Her heart is in adolescent mental health, trauma informed care, and eating disorder treatment. In person sessions located in Alexandria ONLY. Virtual sessions available anywhere in Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Becca is a licensed professional counselor who has been working in the mental health care field since 2015. In addition to being a LPC, Becca is EMDR and TF-CBT Trained. Her heart is in adolescent mental health, trauma informed care, and eating disorder treatment. In person sessions located in Alexandria ONLY. Virtual sessions available anywhere in Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania.
You might look like you’re holding it together on the outside — but inside, you feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or at war with your own mind and body. Maybe food, body image, or exercise has quietly taken up more space in your life than you’d like. Maybe anxiety runs in the background all day — overthinking conversations, replaying mistakes, feeling “too much” or somehow not enough. Maybe trauma or the past shows up in ways you can’t fully explain. Or maybe you’ve always felt a little different — neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, or simply not fitting into the boxes the world expects.
You might look like you’re holding it together on the outside — but inside, you feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or at war with your own mind and body. Maybe food, body image, or exercise has quietly taken up more space in your life than you’d like. Maybe anxiety runs in the background all day — overthinking conversations, replaying mistakes, feeling “too much” or somehow not enough. Maybe trauma or the past shows up in ways you can’t fully explain. Or maybe you’ve always felt a little different — neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, or simply not fitting into the boxes the world expects.
You are the expert on your own life. Through identifying goals and values, processing of major life events, implementation of healthy coping skills, re-establishing the mind-body connection, and whatever else fits your individual needs, we can work together to help you reach your ideal self.
You are the expert on your own life. Through identifying goals and values, processing of major life events, implementation of healthy coping skills, re-establishing the mind-body connection, and whatever else fits your individual needs, we can work together to help you reach your ideal self.
Let’s get you to where you want to be. I feel strongly that my clients are the experts in their own lives and I bring to the work: lived experience, training, and a sincere commitment to you living your best life. I follow your lead while also speaking up when something sounds like it might be harmful internalized messaging. I am invested in working with people of a wide range of relationship models and social identities including polyamorous/non-monogamous, trans and nonbinary, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, fat, disabled, neurodivergent, and sex workers. Being a therapist is a second career from art and education work.
Let’s get you to where you want to be. I feel strongly that my clients are the experts in their own lives and I bring to the work: lived experience, training, and a sincere commitment to you living your best life. I follow your lead while also speaking up when something sounds like it might be harmful internalized messaging. I am invested in working with people of a wide range of relationship models and social identities including polyamorous/non-monogamous, trans and nonbinary, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, fat, disabled, neurodivergent, and sex workers. Being a therapist is a second career from art and education work.
My experiences range from outpatient care to more intensive eating disorder partial hospitalization.
It can be difficult to navigate finding mental health care, but you’ve made it this far. I view my role as holding a warm space for us to explore what is working and not working for you in your life. Most of us weren’t taught how to experience our emotions mindfully and respond with intention. It makes sense that many of us struggle with responding to our emotions compassionately. I may help you identify, understand, and accept difficult internal experiences while taking meaningful action in your life.
My experiences range from outpatient care to more intensive eating disorder partial hospitalization.
It can be difficult to navigate finding mental health care, but you’ve made it this far. I view my role as holding a warm space for us to explore what is working and not working for you in your life. Most of us weren’t taught how to experience our emotions mindfully and respond with intention. It makes sense that many of us struggle with responding to our emotions compassionately. I may help you identify, understand, and accept difficult internal experiences while taking meaningful action in your life.
I am a queer trans woman, AuDHD, and a trauma-oriented therapist specializing in eating disorders and gender exploration.
There are real commonalities in what humans struggle with, and each person also carries a history, a body, and an inner world that belong only to them. I want to understand yours and stay close as we follow whatever is alive in the work. Therapy is one of the slow ways back to the parts of yourself that have been hardest to live with.
I am a queer trans woman, AuDHD, and a trauma-oriented therapist specializing in eating disorders and gender exploration.
There are real commonalities in what humans struggle with, and each person also carries a history, a body, and an inner world that belong only to them. I want to understand yours and stay close as we follow whatever is alive in the work. Therapy is one of the slow ways back to the parts of yourself that have been hardest to live with.
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!
I am a trauma-informed, licensed clinical psychologist who works primarily with late adolescents and adults. I enjoy working with anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and is craving more meaningful and satisfying relationships. Although I have experience working with a wide range of concerns, I have specialized training in working with the impacts of traumatic experiences and how this informs our view of self in relationships (both romantic and non-romantic). I also have special interests in social anxiety, identity development, and attachment-related difficulties.
I am a trauma-informed, licensed clinical psychologist who works primarily with late adolescents and adults. I enjoy working with anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and is craving more meaningful and satisfying relationships. Although I have experience working with a wide range of concerns, I have specialized training in working with the impacts of traumatic experiences and how this informs our view of self in relationships (both romantic and non-romantic). I also have special interests in social anxiety, identity development, and attachment-related difficulties.
I work with teenagers, young adults, adults, and seniors navigating eating disorders, major life transitions, and the ongoing pressures of stress.
In sessions, you can expect a thoughtful balance of reflection and skill-building. I primarily use evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), ensuring that our work together is both focused and adaptable to your individual goals.
I work with teenagers, young adults, adults, and seniors navigating eating disorders, major life transitions, and the ongoing pressures of stress.
In sessions, you can expect a thoughtful balance of reflection and skill-building. I primarily use evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), ensuring that our work together is both focused and adaptable to your individual goals.
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.
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 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.
I have devoted my practice to working with clients with Perinatal concerns, Eating Disorders ( Anorexia, Bulimia, ARFID, OSFED, and BED) and Anxiety diagnoses.
I have an empathetic and eclectic therapeutic style, which tends to take form as person-centered talk therapy; I use CBT and CBT-E in addition to feminist and mindfulness practices, and am ERP trained. I am in the process of obtaining my PMH-C, and am PSI-trained with lived experience regarding perinatal issues and traumatic birth.
I have devoted my practice to working with clients with Perinatal concerns, Eating Disorders ( Anorexia, Bulimia, ARFID, OSFED, and BED) and Anxiety diagnoses.
I have an empathetic and eclectic therapeutic style, which tends to take form as person-centered talk therapy; I use CBT and CBT-E in addition to feminist and mindfulness practices, and am ERP trained. I am in the process of obtaining my PMH-C, and am PSI-trained with lived experience regarding perinatal issues and traumatic birth.
I specialize in eating disorders, body image concerns, and couples therapy, but I also work with clients navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, anxiety, and identity exploration.
Therapy should feel like a place where you can exhale — where you’re supported, understood, and challenged in a way that helps you grow. My approach is person-centered and integrative, meaning we’ll work together to tailor therapy to your needs, values, and goals.
I specialize in eating disorders, body image concerns, and couples therapy, but I also work with clients navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, anxiety, and identity exploration.
Therapy should feel like a place where you can exhale — where you’re supported, understood, and challenged in a way that helps you grow. My approach is person-centered and integrative, meaning we’ll work together to tailor therapy to your needs, values, and 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.
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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.