Eating Disorders Therapists in Houston, TX
If you're here because it feels like an eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or anxiety have taken over your life or the life of someone you love, I want you to know you are not alone, and full recovery is possible.
I am a licensed psychologist with a primary specialization in eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety disorders across the lifespan. My eating disorder training includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and other eating concerns. I use evidence-based CBT and acceptance-based treatments tailored to each person or family's treatment goals.
If you're here because it feels like an eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or anxiety have taken over your life or the life of someone you love, I want you to know you are not alone, and full recovery is possible.
I am a licensed psychologist with a primary specialization in eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety disorders across the lifespan. My eating disorder training includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and other eating concerns. I use evidence-based CBT and acceptance-based treatments tailored to each person or family's treatment goals.
Some areas of my therapeutic focuses include depression, trauma, living well with personality disorders, disordered eating, the mind-gut connection as well as substance abuse and mindful use.
You and your family's pursuit of healing and wholeness can start here, today! I will honor your voice and partner with you in your journey. If speaking up a struggle for you, I can help you find your voice and learn how to use it. I know the deep impact the work towards wholeness can have on a person’s life and want you to experience the peace and clarity that you deserve. I am truly passionate about helping you know yourself and build the life you want. My desire is to facilitate an environment that is safe for you to heal and grow. My therapeutic focus is general and includes all ages, genders, races, religions, and abilities.
Some areas of my therapeutic focuses include depression, trauma, living well with personality disorders, disordered eating, the mind-gut connection as well as substance abuse and mindful use.
You and your family's pursuit of healing and wholeness can start here, today! I will honor your voice and partner with you in your journey. If speaking up a struggle for you, I can help you find your voice and learn how to use it. I know the deep impact the work towards wholeness can have on a person’s life and want you to experience the peace and clarity that you deserve. I am truly passionate about helping you know yourself and build the life you want. My desire is to facilitate an environment that is safe for you to heal and grow. My therapeutic focus is general and includes all ages, genders, races, religions, and abilities.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Consultant (CEDS-C) with advanced training in evidence-based treatment for eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, and high-functioning distress.
From the outside, your life may appear successful. You may be high-achieving, accomplished, and the person others rely on. Yet beneath the surface, you may be carrying anxiety, perfectionism, self-doubt, relationship challenges, or the quiet exhaustion of always holding everything together. When your inner experience no longer reflects the life you've built, it can feel isolating and difficult to know where to turn. Therapy offers a space to better understand yourself, reconnect with what matters most, and create lasting change that feels authentic, meaningful, and sustainable.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Consultant (CEDS-C) with advanced training in evidence-based treatment for eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, and high-functioning distress.
From the outside, your life may appear successful. You may be high-achieving, accomplished, and the person others rely on. Yet beneath the surface, you may be carrying anxiety, perfectionism, self-doubt, relationship challenges, or the quiet exhaustion of always holding everything together. When your inner experience no longer reflects the life you've built, it can feel isolating and difficult to know where to turn. Therapy offers a space to better understand yourself, reconnect with what matters most, and create lasting change that feels authentic, meaningful, and sustainable.
You look like you’re holding it together, but inside, you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or never quite “good enough.” You may be a teen or young adult who puts a lot of pressure on yourself and struggles with perfectionism, stress, life transitions, relationships, body image, or food. If you’re an athlete, you might feel defined by performance, battling fear of failure, injury, or burnout. You want relief from anxiety and self-criticism and a way to feel more confident, balanced, and at peace with yourself.
You look like you’re holding it together, but inside, you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or never quite “good enough.” You may be a teen or young adult who puts a lot of pressure on yourself and struggles with perfectionism, stress, life transitions, relationships, body image, or food. If you’re an athlete, you might feel defined by performance, battling fear of failure, injury, or burnout. You want relief from anxiety and self-criticism and a way to feel more confident, balanced, and at peace with yourself.
Since 1993 I have genuinely enjoyed helping hundreds of individuals change their lives for the better. I approach my work with a heart of compassion and courage, and am well grounded in extensive experience and advanced professional training in a variety of therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, mindfulness, mind/body work, systems theory, trauma recovery, and group psychotherapy. My style is eclectic and creative, and my commitment is to collaborate with each individual client as they discover their own unique path to healing. My specialties include eating disorders, trauma, anxiety and depression.
Since 1993 I have genuinely enjoyed helping hundreds of individuals change their lives for the better. I approach my work with a heart of compassion and courage, and am well grounded in extensive experience and advanced professional training in a variety of therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, mindfulness, mind/body work, systems theory, trauma recovery, and group psychotherapy. My style is eclectic and creative, and my commitment is to collaborate with each individual client as they discover their own unique path to healing. My specialties include eating disorders, trauma, anxiety and depression.
The focus of my therapy practice has been disordered eating, self harm and unresolved trauma.
As a therapist, I feel it's important to help people overcome obstacles that are in the way of a happy, functional life. Sometimes people will change their situations and circumstances - whether that be a job, a new relationship, or go on another diet... And still find themselves generally unsatisfied, anxious, depressed or in the same relationship patterns, If this sounds like something you've experienced, I'd love to help you. I can't promise it will be easy, but I do want to be a reliable, trustworthy resource for you too get where you want to be.
The focus of my therapy practice has been disordered eating, self harm and unresolved trauma.
As a therapist, I feel it's important to help people overcome obstacles that are in the way of a happy, functional life. Sometimes people will change their situations and circumstances - whether that be a job, a new relationship, or go on another diet... And still find themselves generally unsatisfied, anxious, depressed or in the same relationship patterns, If this sounds like something you've experienced, I'd love to help you. I can't promise it will be easy, but I do want to be a reliable, trustworthy resource for you too get where you want to be.
Are you an athlete struggling with an eating disorder, perfectionism, or sports performance issues?
As an athlete, I get it. I understand the pressure to perform and how it impacts your mental health. I help athletes recover from eating disorders, regain control, improve confidence, and build a healthier relationship with food, exercise, and their bodies.
Are you an athlete struggling with an eating disorder, perfectionism, or sports performance issues?
As an athlete, I get it. I understand the pressure to perform and how it impacts your mental health. I help athletes recover from eating disorders, regain control, improve confidence, and build a healthier relationship with food, exercise, and their bodies.
Many of my clients struggle with current-day consequences of many years of trauma, which can show up in a number of different ways- disordered eating and eating disorders, complex PTSD, and an unstable identity.
You are greater than the sum of your parts, and when some parts of you are badly injured, your functioning gets out of whack. My job is to guide you in understanding and acknowledging every part of you so you can live in harmony with yourself. I do that through ecotherapy, parts work, and brainspotting.
Many of my clients struggle with current-day consequences of many years of trauma, which can show up in a number of different ways- disordered eating and eating disorders, complex PTSD, and an unstable identity.
You are greater than the sum of your parts, and when some parts of you are badly injured, your functioning gets out of whack. My job is to guide you in understanding and acknowledging every part of you so you can live in harmony with yourself. I do that through ecotherapy, parts work, and brainspotting.
Our thoughts hold a lot of power. When anxious thoughts take over your brain space, it leaves little room for the things you love. Negative self talk and unrealistic perfectionistic tendencies can leave us feeling like we're not enough and fearful of fulfilling our passions. Your confidence, your friendships, your relationship…all of them are impacted by the narrative inside our brains. I’m here to empower you as we work together to uncover things that no longer serve you, so you can regain your freedom and build the life you want.
Our thoughts hold a lot of power. When anxious thoughts take over your brain space, it leaves little room for the things you love. Negative self talk and unrealistic perfectionistic tendencies can leave us feeling like we're not enough and fearful of fulfilling our passions. Your confidence, your friendships, your relationship…all of them are impacted by the narrative inside our brains. I’m here to empower you as we work together to uncover things that no longer serve you, so you can regain your freedom and build the life you want.
I have previously worked in multiple settings, including residential treatment for eating disorders and addiction, along with other mental health disorders.
Welcome! My name is Mallory. If you're reading this and looking for a place to begin your healing journey, you've already started one of the most challenging parts – reaching out for support. Have you wanted to talk to someone but felt you had nowhere to turn? Have you been feeling alone or like you're not good enough? Maybe you're feeling unheard, angry, or like life's struggles have become unmanageable. You need a safe space but feel like there's no such thing. That's where therapy comes in.
I have previously worked in multiple settings, including residential treatment for eating disorders and addiction, along with other mental health disorders.
Welcome! My name is Mallory. If you're reading this and looking for a place to begin your healing journey, you've already started one of the most challenging parts – reaching out for support. Have you wanted to talk to someone but felt you had nowhere to turn? Have you been feeling alone or like you're not good enough? Maybe you're feeling unheard, angry, or like life's struggles have become unmanageable. You need a safe space but feel like there's no such thing. That's where therapy comes in.
I built on that in inpatient and PHP/IOP programs treating BPD, eating disorders, and complex trauma.
Accepting NEW patients in IL & TX! Do you struggle with people-pleasing, low self-worth, or painful relationships that leave you feeling like you’ve lost yourself? Maybe you grew up in a family that looked “fine” on the outside but left you with invisible scars of trauma. You might find yourself replaying old patterns—turning to food, restriction, or overexercise to cope, feeling guilty when you try to set boundaries, or wondering why you keep choosing partners who don’t treat you well. If you’re exhausted from trying to hold it all together while doubting yourself inside, therapy can help you finally break free.
I built on that in inpatient and PHP/IOP programs treating BPD, eating disorders, and complex trauma.
Accepting NEW patients in IL & TX! Do you struggle with people-pleasing, low self-worth, or painful relationships that leave you feeling like you’ve lost yourself? Maybe you grew up in a family that looked “fine” on the outside but left you with invisible scars of trauma. You might find yourself replaying old patterns—turning to food, restriction, or overexercise to cope, feeling guilty when you try to set boundaries, or wondering why you keep choosing partners who don’t treat you well. If you’re exhausted from trying to hold it all together while doubting yourself inside, therapy can help you finally break free.
Do you struggle with disordered eating, addictive behaviors, healing from trauma, relationships issues, and/or shame around what you've been through or have done?
Having the opportunity to walk alongside my clients on their journey of life over the past 14 + years has been very rewarding. I'm a therapist who enjoys a challenge. I enjoy working with clients from all walks of life, and love working with client who struggle with complex issues and helping them achieve their goals.
Do you struggle with disordered eating, addictive behaviors, healing from trauma, relationships issues, and/or shame around what you've been through or have done?
Having the opportunity to walk alongside my clients on their journey of life over the past 14 + years has been very rewarding. I'm a therapist who enjoys a challenge. I enjoy working with clients from all walks of life, and love working with client who struggle with complex issues and helping them achieve their goals.
I work with women and young adults across Texas who are struggling with eating disorders, body image concerns, or hormonal and reproductive health challenges.
My approach is both practical and holistic, combining therapy with mind-body practices like yoga, breathwork, and meditation. We focus on emotional regulation, stress reduction, and unraveling deeper patterns so you can feel more grounded, stable, and connected to yourself.
I work with women and young adults across Texas who are struggling with eating disorders, body image concerns, or hormonal and reproductive health challenges.
My approach is both practical and holistic, combining therapy with mind-body practices like yoga, breathwork, and meditation. We focus on emotional regulation, stress reduction, and unraveling deeper patterns so you can feel more grounded, stable, and connected to yourself.
I specialize in working with individuals navigating OCD, anxiety, and eating disorders, with a focus on helping clients develop a more compassionate and flexible relationship with their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Life can sometimes feel heavy, exhausting, or hard to manage on your own, but, you don't have to do it alone. Many of the people I work with feel stuck in cycles of intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, chronic worry, or distress around food and body image. These patterns can feel exhausting and difficult to break on your own. In therapy, we work collaboratively to better understand what is keeping these cycles going while also building practical strategies to reduce avoidance, increase tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort, and create new ways of responding.
I specialize in working with individuals navigating OCD, anxiety, and eating disorders, with a focus on helping clients develop a more compassionate and flexible relationship with their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Life can sometimes feel heavy, exhausting, or hard to manage on your own, but, you don't have to do it alone. Many of the people I work with feel stuck in cycles of intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, chronic worry, or distress around food and body image. These patterns can feel exhausting and difficult to break on your own. In therapy, we work collaboratively to better understand what is keeping these cycles going while also building practical strategies to reduce avoidance, increase tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort, and create new ways of responding.
I specialize in working with adolescents (usually ages 15+), young adults, and families navigating eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, pet loss, relationship and family stress, and life transitions.
My approach to therapy is holistic, client-centered, and strengths-based. I value building a genuine therapeutic relationship where clients feel understood, supported, and safe enough to be fully themselves. I gently challenge clients when needed while helping them build self-awareness, strengthen coping skills, and create meaningful and lasting change.
I specialize in working with adolescents (usually ages 15+), young adults, and families navigating eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, pet loss, relationship and family stress, and life transitions.
My approach to therapy is holistic, client-centered, and strengths-based. I value building a genuine therapeutic relationship where clients feel understood, supported, and safe enough to be fully themselves. I gently challenge clients when needed while helping them build self-awareness, strengthen coping skills, and create meaningful and lasting change.
My clinical interests include psychodynamic and attachment theory, somatic based trauma therapy, and eating disorders.
My work with clients is relational, collaborative, and co-creative. Perhaps especially in the context of trauma, attachment, and eating disorders, I believe the therapeutic relationship can be a site of exploration, experimentation, analysis, play, and healing.
My clinical interests include psychodynamic and attachment theory, somatic based trauma therapy, and eating disorders.
My work with clients is relational, collaborative, and co-creative. Perhaps especially in the context of trauma, attachment, and eating disorders, I believe the therapeutic relationship can be a site of exploration, experimentation, analysis, play, and healing.
My passion is helping people realize their individual gifts and ultimately accept themselves fully. I work with a broad range of areas including depression, anxiety, OCD, interpersonal relationships, life transition, trauma and grief. My areas of specialty and expertise are in ACT,CBT, EMDR, coping with chronic illness and parenting skills.
My passion is helping people realize their individual gifts and ultimately accept themselves fully. I work with a broad range of areas including depression, anxiety, OCD, interpersonal relationships, life transition, trauma and grief. My areas of specialty and expertise are in ACT,CBT, EMDR, coping with chronic illness and parenting skills.
I specialize in supporting individuals struggling with trauma, anxiety, and comorbid eating disorders—issues that can often feel isolating and overwhelming.
Life isn't adding up to what you imagined. You may have a nagging sense that something is missing, leaving you wrestling with anxiety or feeling trapped by the past. Whether you've exhausted all avenues or are finally ready to confront what you've been avoiding, taking this next step can feel daunting. It's especially difficult when it feels like nobody truly understands what you're going through. But here you are—because you refuse to stay stuck. What you’ve been through isn’t easy, but I want to assure you that there's hope for healing and happiness ahead.
I specialize in supporting individuals struggling with trauma, anxiety, and comorbid eating disorders—issues that can often feel isolating and overwhelming.
Life isn't adding up to what you imagined. You may have a nagging sense that something is missing, leaving you wrestling with anxiety or feeling trapped by the past. Whether you've exhausted all avenues or are finally ready to confront what you've been avoiding, taking this next step can feel daunting. It's especially difficult when it feels like nobody truly understands what you're going through. But here you are—because you refuse to stay stuck. What you’ve been through isn’t easy, but I want to assure you that there's hope for healing and happiness ahead.
Everyone keeps telling you things will get better, but they don't. You feel stuck, broken, like there is something wrong with you, but you don't know how to fix it. Life feels so overwhelming and there are days where it is so hard to just get out of bed. And if you do get out of bed, you just feel tortured and miserable, like you're in your own personal hell. That voice in your head keeps telling you you're not good enough. Do you turn to food or other habits you desperately wish you could change? Do you obsess about weight and body image? Do you hope for relief that you feel may never come? You are not alone.
Everyone keeps telling you things will get better, but they don't. You feel stuck, broken, like there is something wrong with you, but you don't know how to fix it. Life feels so overwhelming and there are days where it is so hard to just get out of bed. And if you do get out of bed, you just feel tortured and miserable, like you're in your own personal hell. That voice in your head keeps telling you you're not good enough. Do you turn to food or other habits you desperately wish you could change? Do you obsess about weight and body image? Do you hope for relief that you feel may never come? You are not alone.
I am a certified specialist in eating disorder treatment, as well as treating trauma, anxiety, and athlete mental health.
I love working with athletes and athletic artists who want to improve their relationship with their body, improve their performance, and strengthen the relationship within their identity. Athletes have a more complicated relationship with their body than their non-athletic peers and need that relationship to be at the top of their game.
I am a certified specialist in eating disorder treatment, as well as treating trauma, anxiety, and athlete mental health.
I love working with athletes and athletic artists who want to improve their relationship with their body, improve their performance, and strengthen the relationship within their identity. Athletes have a more complicated relationship with their body than their non-athletic peers and need that relationship to be at the top of their game.
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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.