Eating Disorder & Disordered Eating Therapy in Wellesley, MA

You are not broken or beyond help. If food and body worries are taking more and more space, there is a steadier way forward. I offer specialized therapy for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, other specified feeding or eating disorders, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, with a focus on safety, choice, and practical skills.

Care is Health at Every Size aligned, body respectful, and sensitive to your history and culture. Sessions are available through secure telehealth anywhere in Massachusetts. You can start gently, learn tools that actually fit real life, and build trust with your body again.

If you are ready to begin, you can schedule an appointment or call for a brief consultation to talk through questions and next steps.

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When Food, Weight & Control Take Over

Food and body thoughts can start small, then crowd out joy, peace, and connection. You may plan every bite, check mirrors, avoid photos, or feel driven to exercise even when exhausted. Maybe binges feel like relief that ends in shame. Maybe restriction creates a sense of control that also steals energy, focus, and warmth.

If weight loss or weight control dominates your day, therapy can help. We will slow things down, reduce fear, and rebuild trust with your body. You do not have to wait for a crisis to begin. Compassionate support can reduce urges, soften rules, and open space for real nourishment, connection, and meaning.

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What Are the Signs You Might Need Support?

When food and body thoughts start to crowd out the rest of life, it can be hard to tell what is normal and what needs care. Use this quick check to notice what is showing up for you:

Common signs include:

You think about food, weight, or shape for much of the day and it feels hard to focus on other things.

You delay or skip meals and feel anxious or guilty when you try to eat regularly.

You avoid meals with others or change plans to hide eating patterns.

You experience binges, purging, or exercise that feels driven rather than chosen.

You feel guilt or shame after normal amounts of food and struggle to trust your body.

You feel out of control with rules that keep getting stricter and harder to follow.

You pull back from friends, hobbies, rest, or joy because of food and body concerns.

You notice feeling cold, tired, lightheaded, or mentally foggy during the day.

You weigh yourself often or check your body in mirrors and photos again and again.

If several of these feel familiar, gentle help can make the next step easier. You do not need to wait for a crisis. A caring start today can create steady change and a life with more space for you.

What Are the Medical & Emotional Risks?

Restrictive patterns can affect heart health, blood pressure, and hormones. Binges and purging can disturb electrolytes and mood. Sleep, focus, warmth, and immunity can all suffer. Shame and isolation often grow beside the symptoms, which makes reaching out harder.

deserve care that honors safety first while also holding hope for a full life. We will work with your comfort level and build support so change does not feel like a threat to your sense of control. Understanding these risks is not about fear. It is about recognizing that your body and mind need nourishment, and that recovery protects your health, relationships, and future.

How Does Our Approach Support Your Recovery?

Finding a steadier path can be simple and clear. Recovery happens in stages, and we will work together so change feels possible and safe. First, we reduce immediate risks and distress by creating ground rules for sleep, regular eating, and daily calm. Next, we name what matters to you so your values guide every step and every choice we make.

You practice emotion regulation, managing urges, and mindful awareness as small actions build confidence. We create simple meal structure and daily habits that support energy, focus, and mood. We explore what drives the cycle so you can respond in new ways and not feel trapped. Your body is not the problem. The rules and pressure are the problem. Together we make room for choice, ease, and a life that feels bigger and more yours.

How Does Collaborative Care Work?

With your consent, we coordinate with your primary care provider or nurse practitioner, registered dietitian, and psychiatrist when it is helpful. This teamwork supports medical safety, steadier nutrition, and mood regulation. Collaboration can be very simple, like a brief update, or more active, like shared goals and aligned meal plans. Your privacy drives every step.

You choose what to share, when to share, and with whom. The aim is to reduce mixed messages and create a unified plan that makes daily follow through easier. Building this circle of support often speeds recovery and reduces the loneliness that eating disorders create.

What Therapy Tools Will We Use?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps you notice urges and difficult thoughts, then choose small actions that honor your values. Dialectical Behavior Therapy informed tools give emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication scripts for moments that feel intense.

When useful, we can practice exposures or supported meals to face feared foods in a gradual and planned way. Every exercise is consent based and paced. The goal is not perfect eating. The goal is flexible, nourishing patterns that make room for connection, work, rest, and joy.

These evidence based approaches translate into real skills you can use every single day, not just concepts you understand intellectually.

Can Family or Partners Be Involved?

When useful, partners or family members can join for brief check-ins or education. We can teach supportive language, mealtime roles, and ways to reduce pressure. You decide who to include and how much to share. The goal is not supervision. The goal is connection that helps you feel less alone with the work. If involvement would not be supportive, we keep sessions individual.

Sometimes having a loved one understand what recovery actually looks like reduces tension at home and creates an environment where healing feels safer. Family involvement is always optional and guided entirely by what feels helpful to you.

What Sessions Look Like

Recovery unfolds in phases, and knowing what to expect can reduce anxiety about starting. Early sessions focus on stabilization, which means establishing safety, regular eating patterns, and reducing behaviors that cause immediate harm.

We create structure without rigidity so your body can trust that nourishment is coming. Next, we build skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and challenging distorted thoughts about food and body. You learn to sit with discomfort without turning to eating disorder behaviors for relief.

Over time, we work on identity beyond the eating disorder, exploring who you are when food and weight are not defining your worth or consuming your energy. Sessions are collaborative, and pacing is guided by your readiness.

How Do We Move From Stabilization to Skills to Identity?

The path forward has natural stages. Stabilization comes first. We reduce immediate risks and distress by creating ground rules for sleep, regular eating, and daily calm. This foundation makes everything else possible.

Skills building follows, where you practice emotion regulation, urge management, and mindful awareness. Small actions build confidence and give you alternatives to eating disorder behaviors. Finally, we work on identity beyond the eating disorder.

We explore values, relationships, career, creativity, and purpose. Recovery is not just about stopping harmful behaviors. It is about creating a life so full and meaningful that the eating disorder no longer serves a purpose. Each phase builds on the last, and we move at your pace.

What You'll Take Away

You will leave therapy with skills and structures that support everyday life. Expect a practical toolkit that reduces urgency, expands choice, and grows confidence. You will learn emotion regulation that actually works in real situations, not only on paper.

You will practice body image resilience and kinder self talk so comparison loses strength. You will build values aligned actions, communication scripts, and boundaries that protect time and energy. You will create relapse prevention plans that include warning signs and early support.

Mindfulness and compassion practices will help you meet urges and shame with steadiness. Over time these pieces form a stable base for nourishment, connection, and a wider life.

Skills and insights you will develop: