eating disorder therapy
LKG Psychotherapy & Coaching offers eating disorder therapy in Los Angeles and via secure telehealth throughout California, Texas, and Connecticut for individuals struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, ARFID, disordered eating, and body image concerns.
At LKG Psychotherapy & Coaching, we believe full recovery from an eating disorder is possible.
Being recovered means that food, weight, and body image no longer dominate daily life or determine self-worth. It involves developing healthier ways to cope with difficult emotions and making choices based on personal values rather than the rules of the eating disorder.
A Thoughtful and Collaborative Approach
Treatment is deeply individualized and guided by each client’s unique history, needs, and goals.
Recovery involves more than stopping eating disorder behaviors. It means developing a more accepting and respectful relationship with the body, being able to eat a wide variety of foods without rigid rules or overwhelming fear, and engaging in movement for enjoyment and well-being rather than as a way to compensate for eating or changing your body.
Eating disorders can develop as ways of coping with overwhelming emotions, perfectionism, trauma, or a painful relationship with one’s body. Therapy provides a space to explore these patterns with curiosity and compassion, better understand what the eating disorder has come to represent or provide, and begin developing new ways of responding to difficult emotions and experiences.
Treatment may include:
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EMDR to help process attachment wounds, trauma, and distressing experiences
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Cognitive behavioral interventions (CBT-E, ACT, and DBT) to address eating disorder thoughts and behaviors, build emotional regulation skills, and help clients make choices aligned with their values
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Insight-oriented psychotherapy to understand underlying emotional and relational dynamics
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Skills for emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance
“Full recovery is possible. It means freedom from the rules, fears, and compulsions of an eating disorder — and the ability to nourish your body, move in ways that feel meaningful, treat your body with respect, and live a purposeful, fulfilling life.”
— Laudan Kermani Gish, LCSW, PMH-CWho This Work Is For
Eating disorder therapy may be helpful for individuals who:
feel preoccupied with food, dieting, or body image
struggle with cycles of restriction, bingeing, or purging
experience shame, secrecy, or harsh self-criticism around eating or body image
find themselves caught in patterns of chronic dieting or repeated attempts to control food or weight
want a more peaceful relationship with food and their body