Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are abnormal eating habits that can threaten your health or even your life. They include:

• Anorexia nervosa: Individuals believe they’re fat even when they’re dangerously thin and restrict their eating to the point of starvation.     
• Bulimia nervosa: Individuals eat excessive amounts of food, then purge by making themselves vomit or using laxatives. 
• Binge eating: Individuals have out-of-control eating patterns, but don’t purge.

One of the most common myths about eating disorders is that they are about food, or weight.  This is not the case.  Eating disorders are a way of coping with difficult feelings and emotions.  A person engaging in abnormal behaviour around food or weight, is doing so because they are trying to avoid dealing with something else.

One of the most common myths about eating disorders is that they are about food, or weight.  This is not the case.  Eating disorders are a way of coping with difficult feelings and emotions.  A person engaging in abnormal behaviour around.

Therapy is crucial to treating an eating disorder. There are many ways I can work with you, including addressing any feelings of shame and isolation caused by your eating disorder. I can discuss with you, your goals in working towards recovery.

One of the main goals is for you to become more self-aware of how you use food to deal with emotions. I can help you recognise your emotional triggers and learn how to avoid or combat them.