Conditions we treat
Eating disorders
Eating disorders can cause mealtime to feel like a battle and food the enemy. Having skilled psychiatric providers on your team can help you have peace with food.
- Skilled and compassionate psychiatric care
- Coordination with other members of your the health care team
What eating disorders can look like
Eating disorders include a range of serious patterns that interfere with healthy eating. These behaviors extend beyond monitoring carbs or exercising daily. Eating Disorders include a hyper fixation on all aspects of eating and include anorexia, binge eating disorder, bulimia and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder or ARFID. People of any gender, age or size may have an eating disorder and often struggle for years quietly due to shame or worry about loss of control. There are very effective treatments for Eating Disorders and our team can help.
Common signs
Thoughts
Excessively thinking about all aspects of eating, distress about appearance, body shape or eating patterns.
Behaviors
These can include any combination of eating too much, vomiting after eating, or restricting food intake. It often includes seclusion to avoid feeling shame around food behaviors.
Physical
Weight may decrease or rapidly change, which can lead to heart problems, dizziness, fatigue, stomach troubles, irregular periods.
How we treat eating disorders
Psychiatric Care
Comprehensive evaluation with a consideration for medication to support a reduction in harmful eating patterns.
Therapy
Targeted therapies to challenge the preoccupation with food, anxiety or shame due to eating patterns.
Coordinated care
Your therapist and psychiatric provider work together along with other members of your health care team to ensure that your treatment is moving you towards fewer symptoms and improved overall function.
Recovery is possible
Targeted therapy and comprehensive care can help you win this battle. Book online or give us a call to talk with a provider who understands.