Eating disorder treatment
Diagnosable eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder can be healed with the right support and help. You do not have to qualify for one of these diagnoses to need and deserve help.
Maybe it feels like you just can’t get away from it. Or maybe it feels like you aren’t always sure you want to. But sometimes you do catch a glimmer and think it would feel great to be free truly free and have actual peace.
Disordered eating patterns of any degree take a great deal from you. Sometimes they seem to give you something back, but it seems elusive. It harms your relationships. It affects the way you think about yourself. It makes it hard to be spontaneous and joyful. You always have food, calories, exercise or body on your mind and so there isn’t much room for anything else.
Real change is possible.
Common eating disorders
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is a devastating illness that robs you of your joy, your peace of mind, and eventually your health. It is generally an extreme desire to lose weight and a fear of gaining it. People might go to extreme lengths to not eat as much as their body needs. Anorexia takes a toll on physical health, relationships, life achievements and sense of self.
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Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by cycles of binging and purging behaviors. People with bulimia often end up eating large amounts of food (binging) and then try to get rid of the calories (purging). There are many behaviors people engage in to try to rid themselves of the calories, but purging is never actually an effective means of weight loss.
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Binge-Eating Disorder
People with a binge-eating disorder frequently overeat and often feel a lack of control around food. An individual with a binge-eating disorder may feel remorse about their binge, but they do not partake in purging behaviors. It is important to note that people who suffer from binge-eating disorders can be of any size.
Other common eating disorders
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Compulsive overeating and emotional eating are terms for the same thing: eating in order to soothe your feelings. These conditions are fairly similar to Binge Eating Disorder. However, they don’t happen within a short period of time. Rather, a person with compulsive overeating or emotional eating turns to food throughout the day. This is not an official diagnosis but it is a very common experience.
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ARFID is a unique challenge that goes beyond mere pickiness. ARFID can be centered around a limited range of accepted foods, often rooted in sensory sensitivities, fear of aversive consequences, or a lack of interest in eating. ARFID treatment can help people to become more able to eat a wider variety of foods, meet their nutritional needs and feel comfortable in diverse food situations.
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Disordered eating describes the behavior of a person who does not meet the criteria to be diagnosed with an eating disorder, but has an unhealthy relationship with food. For example, extreme dieting, following fad diets, fasting, or eating a highly unbalanced diet can all be manifestations of disordered eating. Disordered eating might be seen as “normal” in some areas of society, but it takes a tremendous toll on the way a person feels about themselves.
The Freedom to Achieve the Life You Truly Want
Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating, emotional eating, and disordered eating can control your whole life, but you can take back control.
Monarch therapists help people struggling with these behaviors. We will work with work you to help you deeply understand what is causing your unhealthy relationship with food. Often, emotional factors such as low self-worth play a role in your relationship with food. Additionally, we will help you to empower yourself by offering you real-world tools to help you actively combat your eating disorder day by day.
We help our clients feel more comfortable in their bodies. When people are really at ease in their skins they will experience less anxiety, depression, guilt, and stress around eating. To put it simply, nurturing your body and your mind is nurturing yourself.
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Schedule a confidential twenty-minute video or phone consultation. This service is free and you are not committed to moving forward.
We are Committed to Helping Clients Heal from Their Eating Disorder
At Monarch Wellness, our goal goes beyond controlling the symptoms of an eating disorder. We want our clients to find true freedom from guilt and fear.
Monarch therapists are deeply committed to the idea that freedom from eating disorders is possible. Finding freedom from an eating disorder means finding greater peace of mind, connectedness with others, and the ability to contribute to the world in a genuinely meaningful way.
We believe that eating disorders develop in order to help you to meet emotional needs. Once you begin meeting your actual needs, the need for the eating disordered behavior can become much less intense. With tools and techniques for tackling the habits that have formed and the support of a good therapist, the symptoms can be tackled much more easily.
Our approach to eating disorder treatment
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