Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in Salisbury, CT.

For some people compulsive eating or dieting is just a way to get rid of bad feelings. The problem is that the bad feelings always come back. Compulsive and addictive behaviors - like obsessive and compulsive disorder, gambling, sexual addictions, eating disorders, cutting, etc. - can work very much like alcohol and substance abuse. They are ways of controlling strong emotional reactions of anxiety, anger, sadness, loneliness or guilt. I use 90-minute and 3-HOUR SESSIONS to identify and fully resolve the roots of your emotional reactions so that they no longer trigger the urge to self-medicate.

Eating Disorders can be difficult to manage and finding the right fit for a therapist is critical so you can trust the therapist to talk about these issues. These issues often affect so many areas of your life so you want to be able to manage your eating habits so maintain a healthy lifestyle. We will work together on what the root cause is and how you can manage these day to day symptoms.

Eating disorders often result from trauma or family related issues. I focus on your relationship with food and finding healthier ways to manage the stress in your life without turning to food as a way to do this. I trained specifically in eating disorders as I believe this is an area that requires a lot of education and training. I have also been working with the bariatric population for 16 years and help individuals with their weight loss journey.

Eating disorders relate to interpersonal power and control dynamics in family life, and so in working with eating disordered people I do both individual psychotherapy, and strategically request that various family members participate in treatment. Often, an eating disordered person is a child of a family sytem in which boundaries have become weak, and issues that pertain to the marital system of the parents affect the mental health of the child in this way. I will help you and your family look at all these issues and work toward strengthening boundaries so that the needs to assert control in such a dangerous way stops.

While most eating disorder issues are treated by cognitive behavioral methodologies or specialized outpatient/inpatient programs, Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, PhD provide relief first and foremost for the brain of one suffering from an eating disorder----without giving them medication. We believe that the neural circuitries responsible for the compulsive behaviors with eating are not necessarily only a neurotransmitter issue but of overused neural networks that affect the harmonization, balance, and decisions of the whole brain. Contact kevin@kevinfleminphd.com or 877-606-6161 to learn more about this safe and effective alternative.