Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in North Castle, NY.

Eating disorders often become more sever when left untreated. Ailments such as Emetophobia present in children and teens but also in adults and can be treated in my office with therapy. The specific therapy approach requires an understanding of the patients specific issue as well as the pros and cons of each approach. Therapy is highly recommended especially in teens who are avoiding social interactions as a result of their fears.

Having a good relationship with food is a struggle for many people today and can be seen as a topic of interest on many covers of magazines and newspapers these days. Since we all need food to live having a food addiction or disorder is particularly difficult as it is not a substance you can throw away and never pick up again. I help people gain a better understanding and relationship of how food is fuel and pleasure and how to strike a good balance between our needs and desires.

We have coaches in our practice that are gratefully recovered from past disordered eating this includes bariatric coaching as well. We are proud to offer this perspective and service to the community as these resources are hard to come by currently. Our coaches go through training on the latest strategy in eating disorder recovery routinely. Similar to peer coaching to help in substance addiction, peer coaching can be very effective in recovery from disordered eating. We use our own testimony as well as up to date strategy to help. We can also advocate and provide referrals to higher level or care when needed, including inpatient and residential. We take a holistic and whole person approach.

Compulsive overeating is triggered by poor eating habits, emotional and psychological stresses (anxiety and depression) and making poor food choices. In order to lose weight permanently you must change your thinking about yourself and your relationship to food. Food can serve many functions: companion, distractor, means to avoid emotions and activity. In the 20 week "Mind Set Program" you will learn how: your emotions and thoughts set you into motion to overeat, to eat in a healthy manner promoting weight loss and a healthy attitudes towards food, and create your "personal healthy environment" where you incorporate exercise and nutritious foods into your daily life.

There is a lot of shame and guilt associated with eating disorders. There is no need to be ashamed of overeating, emotional eating, or binge eating. Eating disorders could be due to anxiety, self-criticism, or other things that happened during childhood. Therapists at Anchored Counseling can help you work through whatever it is, so that you can be well.

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.

An eating disorder is not a lifestyle choice. An eating disorder is a serious and often fatal illnesses that causes serious disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors, physical health, and relationships. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder. The sooner someone struggling with this illness, or displaying behaviors and attitudes consistent with these disorders, can get connected to help, the better. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. As with any illness or psychological disorder, these problems will not go away on their own; without clinical support they often only escalate dangerously.

Many individuals have eating disorders and turn a counselor to help. Chris has treated many eating disorder clients including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder. Those who suffer from an eating disorder can place rules on their food intake such as limiting intake or purging after the meal. Many times the eating disorder has other reasons and behaviors behind it such as anxiety or control issues. Chris uses cognitive behavior therapy to help clients identify triggers and look at their relationship with food. Often I work with medical doctors who prescribe medication and in combination with good psychotherapy can help lowering the symptoms.

Although we do not specialize I'm eating disorder treatment currently we have several therapists going through training to understand more regarding the needs of people who struggle with bulimia and anorexia. We do have experience currently working with folks on overcoming binge eating and folks in the process of seeking bariatric surgery. We hope to expand these areas of servuce throughout the next 5 years. If you are willing to work with therapists learning more on how to help please still reach out to us. We can help support in any ways we can and refer to other providers inpatient or outpatient should you case exceed our level of expertise.

We work on the the underlying issues of an eating disorder and refer these clients to a nutritionist. We help these clients identify their triggers and substitute the eating disorder behaviors with more healthy adaptive behaviors. We help these clients develop coping skills to manage and communicate their emotions in healthier ways. We help these clients understand where there eating disordered behaviors stem from and what may be getting in the way of positive change.