Eating Disorder & Disordered Eating Work

I specialize in working with clients for whom disordered eating is connected to control, perfectionism, and emotional constraint. Rather than focusing solely on behaviors, my work addresses the underlying patterns that maintain eating disorders — including rigidity, rule-governed living, difficulty receiving care, and fear of emotional exposure.

Using an RO-DBT-informed lens, therapy supports clients in building psychological flexibility, embodied awareness, and connection, while gently challenging the belief that control is the only path to safety or worth.

This work is nuanced, relational, and values-driven — and often involves collaboration with dietitians or other providers when appropriate and with consent.

My Clinical Approach

My primary clinical framework is Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), an evidence-based treatment designed for individuals who struggle with overcontrol. RO-DBT focuses on increasing openness, emotional expression, social signaling, and genuine connection — skills that are often underdeveloped in people who have learned to rely on control to stay safe.

I also integrate trauma-informed stabilization and nervous-system-aware interventions to ensure that change happens at a pace that feels safe and sustainable. Rather than asking clients to “let go” of control prematurely, we work to understand why control developed, what it has protected, and how to build trust in new ways of relating to emotions, relationships, and the body.

Therapy with me is collaborative, structured, and deeply respectful of the intelligence and effort clients already bring to their lives.