What Does Therapy Look Like?
Intake Assessment
We will start with a full intake assessment where we will look at the specific eating disorder behaviors that are plaguing you. We will explore your treatment history as well as modalities that you’ve tried and tested. Then we will discuss an assessment and the next step for you to take on your journey to recovery.
Co-Occurring Diagnosis
We spend just as much time during the Intake assessment, assessing any other symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, etc. that afflict you and contribute to using eating disorder behaviors to cope as well as a complete personal history. Finally, we come up with a treatment plan that highlights your hopes for yourself, your unique strengths, and your immediate and long-term goals.
Eating disorders are not individual problems, but are instead the result of a complex web of factors including social, economic, relational, and political factors. Our approach centralizes the client's definition of recovery and their own unique personalities, diagnosis, and characteristics that contribute to their relationship with food and body and how they interact with the world.
In Session
We will often do process work in session so that you can use therapy as a safe place to reveal your inner turmoil and brainstorm alternative ways to handle your present conflicts. I use a non-traditional approach by utilizing recovery-based books, intervention based worksheets, art therapy and desensitization exercises in sessions for increased insights.
Family Involvement
An eating disorder affects the entire family. If you are still living at home or your family is still a part of your life on a regular basis, I include family members in occasional therapy sessions to identify hidden supports, explore how family dynamics can exacerbate symptoms, and to observe how the family interacts to better understand you as an individual.
If you are differentiated from your family, we often utilize process based talk therapy to explore what values, beliefs, and core concepts you have developed from your family of origin. This can help us identify maladaptive beliefs that contribute to your way of interacting with the world.
If you are a teen seeking treatment, please see the FAQ page regarding the admission process for adolescents.
Intake Assessment
We will start with a full intake assessment where we will look at the specific eating disorder behaviors that are plaguing you. We will explore your treatment history as well as modalities that you’ve tried and tested. Then we will discuss an assessment and the next step for you to take on your journey to recovery.
Co-Morbid Diagnosis
We spend just as much time during the Intake assessment, assessing any other symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, etc. that afflict you and contribute to using eating disorder behaviors to cope as well as a complete personal history. Finally, we come up with a treatment plan that highlights your hopes for yourself, your unique strengths, and your immediate and long-term goals.
Eating disorders are not individual problems, but are instead the result of a complex web of factors including social, economic, relational, and political factors. Our approach centralizes the client's definition of recovery and their own unique personalities, diagnosis, and characteristics that contribute to their relationship with food and body and how they interact with the world.
In Session
We will often do process work in session so that you can use therapy as a safe place to reveal your inner turmoil and brainstorm alternative ways to handle your present conflicts. I use a non-traditional approach by utilizing recovery-based books, intervention based worksheets, art therapy and desensitization exercises in sessions for increased insights.
Family Involvment
An eating disorder affects the entire family. If you are still living at home or your family is still a part of your life on a regular basis, I include family members in occasional therapy sessions to identify hidden supports, explore how family dynamics can exacerbate symptoms, and to observe how the family interacts to better understand you as an individual.
If you are differentiated from your family, we often utilize process based talk therapy to explore what values, beliefs, and core concepts you have developed from your family of origin. This can help us identify maladaptive beliefs that contribute to your way of interacting with the world.
If you are a teen seeking treatment, please see the FAQ page regarding the admission process for adolescents.
We offer comfortable, serene rooms with various seating options to accommodate individuals or families for traditional psychotherapy.
Our array of books, workbooks, and worksheets allow us to offer a variety of resources to our clients in session or to utilize in between sessions.
Talk Therapy
Our custom creative therapy space allows us to offer expressive art therapies, sand tray therapy, and visualization of the internal parts that impact our decision making and how we interact with the world (Internal Family Systems) as aids to the healing journey.
This room is used in conjunction with therapy sessions as the client desires, with both directive prompts from the therapist as well as client directed creative expression.
Art Therapy
Trusted by the Orange County community
We have been offering trusted, specialized care in Orange County for over a decade; we are the primary referral source for eating disorder treatment, recommended by leading medical and dietetic professionals.
Experienced Therapists
We are experienced therapists who take a non-judgmental approach, fostering authentic and even humorous connections to help clients maintain agency and feel safe, empowered, and heard
