Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorders -
Compassionate, evidence-based therapy to help adolescents and adults build balance and confidence in their relationship with food, body, and self
Adolescents:
Eating disorders often emerge during periods of identity formation and social pressures. Equanimity Psychology involves parents when helpful, while centering the adolescent’s voice and experience.
Adults:
Many adults face long-standing patterns of disordered eating. Equanimity Psychology helps untangle these patterns, build emotional steadiness, and develop a healthier, more balanced relationship with food and body.
Families:
Family therapy recognizes that recovery happens best within a supportive and informed family system. Family therapy empowers caregivers with tools and confidence.
Therapy provides a structure space to regain emotional balance, develop healthy coping strategies, and reconnect with you body in a grounded, supportive way.
Understanding Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are rarely just about food. They often reflect underlying anxiety, control, perfectionism, trauma, or challenges with body image and self worth.
You may experience:
Intrusive thoughts about food, exercise, or body image
Cycles of restriction, bingeing, or purging
Feelings of shame, guilt, or disconnection from your body
Anxiety that interferes with daily life
What Equanimity Psychology Addresses
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Persistent restriction of food intake
Intense fear of gaining weight
Distorted body image or inability to recognize low weight
May include excessive exercise or purging behaviors
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Recurrent binge eating (loss of control while eating large amounts)
Followed by compensatory behaviors (vomiting, laxatives, fasting, overexercise)
Self worth heavily influenced by body shape and weight
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Recurrent binge eating without compensatory behaviors
Eating rapidly, past fullness, or in secret
Feelings of guilt, shame, or distress
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Significant eating disorder symptoms that don’t meet full criteria for the above diagnoses
Still medically and psychologically serious
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Repeated diet cycles ("on/off” pattern)
Rigid food rules and fear of certain foods
Guilt or shame around eating
Feeling out of control, then compensating (restricting or over-exercising)
Self-worth tied to weight or food choices
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Persistent dissatisfaction with appearance
Frequent body checking or avoidance
Constant comparison to others
Appearance strongly affecting mood and confidence
Belief that worth depends on how you look
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Exercising to “earn” or burn off food
Guilt or anxiety if you miss workouts
Difficulty taking rest days
Pushing through injury or exhaustion
Exercise dominating identity or schedule
Equanimity Psychology focuses not only on reducing intrusive thoughts, urges, and disordered behaviors, but also on cultivating resilience, self-compassion, and internal balance that support long-term recovery.
Integrative Approach
Equanimity Psychology combines evidence-based modalities tailored to meet your needs, including:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Family collaboration when appropriate
Coordination with dietitians and medical providers
Psychoeducation on treatment and levels of care
Recovery is not about rigid rules. It is about learning to approach food, emotions, and self-image with equilibrium, clarity, and self-compassion.
