Individual Therapy | In-Person in Asheville and Online in NC, DC, VA, & CO

Eating and body-image concerns show up in Asheville within a wellness-forward culture that can quietly amplify food rules, comparison, and “shoulds” about health. In therapy, we take a weight-neutral, collaborative approach — not another plan to perfect. In-person sessions at 70 Woodfin Pl offer a private place to untangle food preoccupation, body dissatisfaction, and the social pressures that surround them in Western North Carolina.

Eating disorders and disordered eating are often about much more than food. The eating disorder most likely began as a method of coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or substance abuse. My approach to treating disordered eating behaviors is to treat the anxiety, depression, trauma, or substance abuse along with addressing the eating disorder symptoms. Considering to give up the primary way of coping with stressors in your life might sound scary. I am here to help you figure out what your values are and support you with aligning behaviors with them, as our values give us a “compass” for how we want to show up in our life. Treatment is individualized and begins with understanding your unique presentation, and whether I think outpatient therapy may help. I may recommend therapy in conjunction with working with a dietician and/or a physician. We’ll explore what you think is maintaining the disordered eating patterns. Together, we'll identify realistic goals that you want to work on. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and weight-neutral. Drawing from CBT-E (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, feminist and Health at Every Size (HAES) principles, therapy may focus on challenging and reframing unhelpful beliefs about food and body image, reducing eating disorder behaviors, building coping skills, and learning and practicing skills to manage emotions. It may include developing structure and flexibility around eating and self-care while learning how to respond differently to triggers over time. Throughout treatment, we'll work at a pace that feels manageable. Progress doesn't mean perfection. Together, we'll come up with a definition of recovery that's based on your lived experience.

Treatment approach is the same across locations; what differs is how we meet (in-person in Asheville or telehealth where licensed) and the local context you bring into the room.

Please note: In-person sessions are available in Asheville for Western North Carolina. Telehealth is offered for clients physically located in North Carolina, Washington, D.C., Virginia, or Colorado at the time of session.