Counseling for Eating Disorders
Whether it is anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or another eating disorder, NewPath Therapy & Wellness can help you defeat the disease and feel renewed through our mental health services.
Counseling for Eating Disorders
Whether it is anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or another eating disorder, NewPath Therapy & Wellness can help you defeat the disease and feel renewed through our mental health services.
Signs of an Eating Disorder
- Fluctuations in weight either up or down
- Very small food portions and skipped meals
- Stomach cramps and other GI issues
- Dizziness and fainting
- Irregular periods
- Cavities, enamel erosion, and other dental problems
- Brittle nails and hair and dry skin
- Feeling cold
- Sleep issues
- Mood swings
- Impaired wound healing
- Low self-esteem
- Food hoarding
- Unwillingness to eat certain foods or food groups
- Obsession with calories, weight, diet, body shape, etc.
- Food rituals like only eating certain foods and not allowing them to touch
- Binge eating
- Purging
- Consumption of a lot of food in a short period of time
- Cuts and callouses on knuckles and hands from forcing oneself to vomit
- Guilt from overeating
- Withdrawal from activities and social gatherings
Food is the only thing that I can control in my life.
Food has been a way to cope with your emotions for as long as you can remember. Any time you struggled with change, new expectations, or life transitions, food was there as a reliable outlet. Restricting food makes you feel confident and in control.
But you are hiding your eating patterns from others. Feelings of shame overcome you and isolate you from everyone who loves you.
Just start eating more.
It’s easy to see that your eating behaviors are different from others around you, but you have no idea why. You tell yourself, “I can eat normally”, but struggle and fall to impulses to starve, binge, and purge.
Reaching out for support just backfires and leaves you feeling alone and misunderstood.
You are not alone.
Eating disorders are one of the least talked about problems in our American culture. Many people do not reach out for professional help because they do not see the connection between eating disorders and life problems.
There is hope and recovery is possible!
You can change your relationship with food.
The good news is that you can understand the root cause to your compulsive patterns with eating. Through mental health treatment, you can change the way you think about food and find healthier ways to manage stress.
Through mental health therapy, you will be empowered to have a better relationship with food and learn to love ALL of yourself inside and out!