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Eating Disorder Recovery Without Diet Culture
Weight-inclusive, anti-diet approach to healing your relationship with food and your body. Virtual support across Texas, New Mexico, Florida, Idaho, and Arizona.
"Health is not a moral obligation"
Recovery from eating disorders doesn't have to involve another diet, meal plan, or promise to shrink your body. My approach to eating disorder recovery is grounded in Health at Every Size principles, body liberation, and the understanding that eating disorders are often responses to a culture that profits from our body shame.
I work with individuals of all body sizes who are struggling with their relationship to food, movement, and their bodies. Whether you have a diagnosed eating disorder or are simply tired of the diet-restrict-binge cycle, you deserve support that doesn't pathologize your body or promise that smaller equals healthier.
Important Note
I provide eating disorder therapy and support services, but I am not a registered dietitian. For clients who need medical monitoring or intensive nutritional rehabilitation, I work collaboratively with HAES-aligned dietitians and medical providers to ensure comprehensive care.
Eating Disorders and Food Relationship Challenges I Support
Disordered Eating Patterns
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Chronic dieting and diet cycling - Breaking free from the restrict-binge pattern
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Food anxiety and fear foods - Expanding food flexibility without judgment
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Orthorexia tendencies - When "healthy" eating becomes rigid and controlling
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Exercise compulsion - Healing the relationship with movement and rest
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Body checking and avoidance behaviors - Reducing body surveillance and shame
Intersectional Considerations
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Neurodivergent eating patterns - Understanding sensory sensitivities, routine needs, and executive function challenges
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LGBTQIA+ body and food experiences - Addressing minority stress, transition-related body changes, and chosen family food experiences
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Trauma-informed eating disorder recovery - Understanding how trauma and eating disorders intersect
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Medical trauma recovery - Healing from harmful medical experiences related to weight and eating
Weight-Inclusive, Anti-Oppression
Eating Disorder Recovery
Beyond Individual Pathology
Eating disorders don't develop in a vacuum. They emerge within systems of oppression that teach us to hate our bodies, fear food, and believe that our worth is tied to our size. My approach addresses both the individual symptoms and the cultural forces that contribute to disordered eating.
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Body Liberation, Not Body Positivity
While body positivity encourages us to love our bodies, body liberation recognizes that the problem isn't our individual relationship with our bodies—it's the systems that create body hierarchy and profit from our insecurity.
Neurodivergent-Affirming Eating Disorder Treatment
Many neurodivergent individuals have complicated relationships with food that intersect with sensory sensitivities, executive function challenges, and masking behaviors. I provide eating disorder treatment that honors sensory needs, recognizes routine and predictability needs, addresses masking behaviors, understands stimming with food, and accommodates executive function challenges.
Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches
My eating disorder recovery work integrates multiple therapeutic modalities within an anti-oppression framework: CBT-E (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) adapted for weight-inclusive recovery, FBT (Family-Based Treatment) including chosen family, parts work, trauma-informed approaches, EFFT (Emotion-Focused Family Therapy), and expressive/creative approaches using art, movement, and creativity in recovery.
Comprehensive Eating Disorder Support Services
Who Benefits from Weight-Inclusive Eating Disorder Support
You Might Be a Good Fit If:
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You're tired of dieting and ready to heal your relationship with food
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You want recovery that doesn't require weight loss or body changes
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You've tried traditional eating disorder treatment and felt like your body size was seen as the problem
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You're neurodivergent and need eating disorder support that understands sensory and executive function needs
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You're LGBTQIA+ and want recovery support that affirms your identity
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You're in a larger body and have been told you can't have an eating disorder
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You're dealing with medical trauma related to weight stigma in healthcare
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You want practical support with meals, grocery shopping, and daily eating challenges
Redefining Eating Disorder Recovery
Recovery Isn't About:
Reaching a specific weight or body size
Eating "perfectly" or following rigid food rules
Following the "hunger-fullness" diet
Never thinking about food or your body again
Looking like recovery "should" look according to others
Being grateful for your eating disorder or finding silver linings
Recovery IS About:
Enjoying food without guilt
Caring for your body without trying to change its size
Having tools other than food restriction or bingeing for difficult feelings
Participating in food-centered social activities without anxiety
Rediscovering what brings you happiness beyond food and body control
Making decisions based on your values rather than eating disorder rules
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be diagnosed with an eating disorder to work with you?
No. Many people struggle with disordered eating patterns that don't meet clinical criteria but still cause significant distress. If you're struggling with food, your body, or diet culture, you deserve support.
Will you help me lose weight?
No, AND I will work with you where you are. I firmly believe in bodily autonomy - just because you currently want to lose weight does not mean that we cannot work together. My approach is weight-inclusive, meaning I don't pursue weight loss as a treatment goal, but I understand that unlearning diet culture takes time. We focus on healing your relationship with food and your body, and your body will settle at its natural weight.
What if my family doesn't understand the anti-diet approach?
This is common. I offer family education sessions and can help you navigate conversations about recovery with people who may still be entrenched in diet culture.
Can you work with my dietitian and other providers?
Absolutely. I collaborate with HAES-aligned dietitians, doctors, and other providers to ensure comprehensive care. I can help you find weight-inclusive providers if needed.
What if I live in a treatment desert and there are no HAES providers?
In that case, we prepare the best we can for the providers you have access to. I communicate with them before/after appointments and help you advocate for yourself during. I continue to do my work in the community to educate providers to be weight neutral allies.
Do you treat eating disorders in larger bodies?
Yes. Eating disorders occur in bodies of all sizes, and larger-bodied individuals often face additional stigma and barriers to treatment. My approach affirms that eating disorders are serious regardless of body size.
Ready to break free from diet culture?
You deserve recovery that doesn't require you to shrink your body or follow food rules. You deserve support that understands the systems that created your struggles and works toward liberation, not just symptom management.
Eating disorder recovery is possible, and it doesn't have to look like what you've been told it should look like. Your body is not the problem—the culture that taught you to hate it is.