Frequently Asked Questions
Some guidelines about the type of cases I take on:
***these guidelines are general and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
I have a very small private practice, this means that I do not have the resources to take on cases in which crisis or eating disorder behavior management might be prominent.
In the world of eating disorders, “behavior management” cases are defined as: folks who need support with stopping frequent (more than weekly) binging, purging, or extreme restriction and/or exercise; folks who need support with weight restoration, or folks who are actively pursuing weight loss and are unwilling to stop that pursuit in order to work on their disordered eating therapeutically.
Crisis management applies to folks who are actively struggling with suicidal ideation with the potential intent to act on those behaviors or folks who are currently in a major life crisis with a limited support system available/
If you think you might fall under one of these categories, please still reach out to me as I have many resources I can provide you with!
Some guidelines about how I work:
I am trained as a general somatic therapist as well as a dance/movement therapist which means that my work focuses mostly on how the body and nervous system developed and how that development may influence the way you orient toward yourself and the world now.
This includes themes of how developmental trauma and attachment imprinted in your body and still are living in your nervous system today.
In order to understand these questions better, I gently guide you to experience and/or move with your body through various techniques: such as mindfulness, psychodrama, touch, imagination, and movement.
My therapeutic approach can and does incorporate talk therapy, but that is not the primary focus.
My work with eating disorder histories and body image is through a Health at Every Size, anti-diet, and fat-positive lens with a focus on the influence of early childhood and attachment trauma on the development of the ED.