Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder
Stop the cycle of bingeing & emotional eating with a Certified ED Specialist
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You can glow again. Heal from Binge Eating Disorder today.
I see you.
You are the highly attuned, deeply empathetic soul who shows up for everyone.
You’re high functioning on the outside,
but no one senses what’s going on inside.
Underneath the mask you wear, you feel sad.. lonely..
like an outsider.
And it’s painful.
You become what everyone else wants you to be.. needs you to be.
It works better that way.
You avoid conflicts - you avoid any possibility of hurting someone’s feelings,
because you know what that feels like.
Anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, irritated, guilty,
there’s just no where for the feelings to go.
So you numb them out. You eat. You soothe.
You use the only comfort that’s safe - that won’t hurt you in the ways others have.
And you then the shame swallows you whole.
You aren’t lazy.
You don’t “lack will power.”
You are an exceptionally strong, beautiful, whole-hearted human
who is in pain.
What you lack is the endless compassion and understanding that you deserve.
What you need isn’t a diet. It’s not weight loss.
It’s not judgment or shame from the rest of the world.
It’s to pour all of the love you give so freely to others, right back into yourself.
It’s not to change who you are.
It’s to reconnect to the incredible human you’ve always been.
So call me.
I’m right here.
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Reclaim your body, your voice, and your life with a therapist for binge eating disorder who is grounded in
validation, compassion, authenticity, and lived experience.
What Is Binge Eating?
Binge eating involves eating large quantities of food in a short period—often in secret, with a sense of urgency, and accompanied by deep guilt or shame. Unlike bulimia, it doesn’t involve regular purging behaviors, though many people attempt to compensate in other ways, like dieting, fasting, or overexercising.
Binge eating is not about greed or lack of willpower. It’s often a response to unmet emotional needs, restriction, trauma, or chronic self-criticism. Most people with binge eating disorder have spent years in cycles of dieting and shame, blaming themselves for something that is not a moral failing.
Signs of Binge Eating
You may be struggling with binge eating if:
You eat past fullness and feel unable to stop
You eat quickly, secretly, or while dissociated
You feel intense guilt, shame, or self-hatred after eating
You use food to numb, reward, punish, or soothe
You constantly think about food, your body, or your next plan to “fix” things
You diet restrictively and then binge when you can no longer hold it together
You feel like you’ve failed at every attempt to control your eating
These behaviors are often misunderstood, but they are deeply human. It is crucial they are met with compassion and love. You’re not out of control—you’re trying to cope.
The Cycle of Binge Eating
The Cycle of Binge Eating
Many people who binge are also restricting in some way—physically, emotionally, or mentally. That might mean skipping meals, labeling foods as “bad,” becoming too busy that you forget to eat something nourishing, or your body living under the constant threat of another diet.
The cycle often looks like this:
Restriction (physical or mental)
Binge (feeling a loss of control)
Shame (followed by renewed restriction)
Therapy helps you break that cycle—not by forcing you to stop bingeing, but by understanding why that part of you feels the need to binge in the first place.
Healing begins with one small step of courage. Begin your recovery from binge eating today.
What is Emotional Eating? Is it Different from Bingeing?
Emotional Eating vs. Binge Eating
Not all emotional eating is binge eating. Emotional eating is the act of using food to soothe, distract, or comfort in response to feelings—often sadness, loneliness, boredom, or stress. It’s incredibly common and not inherently disordered.
But when emotional eating becomes the primary way you cope, or when it’s followed by shame, guilt, or distress—it may signal a deeper struggle.
Emotional eating often:
Happens mindlessly or as a way to disconnect
Provides short-term relief, followed by regret
Is triggered by emotions rather than hunger
Involves eating despite physical fullness
Therapy doesn’t pathologize emotional eating. Instead, we explore what emotions are trying to surface, and help you build emotional regulation skills that don’t require silencing your needs. Food can be one tool for care—not the only one.
How a Therapist for Binge Eating Can Help
Healing from binge eating starts with safety, not control. In therapy, we explore:
The emotional needs that binges are trying to meet
The protective role of binge eating in your system
The connection between restriction and compulsion
How shame, trauma, and attachment wounds impact your relationship with food
Gentle, realistic ways to increase nourishment and body trust
This isn’t about micromanaging your eating. It’s about listening to the parts of you that have been silenced, starved, or ignored.
My Approach
As a psychologist who specializes in eating disorders and trauma, I offer:
HAES-aligned, non-diet, weight-inclusive care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Interpersonal Process Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Deep attunement to attachment needs
A collaborative, compassionate process that meets you where you are
Learn more about what it looks like to work together!
You don’t need to “get it together” before seeking help. Your relationship with food makes sense when you understand the context—and that’s what we’ll do together.
Freedom Is Possible—Even If It’s Hard to Imagine
Binge eating is not who you are. It’s something you’ve learned to rely on.
Therapy can help you step out of survival mode, reconnect with your body, and finally feel at peace with food.
Medical Complications of Binge Eating
While often overlooked, binge eating can have significant physical effects, even without compensatory behaviors like purging:
Weight cycling (yo-yo dieting) → increased inflammation, insulin resistance, and metabolic stress
Cardiovascular strain → elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, and higher risk of heart disease
Type 2 diabetes risk → due to insulin spikes and insulin resistance over time
GI issues → bloating, reflux, constipation, or discomfort from frequent large-volume meals
Joint and mobility concerns → due to increased physical strain in some cases
Fatigue and sleep disturbances → often tied to blood sugar fluctuations and emotional distress
Just like the emotional burden, these effects are not about weight—they’re about the toll of dysregulation and chronic stress on the body. Addressing binge eating from a compassionate, root-cause lens is not only psychologically healing—it’s physiologically protective.
You Deserve More.
Binge eating thrives in silence and shame. Therapy helps bring those patterns into the light—gently, safely, and with compassion.
Whether you’ve just started to question your relationship with food or you’ve lived in this cycle for years, it’s never too late to reach for something different.
Connect with a therapist who GETS IT.
A Weight-Inclusive, HAES-Aligned Approach
Bloom is firmly rooted in the principles of
Health at Every Size® (HAES).
That means:
We do not use weight as a proxy for health.
We affirm all bodies — all sizes, all shapes, all lived experiences.
We do not push weight loss as a treatment goal.
We challenge the internalized and systemic weight stigma that often fuels eating disorder behaviors.
Our goal is not to “fix” your body — it's to help you heal your relationship with it. We work with clients in thin bodies, fat bodies, disabled bodies, queer bodies, neurodivergent bodies, and bodies that have felt at war with themselves for years.
Eating disorders do not discriminate — and neither do we.