Eating Disorder Therapy:
How Working With An Eating Disorder Therapist Can Transform Your Recovery
Bloom Psychological Services offers individualized eating disorder therapy and body image therapy, rooted in compassion, validation, and authenticity.
If you're searching for an eating disorder therapist, you're not alone.
Many people struggle silently with food, body image, and overwhelming shame. The right therapist can help you break free—not just from the behaviors, but from the emotional patterns that keep you stuck. This article will walk you through what an eating disorder therapist does, how therapy supports recovery, and what to expect as you start your healing journey.
Learn more about Eating Disorder Therapy and Body Image Therapy with Dr. Kait.
What an Eating Disorder Therapist Does and How They Help
An eating disorder therapist is a mental health professional trained to help individuals heal from disordered eating, body image distress, and the complex emotional experiences underneath. Therapy often involves exploring not just what you do with food, but why you do it: what roles food, control, punishment, or avoidance play in your life.
Eating disorder therapists create a safe, compassionate space to explore fear, shame, identity, and trauma. They don't just aim for "behavior change"—they help you reconnect with your body, reclaim your voice, and begin to trust yourself again. Many therapists are aligned with Health at Every Size® (HAES®), trauma-informed care, and relational approaches that treat the person, not just the diagnosis.
Dr. Kait is an eating disorder therapist and body image therapist serving Orlando, Florida, and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Signs You Might Benefit from Seeing an Eating Disorder Therapist
You don’t need a formal diagnosis to benefit from therapy. Here are signs it may be time to reach out:
Constant thoughts about food, weight, or your body
Avoidance of social eating or rigid food rituals
Feeling out of control when eating (or when not eating)
Guilt, anxiety, or shame after eating
Compensating behaviors like purging or over-exercising
"Feeling fat" as a default emotional state
Strong reactions to hunger or fullness
Struggling to believe you're "sick enough"
Even if your behaviors seem "mild" or you're high-functioning, therapy can help prevent deeper entrenchment and offer relief.
What to Expect in Eating Disorder Therapy
Therapy is not one-size-fits-all. A good eating disorder therapist will tailor treatment to your needs, pace, and personality.
In early sessions, you’ll likely:
Share your story and what led you to seek help
Identify patterns in how food, body image, and emotions interact
Set goals focused on safety, self-understanding, and support
Over time, therapy might include:
Exploring parts of you that protect or punish (like inner critics or numb states)
Learning nervous system regulation strategies
Working with perfectionism, people-pleasing, or trauma
Reclaiming joy, rest, and identity outside of your ED
Check out what eating disorder recovery could look like for you!
My Approach As an Eating Disorder Therapist
In my work with clients, I focus on depth, safety, and respect. My goal isn’t to make you "follow rules"—it’s to help you understand what your symptoms are doing for you, and how you can meet those needs in healthier ways.
I draw from:
Attachment Based: Exploring childhood relational patterns to build secure, healing connections.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Addressing negative thought patterns, defense mechanisms, and behaviors that keep you stuck.
Expressive Arts: Using symbolic, creative expression to access and process experiences non-verbally.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT/RO-DBT): Enhancing emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Challenging rigid relational patterns.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Deepening emotional awareness, and capacity to fully experience feelings.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)/Parts Work: Healing the different “parts” within yourself — such as protective and wounded parts, the eating disorder, the inner child, etc.
Interpersonal Process: Processes current attachment and relational dynamics to improve emotional insight, and connection with yourself and others.
Motivational Interviewing (MI): Works through motivation, values, fear, and resistance.
Trauma-Informed Care: Acknowledging and addressing past traumas that impact current functioning.
Finding the Right Eating Disorder Therapist for You
The Ideal Therapist Will:
List 5–10 core specialties (not 15+)
Have "Eating Disorders" in their top three specialties
Hold a CEDS or have explicit training in eating disorders
Have at least 2–5 years of ED experience
Understand your co-occurring concerns (trauma, anxiety, etc.)
Offer multiple levels of clinical depth (not just food behavior)
Be transparent, curious, and never make promises that feel too good to be true
Take the First Step Towards Healing from Your Eating Disorder
Embarking on the path to recovery can be daunting, but you don't have to do it alone.
Dr. Kait is here to support you every step of the way.
Eating Disorder Therapy in Florida and New Jersey - and 40 other states
Bloom Psychological Services offers virtual eating disorder therapy sessions for clients across Florida, New Jersey, and many other states. Dr. Kait Rosiere is a PSYPACT-certified provider, which allows her to work with private-pay clients in the following locations:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Dr. Kait is in-network with Aetna in Florida, and also accepts FSA and HSA payments. For all other insurance providers, she offers superbills to help clients seek reimbursement through out-of-network benefits.