Eating Disorders Therapy
Are You Struggling with Food, Body Image, or Control?
Do you find yourself constantly thinking about food, weight, or your appearance? Are you caught in cycles of restriction, bingeing, purging, or overexercising that leave you feeling ashamed, anxious, or out of control? Maybe you don’t meet the “criteria” for an eating disorder but still feel a deep, painful struggle around food and your body. Whether your symptoms are visible or not, the distress is real.
Eating disorders aren’t about vanity or willpower — they are complex mental health conditions rooted in emotional pain, identity struggles, and the need for control, safety, or self-worth. Therapy offers a space where healing can begin — where your story is heard without judgment, and where your relationship with food and your body can be transformed from a place of fear to one of care and compassion.
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You Are Not Alone—Eating Disorders Are More Common Than You Think
Eating disorders affect people of all genders, ages, and backgrounds. In Canada, an estimated 1 million people are living with a diagnosable eating disorder, and many more struggle silently with disordered eating patterns, body dissatisfaction, or obsessive thoughts about food and exercise. These issues can arise in adolescence or adulthood, and they often co-occur with anxiety, depression, trauma, or low self-esteem.
Whether you’re dealing with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, orthorexia, or an unclassified pattern, the pain is real and deserving of support. Many individuals feel isolated by their struggles or fear that they’re “not sick enough” to ask for help. But you don’t need a diagnosis to deserve healing. If food, weight, or body image is taking up more space in your life than you want it to, therapy can help.
How Therapy Can Help You Reclaim Peace with Food and Your Body
Recovery from an eating disorder is possible—but it takes more than willpower. It requires understanding the emotional roots of your behaviours, learning new ways to cope, and rebuilding a relationship with yourself that is based on compassion and trust. Our therapists take an integrative, trauma-informed approach to eating disorder therapy, combining evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
In therapy, your therapist will help you to:
Explore the emotional triggers and unmet needs beneath your behaviours.
Challenge harmful beliefs about food, body, and self-worth.
Develop healthier coping strategies to manage anxiety, shame, or emotional overwhelm.
Strengthen self-compassion and body respect.
Support identity development and the separation of self-worth from appearance or performance.
Sessions are always paced according to your comfort and readiness. If you’re working with a treatment team (e.g. doctor, dietitian, psychiatrist), we are happy to collaborate to ensure holistic care. Healing is not linear, but with support, you can begin to make peace with food, feel safe in your body, and reclaim joy and freedom in your life.
Common Concerns About Eating Disorder Therapy
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Yes. Eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes. Your pain and struggle are valid, regardless of your weight or appearance.
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These fears are common and understandable. Therapy won’t force you to do anything—you’ll be supported in understanding your fears and moving forward at your own pace.
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Recovery is always possible. With the right support, people of all ages and histories can heal their relationship with food and body.
You Deserve to Heal
You don’t have to keep living in fear, shame, or silence. Therapy offers a path to healing, where your story is met with compassion and your recovery is supported every step of the way. Reach out today to begin your journey toward freedom, healing, and self-acceptance.
