Online Therapy for Eating Disorder Treatment in California

Do I have an eating disorder? It’s Time To Learn to Trust Your Body Again.

It’s so common to struggle with eating disorder behavior that you might find yourself questioning whether you really have an eating disorder or whether it’s bad enough to get help. In our diet culture being preoccupied with food and/or your body is pervasive. Moreover, behaviors of dieting (restricting) and  exercise that result from these obsessions and pursuit of obtaining that “perfect” body are often praised, especially here in California, where appearance and physical fitness is often associated with being successful and happy. At Kindful Body we know that the pursuit of thinness often results in bingeing or other compensatory behaviors, and most importantly we know your value has nothing to do with the size and shape of your body.

But hating yourself into a version of yourself you love doesn’t work. If you find yourself constantly dissatisfied with your weight/shape, preoccupied with food, caught in a cycle of yo-yo dieting, or finding that your self-worth is tied to your physical appearance, we’ll work together to help you break free from the obsessive thoughts, unhealthy behaviors, and deep fears that are keeping you stuck. and the pursuit of thinness.

Your struggle with food and/or your body may look different depending on the day, the week, the month, or even the phase of life you are in, but the results are the same — it is stealing the joy from your life.

Here are some signs of disordered eating: 

• Preoccupation with food and/or your body, weight, or shape.

• Restriction of what you eat, counting calories or following rigid food rules, and limiting the variety of foods you eat.

• Bingeing, feeling out of control around food, or eating compulsively when you are not hungry.

• Preoccupied with quality of food/or clean eating.

• Cycling between periods of dieting and periods of overeating

• Always looking for the next cleanse or “healthy” way to eat.

• Exercising, purging, or abusing laxatives to compensate for what you’ve eaten.

• Using food to cope with strong emotions.

These are signs you may need anorexia treatment, bulimia treatment, or help with another eating disorder. 

You may be confused if you really have an eating disorder. In fact, you may see other people have a disordered relationship with food and exercise. But these behaviors may be a sign of an eating disorder like anorexia (restricting food to unhealthy level), binge eating disorder (eating large amounts of food normally in response to restriction) bulimia (purging food after bingeing through vomiting or laxatives), orthorexia, exercise addiction, emotional eating (comforting or soothing yourself with food), and body image issues.

Kindful Body Clinicians & Dietitians

As experienced eating disorder therapists in Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Orange County, and across California, we help you break the cycles of restricting, bingeing, compensatory behavior, and body shame.

You may not think you need eating disorder treatment in Los Angeles and online in California, but you know you need someone who really understands your issues with your body and food. 

Working with one of Kindful Body’s eating disorder therapists, we can begin a process that can heal your relationship with food, your body, and yourself so you can live your life with greater ease and joy. Recovery is possible.

Begin Eating Disorder Treatment in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Orange County, and other areas in California!