Therapy Services
Individual Therapy
For Adults and Adolescents
As much a life philosophy as a treatment modality, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a skills-based approach to help individuals overcome struggles with entrenched thought and emotion response patterns in order to live a rich, full and meaningful life in accordance with their values.
For the client, ACT is an active treatment, including goal setting, learning new skills and practicing these skills between sessions. Clients will articulate and explore their values, while addressing obstacles to living life in alignment with those values. Emotional avoidance strategies are targeted directly and mindfulness strategies are key. In implementation, ACT also has a sense of humor about itself (as much as a treatment modality can), bringing both joy and levity to the hard work of change and progress.
This treatment is appropriate for children, adolescents and adults struggling with a variety of mental health issues, including anxiety and depression, as well as those just looking to increase their sense of purpose and meaning in life.
Individual Therapy: Disordered Eating,
Binge Eating and Body Image Concerns
For Adults and Adolescents
Disordered eating, anywhere on the spectrum, can be incredibly life altering and can quickly become deeply entrenched. With the use of evidence-based practices and a supportive team, you can begin to address the patterns, ways of thinking and habitual behaviors that drive your eating behavior.
While it can be tempting to think, "It's not that bad" (as many of us have), when food and your body are impeding on your joy and quality of life, you deserve support.
For the client, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E) is an action-oriented approach that will have you create awareness of your eating habits, help you begin a regular pattern of eating and address the underlying thoughts and feelings about food and your body that are driving the eating struggles.
This treatment is appropriate for adults and adolescents, struggling with food and body image issues.
(If you are the parent of an adolescent, struggling with anorexia or bulimia, you may be interested in Family Based Treatment (FBT) model below.)
Family-Based Treatment (FBT)
for Eating Disorders
Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
FBT, also known as Maudsley, is the gold-standard evidence based practice for children and adolescents struggling with anorexia or bulimia. For the parent and caregiver, FBT is demanding and intense, but can also intervene in an outpatient level of care to prevent the child needing to be hospitalized or enrolled in a residential treatment facility. FBT asks a great deal of parents or caregivers and requires close consultation with a medical doctor and often a registered dietician.
For the child, FBT can be equally difficult, as the child often fights to maintain the eating disorder behaviors, but I have seen this treatment do nothing short of save lives time and time again.
Please reach out to me directly to further discuss steps necessary to begin FBT treatment, including medical clearance from your child's pediatrician.
See here for our trusted FBT Resources for Parents and Caregivers:
F.E.A.S.T.: Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Therapy LA: FBT Reading Resources
"When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder" by Dr. Lauren Muhlheim
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