Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in Cardston, AB.

Disordered eating can affect much more than one's relationship with food, but it can affect relationships, school/work, body image, self-esteem, and confidence. In today's society and the increase usage of social media, there is pressure from a multitude of platforms to look and feel a certain way. I work to help individuals not feel stuck in their ways and provide coping tools to help decrease eating type behaviours (binging, purging, and anorexia).

Eating disorders benefit from the same or similar approach used for all addictive behaviours. One of the main therapeutic approaches I use is Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. The relationship to food can be quite complex involving societal or cultural pressures, self-image, past traumas, addictive non-nutritious junk food, media images, social media pressures, bullying. Shame and guilt need to be addressed along with peer pressures. The most common eating disorders are: Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Pica, Rumination Disorder, Avoidance/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Orthorexia, Purging Disorder etc. The benefits of therapy are enhanced self-image, health and well-being.

While most eating disorder issues are treated by cognitive behavioral methodologies or specialized outpatient/inpatient programs, Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, PhD provide relief first and foremost for the brain of one suffering from an eating disorder----without giving them medication. We believe that the neural circuitries responsible for the compulsive behaviors with eating are not necessarily only a neurotransmitter issue but of overused neural networks that affect the harmonization, balance, and decisions of the whole brain. Contact kevin@kevinfleminphd.com or 877-606-6161 to learn more about this safe and effective alternative.

The 'Eating Disorder' that I work with are clients who are trapped in a 'Binge Eating Cycle'. I apply the psychotherapy 'Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing' (EMDR) Therapy and reviews the client's dieting relationship to bingeing; the pressure to live up to expectations; anger issues; attachment deficits; self-indulgence and as well have an educational interweave component. I also use clinical hypnosis and cognitive behaviour therapy as a method to help my clients make better and healthier food choices. I also teach my clients self-hypnosis and relapse prevention.

[I OFFER VIDEO SESSIONS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND ONTARIO]. I work with clients who are addicted to food and/or who are wanting to lose weight. I do not work with people with anorexia or bulimia because I am in private practice and I am neither a physician nor do I work in a medical facility. I have, however, been a psychologist since 1986. I specialize in addictions. If you would like to see me, book now by visiting https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=14249112