![Brenda Gesell, Individual, Couples and Family](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/brenda-gesell.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Brenda Gesell, Individual, Couples and Family
Gesell Psychotherapy
1000 Quail Street, Suite 275, Newport Beach, California 92660 | 714-421-1975
An eating disorder can take a full, exciting and creative life and cripple it with shame and confusion. So many with eating disorders struggle alone with the pressure to figure out what is happening and what they can do to change and heal. Therapy can provide a transformational place where healing is possible. You can learn to directly challenge the critical inner voice of your eating disorder and begin accepting yourself, imperfections and all. Call me today for a free phone consultation and take that first step toward freedom.
![Madeleine Foster, MA, AMFT, APCC](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/madeleine-foster.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Madeleine Foster, MA, AMFT, APCC
Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Available for Online Therapy
I help people with eating disorders overcome their concerns with feeding and eating by assisting them in developing and maturing their minds intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically. I appreciate the unique complexities involved in developing and interrupting eating disorder tendencies and recognize how early experiences impact the mind and the body. Rich insight and sustained change over time can be found by working in a psychodynamic fashion.
![Christi Lindsay, PsyD](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/christi-lindsay.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Christi Lindsay, PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Available for Online Therapy
An eating disorder is not a lifestyle choice. An eating disorder is a serious and often fatal illnesses that causes serious disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors, physical health, and relationships. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder. The sooner someone struggling with this illness, or displaying behaviors and attitudes consistent with these disorders, can get connected to help, the better. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. As with any illness or psychological disorder, these problems will not go away on their own; without clinical support they often only escalate dangerously.
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Eating Disorder Counselor
Steve Rose, PhD
Addiction Counsellor
Available for Online Therapy
I help clients overcome addictive relationships with food. Like all addictions, the behavior is the tip of the iceberg, used to cope with underlying thoughts and emotions. Through collaborative conversations, clients gain insight into underlying concerns, gaining coping skills to more effectively navigate these issues. I draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), helping clients achieve a sense of freedom and control over their lives, leading to long-term change.
![Laura Adams, Psy.D., MFT](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/laura-adams.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Laura Adams, Psy.D., MFT
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist & Psychoanalyst
26151 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, California 92692 | (949) 244-1992
Laura Adams, PsyD MFT is a Psychoanalyst in Orange County, with offices in both Mission Viejo and Newport Beach, CA. Dr. Adams uses psychoanalytic psychotherapy to help patients discover and process the roots of the suffering that exists below the surface. Without a way to address this pain, the unbearable experience continues to be re-lived in a life of ongoing symptoms, agonizing eating behaviors, and troubling relationships. Dr. Adams provides an opportunity for an analytic experience that can go beyond more superficial treatment approaches.
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Eating Disorder Counselor
Kevin Fleming, Ph.D.
Coach/Change Agent/Consultant
At Home or Private Discreet Intensives
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.
![Sara Fakhraei, M.S., LMFT](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/sara-fakhraei.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Sara Fakhraei, M.S., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Irvine, California 92618 | 1-949-302-2478
Eating disorders are behavioral conditions characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions. They can be very serious conditions affecting physical, psychological and social function. Types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, other specified feeding and eating disorder, pica and rumination disorder.
![Sara Fischer Sanford, LCSW, CCTP](https://www.theravive.com/images/counsellors/sara-fischer-sanford.jpg)
Eating Disorder Counselor
Sara Fischer Sanford, LCSW, CCTP
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Available for Online Therapy
Eating disorders are most often experienced by those who have survived some type of trauma in their lives. As a trauma therapist, I treat many clients who have disordered eating habits. This can include an unhealthy relationship with food, an unhealthy or negative body image, and even those who binge eat for stress. We all struggle with our weight or self-image at some point in our lives, but therapy is the best place to find a path forward. You don't have to suffer long term with these body image issues. Instead I will help you find your own unique path toward your body confidence. If you are embarrassed about your body in any way, bring that information to therapy and we will get started!
You Have Found Honest and Real Therapy for Food Issues in Irvine, CA.
Are you ready to start on a new path? Thank you for visiting our California search of licensed therapists in Irvine who specialize and have experience treating food issues such as anorexia, over eating, food aversions, orthorexia nervosa and bulimia. Food issues affect anyone, both children and adults and can impede our relationships and daily life. Counseling for help with food and eating is a vital component of healthy recovery and restoration. Find the right counselor for eating and food issues in Irvine right now and begin your new life.
Irvine is located in Orange County, California. It has a land area of 65.58 square miles and a water area of 0.34 square miles.  The population of Irvine is 256,927 people with 87,235 households and a median annual income of $92,278. .
Therapy Affordability Meter for Irvine, CA
Very Affordable
Booking a weekly counseling session with a licensed therapist in Irvine is not a large financial issue for the majority of people in this area. Sustaining a commitment to mental health treatment is easily accessible for the average family, but ask your therapist if there are any concerns as many will accept insurance or even offer sliding scale fees. Low cost counseling and affordable therapy are also sometimes offered by listed city and university level clinics, check with your local Irvine public health department.