Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Self/Body image is often at the root of eating disorders. Our culture provides many impossible beauty exceptions. Food can become our friend, or enemy in coping with our perceived fears and insecurities. Sometimes food is used to comfort us, we become overweight in a cycle of "trying to feeling good enough". Sometimes, we fear food and restrict, or eliminate food due to fears of gaining weight, and our body image becomes distorted. Learning to love and care for our body and self takes vulnerability and trust. I am here for you, as a safe person, to assist you in stopping the process of self shame, blame, and judgement that keeps you in a hurtful, unhealthy relationship with food.

Body distortions at time cause eating disorders. The therapy technique addresses the whole person, spirit, soul and body. Progress is made by challenging, habits, behaviors, and self concepts . Narrative beliefs about oneself is examined and debunked . Goals are set to increase healthy eating habits, and to intervene with negative behavior responses. The therapy technique ask questions in hopes to find emotional wounds that has cause damaged to the self, and have become the catalyst to the destructive behaviors.

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.

“Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle.” Eating disorders represent a very serious complex physical and emotional problem. They are your way of coping with what happened or has happened in your life. Psychotherapy helps you understand and get insight into eating behavior you are struggling with, insight into its mechanism, how to change your thinking and acting. You will learn how to establish different, less harmful, and more your body and mind respectful skills to get over struggles and stresses of your daily life. You will learn how to step by step change and establish adequate eating habits tailored to you.

Disordered eating is rooted in perfectionism and shame. Shame is a powerful, painful emotion and it makes sense why we try our best to avoid it, even if the measures we take to avoid it are at times destructive. However, you can learn healthy ways to deal with these feelings and problems that lead to more enjoyment out of life and a healthy mind and body. Healing starts with self-compassion, understanding your disorder, and taking steps to overcome the disorder and change your behavior. We'll focus on the underlying issues AND take actionable steps to change your behavior.

An area that is often hard to identify help in has to do with our eating habits. Whether over eating, stress eating, stress avoiding, or under eating, we can work with you on finding a balance for you to feel like you are just right! Body image is a challenge for so many kids and adults, don't work on it alone! Let us help you find your way back to seeing just how beautiful you are inside and out!

While I don’t specialize in eating disorders, I understand the ways that past trauma, perfectionism, control, and issues around worth and identity can impact our behaviors. Eating disorders, substance use, pornography addiction... the list could go on. We all go through pain, and we gravitate towards behaviors that promise control and relief from that pain. But, deep down, you probably know that long-term this story doesn’t end well. You probably need not only deep healing, but new strategies for coping with your present and building a hopeful future. At Lion Counseling, our mission is to help you escape the cages that hold you back and become the lion God created you to be.