Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in Windermere, FL.

Millions of women and men are secretly battling an eating disorder. My goal is to provide a safe and non judgmental environment in which my clients can begin to identify their core issues. My approach to treating eating disorders is based on the knowledge that eating disorders are only a symptom of a larger problem. By developing tools to challenge their destructive self talk and learning to stop using food as a weapon, I believe that clients can develop healthy relationships with food and themselves.

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.

Disordered eating can be so difficult to manage and come out of nowhere. When we work together, we will gently learn the core of the distress that you are experiencing. As we learn your life story, we may find that some of the distress is rooted in early childhood trauma and attachment wounding. We will embrace all parts of yourself and learn about the challenging messages you may have grown up with that manifested into the distress you feel today. Disordered eating can be a messenger, an alarm telling you that it is time to heal experiences from earlier in life. In our work together, we'll use EMDR, Emotion Focused Therapy and Expressive Arts to help you become your best self.

Eating disorders are a special kind of addiction, one that is always with you. I will help you get to the root causes and beliefs that underlie your struggles. You can learn to love yourself and care for yourself. I will also help you repair the damage that has been to your body because of the starving, binge eating and purging. There is freedom! I can help!

Therapy can help in the fight against eating disorders such as Anorexia and Bulimia. With social pressures growing rapidly in our culture it is more and more common for people to develop an eating disorder. You are not alone, and there is help. Many types of therapy are available and effective. I would be happy to discuss your situation with you and help you determine the best course of action. Also, it is important to know up front that weekly counseling may work for some people, but not everyone. If we decide something more involved is needed I will help you find those services. Please contact me for more information or a complimentary phone consultation.

As is the case with any disorder, it is important to ask the right screening questions. For example, what is your ideal body weight? Do you feel big /small in your body? Do you have forbidden foods? Next we may progress to use of the SCOFF questionnaire which will provide supporting information to determine the prevalence of eating and substance use disorders. Given the fact that high levels of co-morbidity exists among patients with eating disorders, the risk factors that contribute to co-morbidity will be carefully examined such as genetics, stress, trauma, neglect, early drug exposure and even media impact. Sequential, simultaneous or integrated treatment outcomes will then be initiated

We recognize that not all food issues are the same and many people struggle with disordered eating. This can come in the form of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, extreme restrictive eating, calorie and fat counting obsessions, and others. If you feel that you are struggling to accept your body the way that it is or feel that you may have a problem when it comes to food, I am here to help.

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.

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