Find An Eating Disorder Therapist in Athens, ON.

Sarah has worked with many individuals suffering from various eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia and obesity. In counselling, Sarah will assist you to understand the root cause of your eating disorder and will help you to find resolution to these issues. As well, she will assist you, along with your health professional to adopt healthy eating patterns and to change old habits that typically underlie eating disorders. Sarah's goal is to assist you not simply to cope with your eating disorder but to gain a sense of control over out of control emotions and areas of your life so that you will no longer strive for a sense of control by how you manage food. Contact Sarah for information

[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

Eating disorders are one of the most challenging areas of counselling because food is essential to life. Unlike other substance abuse concerns, you can't quit eating, even if you would like to or feel compelled to. Eating disorders often have their origins in emotional and cognitive disorders that begin early in life and relate to our perceptions of our appearance or the role of food in our family life and how we have been taught to feel about food and our own dietary habits. By understanding our relationship to food and our feelings regarding our bodies and appearance, we can work to moderate our thoughts and emotions regarding food and its role in our lives.

Issues with eating are an understandable reaction to difficult or traumatic circumstances. The word disorder is faulty as it implies that it is a single person's disorder. However, the disorder is one of society. Due to limitations and restrictions of society, institutions, media, and groups, we have learned to restrict and or indulge ourselves in food. It is my goal to explore the emotional and cognitive roots of your issues with food as well as to figure out just how these limitations and restrictions of our society and/or families have affected you. In discovering the roots of the struggle, we can then collaboratively work towards health and healing.

Eating disorders are not really about food. They involve complex emotional issues that have significant impact on ones physical, emotional and social health. If you are preoccupied with your weight, focused on body image, size, or shape, compelled to perform specific rituals around food, obsessive about food, or deem foods as “safe” or “unsafe” to eat or uncomfortable participating in social activities involving food (such as getting dinner with friends) you may be engaging in disordered eating. I offer free consultations to answer your questions and help you determine if therapy will be beneficial for you. I look forward to hearing from you.

For many Christians it can be beneficial to their success in therapy to have a therapist that holds an understanding and respect for their religious and spiritual beliefs. While I do not offer Christian counseling services, at our clinic Psychotherapy Collective, one of our therapists Sarah works with Christian clients to combine evidence based psychotherapeutic techniques with piety, humility, forgiveness, faith development, spiritual development, and community. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation with Sarah to see if she is a good fit for your journey https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team/therapist/sarah-glinski

Dealing with an eating disorder is difficult, made all the more difficult if the people you love do not know how to support you through this time. Working with someone trained in treating eating disorders, you will feel understood in a way that you might not have thought possible. There is no reason why you should be going through this alone. Reach out to get the support that you need.