Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that can have devastating consequences for physical and emotional health. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, it is important to seek professional help.
At Insights, we offer comprehensive eating disorder counseling services for adults and adolescents. Our experienced therapists can help you:
- Understand your eating disorder and the underlying causes
- Develop healthy coping mechanisms and eating behaviors
- Restore your relationship with food and your body
- Improve your self-esteem and body image
- Heal from the emotional and physical effects of your eating disorder
Here are some specific benefits of eating disorder counseling:
- Reduced symptoms: Eating disorder counseling can help you reduce the symptoms of your eating disorder, such as bingeing, purging, and restrictive eating.
- Improved physical health: Eating disorder counseling can help you improve your physical health by helping you achieve a healthy weight, restore your nutritional balance, and manage any medical complications of your eating disorder.
- Improved emotional health: Eating disorder counseling can help you improve your emotional health by helping you cope with stress, manage anxiety, and build self-esteem.
- Increased quality of life: Eating disorder counseling can help you increase your quality of life by helping you develop a positive relationship with food, your body, and yourself.
Warning signs of eating disorders:
- Anorexia nervosa:
- Preoccupation with food, calories, and nutrition
- Denial of hunger
- Excessive dieting and/or exercising
- Frequent weighing
- Claiming to “feel” fat while continuing to lose weight
- Distorted body image
- Feeling bloated or nauseated after eating normal or less than normal amounts of food
- Hair loss
- Feeling cold even though the temperature is normal
- Interruption of menstrual cycle (for women)
- Bulimia nervosa:
- Excessive concern about weight
- Strict dieting followed by periods of binge eating
- Reacting to emotional stress by overeating
- Expressing guilt or shame about eating
- Depressive moods
- Feeling out of control in situations involving food
- Possible weight fluctuations
- Vomiting after eating
- Excessive use of laxatives or diuretics
- Obsessive exercising
- Binge eating disorder:
- Eating in the absence of hunger
- Feeling out of control when eating
- Feeling guilty about eating
- Eating during stressful times to feel better
If you are experiencing any of these warning signs, please reach out for help. Eating disorders are serious, but they are treatable. With the right support, you can recover and live a healthy and fulfilling life.
Dallas Counseling for Eating Disorders
