Eating Disorders Therapists in Los Altos, CA
Eating disorders are my specialty but they are a an expression of something not right inside of you.
It is difficult when something is bothering you and you don't know whom to turn to call. That's why you're reading this. I can't say I'm absolutely the right person for you but i will give it my all to try to understand and help you. It takes courage and determination to begin therapy. Therapy is hard but it is also an adventure into your mind and what makes you, you. Knowing how your mind works, gives you the tools to change. The most profound part of therapy is the relationship that we will form.
Eating disorders are my specialty but they are a an expression of something not right inside of you.
It is difficult when something is bothering you and you don't know whom to turn to call. That's why you're reading this. I can't say I'm absolutely the right person for you but i will give it my all to try to understand and help you. It takes courage and determination to begin therapy. Therapy is hard but it is also an adventure into your mind and what makes you, you. Knowing how your mind works, gives you the tools to change. The most profound part of therapy is the relationship that we will form.
Once you make the decision to seek therapy, finding a therapist who "gets you" is the key element in starting the process. I focus on: eating disorders, trauma resolution / PTSD, adolescents in crisis, and elite athletes. As a psychodynamic therapist, my goal is to help clients uncover their true potential and lead a meaningful life; it's about having a life that becomes worth celebrating.
Once you make the decision to seek therapy, finding a therapist who "gets you" is the key element in starting the process. I focus on: eating disorders, trauma resolution / PTSD, adolescents in crisis, and elite athletes. As a psychodynamic therapist, my goal is to help clients uncover their true potential and lead a meaningful life; it's about having a life that becomes worth celebrating.
My experience includes helping people dealing with job loss and job stress, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, post traumatic stress, and eating disorders.
Do you feel stuck in your personal or professional life? Do the stresses of life's responsibilities become at times overwhelming----so much so that at times, it feels like it is hard to cope, or that everything is getting too hard to deal with? Remember it is perfectly normal to seek support from time to time. I can help you to become more aware of your conflicts and patterns of behavior that can get in your way. My goal is to help you move towards developing more satisfying ways to cope, find confidence, and gain control of your life.
My experience includes helping people dealing with job loss and job stress, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, post traumatic stress, and eating disorders.
Do you feel stuck in your personal or professional life? Do the stresses of life's responsibilities become at times overwhelming----so much so that at times, it feels like it is hard to cope, or that everything is getting too hard to deal with? Remember it is perfectly normal to seek support from time to time. I can help you to become more aware of your conflicts and patterns of behavior that can get in your way. My goal is to help you move towards developing more satisfying ways to cope, find confidence, and gain control of your life.
I provide video therapy for anxiety, depression, and eating disorders to teens 16+ and adults in CA, ID, or OH.
Are you struggling with ongoing worry, stress, or anxiety? Maybe you just can’t shake that inner critical voice or feelings of sadness and hopelessness, no matter how hard you try. Or maybe your relationship with food feels out of whack and chaotic – a cycle of dieting, binge eating or emotional/stress overeating, or a list of food rules that you feel you need to follow in order to ‘eat right’. But you are left feeling guilty, deprived, irritable, and unhappy in your body.
I provide video therapy for anxiety, depression, and eating disorders to teens 16+ and adults in CA, ID, or OH.
Are you struggling with ongoing worry, stress, or anxiety? Maybe you just can’t shake that inner critical voice or feelings of sadness and hopelessness, no matter how hard you try. Or maybe your relationship with food feels out of whack and chaotic – a cycle of dieting, binge eating or emotional/stress overeating, or a list of food rules that you feel you need to follow in order to ‘eat right’. But you are left feeling guilty, deprived, irritable, and unhappy in your body.
I have a specific interest and expertise in working with clients who struggle with eating disorders such as bulimia and compulsive overeating.
Welcome. By coming to this site, you have already taken an important step toward healthy living. Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, stressed or anxious? Are you experiencing, sadness, loss or difficulty making decisions? I can help. I have been in private practice for nearly 30 years and have worked with many clients experiencing the same concerns as you. My style is direct, active and interactive; as well as respectful, supportive, warm and caring. I like to work with clients to set personal goals about what they would like to change in their lives and help them reach those goals.
I have a specific interest and expertise in working with clients who struggle with eating disorders such as bulimia and compulsive overeating.
Welcome. By coming to this site, you have already taken an important step toward healthy living. Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, stressed or anxious? Are you experiencing, sadness, loss or difficulty making decisions? I can help. I have been in private practice for nearly 30 years and have worked with many clients experiencing the same concerns as you. My style is direct, active and interactive; as well as respectful, supportive, warm and caring. I like to work with clients to set personal goals about what they would like to change in their lives and help them reach those goals.
Additionally, I have worked with physicians to help them find better ways to relate to their patients who have eating disorders in addition to diabetes.
I enjoy working with people who would like to change their relationship with problems in their lives, and gain power over these problems and their effects. I have extensive training and experience working with people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and eating disorders. In addition, I meet with people who are affected by chronic medical conditions and
parent/teen conflict. I view people as having
ideas about how they would like to be in life and
in relationships; yet, problems can disconnect
people from their ideas and identities, influencing
them to act in unsatisfactory ways.
Additionally, I have worked with physicians to help them find better ways to relate to their patients who have eating disorders in addition to diabetes.
I enjoy working with people who would like to change their relationship with problems in their lives, and gain power over these problems and their effects. I have extensive training and experience working with people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and eating disorders. In addition, I meet with people who are affected by chronic medical conditions and
parent/teen conflict. I view people as having
ideas about how they would like to be in life and
in relationships; yet, problems can disconnect
people from their ideas and identities, influencing
them to act in unsatisfactory ways.
Samantha Moshiri
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Altos, CA 94024 (Online Only)
I am grateful to have helped many people to recover from eating disorders.
Struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, OCD or PTSD is exhausting. I can help. You don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
I am grateful to have helped many people to recover from eating disorders.
Struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, OCD or PTSD is exhausting. I can help. You don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
Vanessa Paulson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Altos, CA 94024
Vanessa’s approach is warm, empathic, and collaborative. She believes in being directive when needed with her clients. She strives to meet each person where they may be at in their journey. Some modalities that Vanessa may utilize in counseling are structural family therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, enhanced cognitive behavior therapy, exposure response prevention, and acceptance commitment therapy. Vanessa Paulson is a licensed psychotherapist with expertise in eating disorders, OCD, anxiety, depression, life transitions, general stressors, adolescent and family counseling, and stressors unique to healthcare professionals.
Vanessa’s approach is warm, empathic, and collaborative. She believes in being directive when needed with her clients. She strives to meet each person where they may be at in their journey. Some modalities that Vanessa may utilize in counseling are structural family therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, enhanced cognitive behavior therapy, exposure response prevention, and acceptance commitment therapy. Vanessa Paulson is a licensed psychotherapist with expertise in eating disorders, OCD, anxiety, depression, life transitions, general stressors, adolescent and family counseling, and stressors unique to healthcare professionals.
Amanda (Frederick) Wang
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Los Altos, CA 94024 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Hello, I'm Amanda! I specialize in working with children, teens, young adults, and parents or caregivers. Drawing from my experience as a former school therapist, I possess a deep understanding of the unique challenges and support systems necessary for the growth and development of children and teens. My approach includes nurturing coping skills, emotional awareness, and social skills to empower adolescents and foster resilience. I work with individuals seeking support for a range of needs and challenges, including ADHD, autism, anxiety, and eating disorders, including Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
Hello, I'm Amanda! I specialize in working with children, teens, young adults, and parents or caregivers. Drawing from my experience as a former school therapist, I possess a deep understanding of the unique challenges and support systems necessary for the growth and development of children and teens. My approach includes nurturing coping skills, emotional awareness, and social skills to empower adolescents and foster resilience. I work with individuals seeking support for a range of needs and challenges, including ADHD, autism, anxiety, and eating disorders, including Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
My areas of specialization include: Emotionally focused therapy for Marital and Couples treatment, Gottman treatment of Couples, anxiety, stress management, eating disorders: parenting issues, adolescents, alcoholism, and adult children of alcoholics.
Looking for a psychologist is difficult. It is important to find someone who is a close match with your needs. I approach therapy with an active style, providing direct feedback in a supportive manner. For more than thirty years, I have been successfully helping individuals and couples through Emotionally Focused Therapy, find greater enjoyment in life. For therapy to work, I believe that the therapist needs to care about, and feel connected to, the individuals he or she works with. Psychotherapy is not just a job; helping people get better and live their life in a fuller happier way is something I strive for.
My areas of specialization include: Emotionally focused therapy for Marital and Couples treatment, Gottman treatment of Couples, anxiety, stress management, eating disorders: parenting issues, adolescents, alcoholism, and adult children of alcoholics.
Looking for a psychologist is difficult. It is important to find someone who is a close match with your needs. I approach therapy with an active style, providing direct feedback in a supportive manner. For more than thirty years, I have been successfully helping individuals and couples through Emotionally Focused Therapy, find greater enjoyment in life. For therapy to work, I believe that the therapist needs to care about, and feel connected to, the individuals he or she works with. Psychotherapy is not just a job; helping people get better and live their life in a fuller happier way is something I strive for.
Susan Lindblade, LMFT-AT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, AT
Verified Verified
Los Altos, CA 94024
Populations treated also include teens struggling with trauma, sexual abuse, anxiety, social conflicts, low self esteem, ADHD, Autism spectrum, grief, and eating disorders.
As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Art Therapist, I offer a genuine and non judgmental approach to helping individuals who are seeking to improve their relational and emotional well being. My experience includes working with adults, couples, adolescents, and school aged children.
Populations treated also include teens struggling with trauma, sexual abuse, anxiety, social conflicts, low self esteem, ADHD, Autism spectrum, grief, and eating disorders.
As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Art Therapist, I offer a genuine and non judgmental approach to helping individuals who are seeking to improve their relational and emotional well being. My experience includes working with adults, couples, adolescents, and school aged children.
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Do you feel like you need some extra support to tackle challenges that life throws at you? Do anxiety, depression, or feelings of isolation get in the way of school, work, or your relationships? Do you question whether certain aspects of your relationships could be better or you could feel more connected? Now more than ever people are feeling overwhelmed and isolated by all the pressures and demands of day to day life. If you're feeling like you like you could use some support, we are here to help. Our specialties are working with anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, trauma, and self-esteem/ eating disorders.
Do you feel like you need some extra support to tackle challenges that life throws at you? Do anxiety, depression, or feelings of isolation get in the way of school, work, or your relationships? Do you question whether certain aspects of your relationships could be better or you could feel more connected? Now more than ever people are feeling overwhelmed and isolated by all the pressures and demands of day to day life. If you're feeling like you like you could use some support, we are here to help. Our specialties are working with anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, trauma, and self-esteem/ eating disorders.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
I also specialize in eating disorders and addiction.
Do you feel as though your anxiety and depression are unmanageable? How about feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or helplessness like you’ve hit rock bottom and are struggling to find hope for tomorrow? Once we start to unravel the details of our past and trauma we give ourselves the ability to process feelings that we have long suppressed. I aim to collaborate with you and provide tools to decrease the challenging feelings you are currently facing and achieve a more integrated and balanced sense of self, leading to emotional healing and personal growth.
I also specialize in eating disorders and addiction.
Do you feel as though your anxiety and depression are unmanageable? How about feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or helplessness like you’ve hit rock bottom and are struggling to find hope for tomorrow? Once we start to unravel the details of our past and trauma we give ourselves the ability to process feelings that we have long suppressed. I aim to collaborate with you and provide tools to decrease the challenging feelings you are currently facing and achieve a more integrated and balanced sense of self, leading to emotional healing and personal growth.
HEAL YOUR PARTS • FIND YOUR WHOLE • CONNECT TO YOUR TRUE SELF —— Through my 1-1 therapy (IFS), couples therapy, mindfulness groups, and workshops, I strive to bring you into the present moment. To a place where you can breathe, grow, and heal. —— My passion is helping women in Silicon Valley who want to meet themselves on a deeper level. Together, we'll dive into all the parts that make you the person you are. Then, we'll develop techniques to help you heal from past trauma, live in the present moment, and love yourself unconditionally.
HEAL YOUR PARTS • FIND YOUR WHOLE • CONNECT TO YOUR TRUE SELF —— Through my 1-1 therapy (IFS), couples therapy, mindfulness groups, and workshops, I strive to bring you into the present moment. To a place where you can breathe, grow, and heal. —— My passion is helping women in Silicon Valley who want to meet themselves on a deeper level. Together, we'll dive into all the parts that make you the person you are. Then, we'll develop techniques to help you heal from past trauma, live in the present moment, and love yourself unconditionally.
I am a psychotherapist providing individual therapy services to adults and adolescents. My clients often come to me having experienced significant pain in their lives. Together, we work to explore and heal those wounds. In our sessions, we'll prioritize a pace that feels both comfortable yet stimulating—creating a balance between safety and growth. My hope is that this space becomes one where you can simply be, without judgment or expectation, as we navigate through your emotions and experiences.
I am a psychotherapist providing individual therapy services to adults and adolescents. My clients often come to me having experienced significant pain in their lives. Together, we work to explore and heal those wounds. In our sessions, we'll prioritize a pace that feels both comfortable yet stimulating—creating a balance between safety and growth. My hope is that this space becomes one where you can simply be, without judgment or expectation, as we navigate through your emotions and experiences.
I am an experienced psychotherapist who gets how hard life and therapy can be. I take an honest, empathetic, humorous and direct approach to our work and value the relationship we’ll make. Life is just one relationship after another, whether it be with your partner, your boss, or your phone and each has a positive and negative effect. My job is to help you untangle and understand those relationships to help you feel more connected, happy and maybe get that promotion.
I am an experienced psychotherapist who gets how hard life and therapy can be. I take an honest, empathetic, humorous and direct approach to our work and value the relationship we’ll make. Life is just one relationship after another, whether it be with your partner, your boss, or your phone and each has a positive and negative effect. My job is to help you untangle and understand those relationships to help you feel more connected, happy and maybe get that promotion.
If you are struggling to find purpose and direction in your life, improve your personal relationships, find peace with food and your body, or increase self-acceptance, you’re not alone. I help teens and adults who are also anxious, depressed, or unhappy with themselves or their relationships. Some are trapped in unhealthy eating patterns or are overwhelmed with a new chapter in their lives. I’d like to help you, too.
If you are struggling to find purpose and direction in your life, improve your personal relationships, find peace with food and your body, or increase self-acceptance, you’re not alone. I help teens and adults who are also anxious, depressed, or unhappy with themselves or their relationships. Some are trapped in unhealthy eating patterns or are overwhelmed with a new chapter in their lives. I’d like to help you, too.
Ross E. Farley III
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Los Altos, CA 94024 (Online Only)
**100% ONLINE TELE-HEALTH/VIDEO THERAPY** I have spent many years working with a number of different populations, from Autism Spectrum Disorders to Eating and Feeding Disorders. The beauty of working in mental health for almost half my life is that I truly believe in the power of the therapeutic process and how we address the things in life that are no longer functional. The root cause of the distress is my focus because it demands such intricate and tactful navigation.
**100% ONLINE TELE-HEALTH/VIDEO THERAPY** I have spent many years working with a number of different populations, from Autism Spectrum Disorders to Eating and Feeding Disorders. The beauty of working in mental health for almost half my life is that I truly believe in the power of the therapeutic process and how we address the things in life that are no longer functional. The root cause of the distress is my focus because it demands such intricate and tactful navigation.
Life's problems can feel much more difficult when faced alone. Perhaps you are struggling with a painful loss, are overwhelmed by fear, anger, loneliness or depression. You may be stuck in patterns of negative, self-critical thinking and inner pressure may cause you to feel tense and exhausted. You may feel shame and hopelessness and your means of coping such as avoidance, procrastination, withdrawal or overeating adds to your distress. I help people struggling with anxiety, panic, depression, phobias, eating issues, and relationship distress to understand these problems and develop skills to feel better and create happier lives.
Life's problems can feel much more difficult when faced alone. Perhaps you are struggling with a painful loss, are overwhelmed by fear, anger, loneliness or depression. You may be stuck in patterns of negative, self-critical thinking and inner pressure may cause you to feel tense and exhausted. You may feel shame and hopelessness and your means of coping such as avoidance, procrastination, withdrawal or overeating adds to your distress. I help people struggling with anxiety, panic, depression, phobias, eating issues, and relationship distress to understand these problems and develop skills to feel better and create happier lives.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.