Eating Disorders Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
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Adi Diamant
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Eating Disorders are truly not just about food and body image. It is a disorder of relationships, a disorder of shame, and a disorder of anxieties. Not every person with Eating Disorders has experienced trauma, but some do. Eating disorders thrive in isolation, shame, and silence. Therapy can be the place to get you off that dark and lonely path to a safe space where you can heal and thrive; yes, you thrive! It is time to stop hurting yourself, it is time for you to breathe. You matter, you are good enough – break the cycle.
Eating Disorders are truly not just about food and body image. It is a disorder of relationships, a disorder of shame, and a disorder of anxieties. Not every person with Eating Disorders has experienced trauma, but some do. Eating disorders thrive in isolation, shame, and silence. Therapy can be the place to get you off that dark and lonely path to a safe space where you can heal and thrive; yes, you thrive! It is time to stop hurting yourself, it is time for you to breathe. You matter, you are good enough – break the cycle.
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Gabriela Pastor
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Thank you for visiting my page. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I use a psychodynamic frame, however, I will meet the client with the therapeutic tool most needed. My goal is to provide a supportive and safe space which enables a transformational and healing experience that promotes self-understanding, self-compassion, differentiation, individuation and congruency. I work with clients who present with trauma, depression, anxiety, relational issues, anger issues, existential issues and I specialize in clients who have eating disorders/disordered eating. I conduct therapy in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Thank you for visiting my page. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I use a psychodynamic frame, however, I will meet the client with the therapeutic tool most needed. My goal is to provide a supportive and safe space which enables a transformational and healing experience that promotes self-understanding, self-compassion, differentiation, individuation and congruency. I work with clients who present with trauma, depression, anxiety, relational issues, anger issues, existential issues and I specialize in clients who have eating disorders/disordered eating. I conduct therapy in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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I specialize in treating persons with Eating Disorders, Substance Use & Problem Sex Behavior from achieving abstinence to expanding fulfilling recovered lives.
I have over 12 years experience working in residential, intensive outpatient & outpatient settings, with people living successfully with mood disorders, substance abuse & dependence, disordered eating, and creating meaningful sense of interpersonal & relational patterns. My career has afforded me the privilege to work with young adults, professionals and aging adults throughout the Southern California area. I believe that as my clients, you know intuitively how you wish to grow and it's my job to listen with care so you can determine a route, means and hope to navigate a hopeful worthwhile path. I work hard with you in charge.
I specialize in treating persons with Eating Disorders, Substance Use & Problem Sex Behavior from achieving abstinence to expanding fulfilling recovered lives.
I have over 12 years experience working in residential, intensive outpatient & outpatient settings, with people living successfully with mood disorders, substance abuse & dependence, disordered eating, and creating meaningful sense of interpersonal & relational patterns. My career has afforded me the privilege to work with young adults, professionals and aging adults throughout the Southern California area. I believe that as my clients, you know intuitively how you wish to grow and it's my job to listen with care so you can determine a route, means and hope to navigate a hopeful worthwhile path. I work hard with you in charge.
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Kate Behzadi
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Although I work with a wide range of issues, I have particular interest & training in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, adult children of emotionally immature parents, women's issues, and relationships.
The best advice I ever received about practicing psychotherapy was, “be a human first and a therapist second." To this day, I hold this sentiment in mind while sitting with my clients. While my approach is informed by robust training, I ultimately hold the view that you are the expert on your own life. I utilize our relationship to help you develop a stronger, more truthful relationship with yourself. From a place of deep awareness, you will feel more empowered to make choices that are right for you, more congruence, connection, and authenticity in your life, more freedom from what burdens you, and more control over your own story.
Although I work with a wide range of issues, I have particular interest & training in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, adult children of emotionally immature parents, women's issues, and relationships.
The best advice I ever received about practicing psychotherapy was, “be a human first and a therapist second." To this day, I hold this sentiment in mind while sitting with my clients. While my approach is informed by robust training, I ultimately hold the view that you are the expert on your own life. I utilize our relationship to help you develop a stronger, more truthful relationship with yourself. From a place of deep awareness, you will feel more empowered to make choices that are right for you, more congruence, connection, and authenticity in your life, more freedom from what burdens you, and more control over your own story.
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I provide virtual psychotherapy for adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and relational issues.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship and self-insight are key to change in treatment. My approach is warm but active, direct and honest. I especially appreciate the benefits of long-term, depth-oriented therapy, and I have years of experience using evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, eating disorders and relationship issues.
I provide virtual psychotherapy for adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and relational issues.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship and self-insight are key to change in treatment. My approach is warm but active, direct and honest. I especially appreciate the benefits of long-term, depth-oriented therapy, and I have years of experience using evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, eating disorders and relationship issues.
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Marcela Rondani
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CEDS, PsyD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
I am specialized in Teens, Families, Eating Disorders, Trauma, Relationship issues, life struggles, depression, anxiety, Panic Disorder and Family Conflict.
I believe that psychotherapy can be a tool to help someone to increase their self-awareness and promote healing and reparation to the life's pain and struggles. If you would like someone on your side to the new journey of rediscovering who you are and who you want to be, that is my goal. To provide support through this new path with the objective that life will unfold with more joy and happiness.
I am specialized in Teens, Families, Eating Disorders, Trauma, Relationship issues, life struggles, depression, anxiety, Panic Disorder and Family Conflict.
I believe that psychotherapy can be a tool to help someone to increase their self-awareness and promote healing and reparation to the life's pain and struggles. If you would like someone on your side to the new journey of rediscovering who you are and who you want to be, that is my goal. To provide support through this new path with the objective that life will unfold with more joy and happiness.
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Emily Hamilton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Sometimes life can be challenging and you need a safe, inviting place to get support, feel heard, and to start to move forward in your life. My therapy style is warm, curious, and honest. I like to balance compassion with a "don't beat around the bush" attitude. I have been working in the field for 10 years and I specialize in treating eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, identity formation, and relational issues. I use a combination of different therapeutic approaches which depends on what the client needs and can change throughout the therapeutic process.
Sometimes life can be challenging and you need a safe, inviting place to get support, feel heard, and to start to move forward in your life. My therapy style is warm, curious, and honest. I like to balance compassion with a "don't beat around the bush" attitude. I have been working in the field for 10 years and I specialize in treating eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, identity formation, and relational issues. I use a combination of different therapeutic approaches which depends on what the client needs and can change throughout the therapeutic process.
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I work with clients 17+ and specialize in treating eating disorders, body image, anxiety and depression.
Many of us struggle in our lives unconsciously stuck with a perspective that helped us survive our past, but is no longer serving us in the present. I help my clients explore the underlying thoughts & beliefs that may be contributing to feeling stuck in their lives. By helping release from these unhealthy patterns I hope to guide clients to better and more fulfilling lives.
I work with clients 17+ and specialize in treating eating disorders, body image, anxiety and depression.
Many of us struggle in our lives unconsciously stuck with a perspective that helped us survive our past, but is no longer serving us in the present. I help my clients explore the underlying thoughts & beliefs that may be contributing to feeling stuck in their lives. By helping release from these unhealthy patterns I hope to guide clients to better and more fulfilling lives.
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Amanda Wheeler
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Hello and thanks for stopping by my profile! I am EMDR trained and my expertise includes working with eating disorders, anxiety, body image, self-worth, life transitions, relationships, depression and grief. I believe in culturally attuned therapy, tailoring it to your unique experience and needs.
Hello and thanks for stopping by my profile! I am EMDR trained and my expertise includes working with eating disorders, anxiety, body image, self-worth, life transitions, relationships, depression and grief. I believe in culturally attuned therapy, tailoring it to your unique experience and needs.
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I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Anxiety Disorders/ OCD, Eating Disorders, and PTSD/Trauma. I approach my clients from a team stance, always making sure they have a well-rounded support base around them. I am EMDR trained and use it as a tool with my existing clients and as well as see clients who primarily seek EMDR sessions to move stuck experiences and core beliefs. To me, the importance of therapy is to get your life back into balance as addiction and trauma can create an "all or nothing" element and a repetition of patters and maladaptive behaviors.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Anxiety Disorders/ OCD, Eating Disorders, and PTSD/Trauma. I approach my clients from a team stance, always making sure they have a well-rounded support base around them. I am EMDR trained and use it as a tool with my existing clients and as well as see clients who primarily seek EMDR sessions to move stuck experiences and core beliefs. To me, the importance of therapy is to get your life back into balance as addiction and trauma can create an "all or nothing" element and a repetition of patters and maladaptive behaviors.
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I specialize in providing research-proven treatments for eating disorders, anxiety, and depression.
Are you worried about your child's eating? Has your child lost weight? Are you having trouble figuring out how to get him or her to eat? Are you feeling scared? Perhaps your teen is receiving eating disorder treatment that excludes you and you want to play a more active role. Maybe other treatments haven't helped. I can help you help your teen with an eating disorder heal and become a healthy independent young adult who can go about the business of building his or her life. I wrote, "When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder...," New Harbinger, 2018.
I specialize in providing research-proven treatments for eating disorders, anxiety, and depression.
Are you worried about your child's eating? Has your child lost weight? Are you having trouble figuring out how to get him or her to eat? Are you feeling scared? Perhaps your teen is receiving eating disorder treatment that excludes you and you want to play a more active role. Maybe other treatments haven't helped. I can help you help your teen with an eating disorder heal and become a healthy independent young adult who can go about the business of building his or her life. I wrote, "When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder...," New Harbinger, 2018.
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Esme Ordonez
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90045 (Online Only)
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a clinical psychology doctoral candidate, dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and families through various challenges. Rooted in deep compassion and empathy, my practice addresses trauma, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and eating disorders.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a clinical psychology doctoral candidate, dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and families through various challenges. Rooted in deep compassion and empathy, my practice addresses trauma, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and eating disorders.
I've worked with eating disorders for 30+ years, but my forte and first professional love is working with compulsive overeaters.
With 30 years experience, I bring an empathic, compassionate & affirming energy to my work & to my clients. I work well with both adult men & women of all ages, especially those willing to 'do the work' needed to grow, thrive, introspect and lead lives of happiness, empowerment, joy, fulfillment & freedom. I've been blessed w/ many miracles on my life's journey & eagerly desire to assist seekers in experiencing and creating their own miracles. I believe in the inherent good & deserving nature of clients & desire to have them work on, out & through the issues which have limited or impaired their lives!
I've worked with eating disorders for 30+ years, but my forte and first professional love is working with compulsive overeaters.
With 30 years experience, I bring an empathic, compassionate & affirming energy to my work & to my clients. I work well with both adult men & women of all ages, especially those willing to 'do the work' needed to grow, thrive, introspect and lead lives of happiness, empowerment, joy, fulfillment & freedom. I've been blessed w/ many miracles on my life's journey & eagerly desire to assist seekers in experiencing and creating their own miracles. I believe in the inherent good & deserving nature of clients & desire to have them work on, out & through the issues which have limited or impaired their lives!
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I work with adults and teenagers with eating disorders, addiction, Borderline Personality Disorder, relationship conflict, depression and anxiety.
Carl Jung said, "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." My goal is to help you understand yourself on a deeper level in order to improve your relationships and remove obstacles that are preventing you from living a meaningful life. I use a variety of modalities including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and existential therapy. My priority is collaborating with my clients directly to provide you with what you need to move forward in your life.
I work with adults and teenagers with eating disorders, addiction, Borderline Personality Disorder, relationship conflict, depression and anxiety.
Carl Jung said, "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." My goal is to help you understand yourself on a deeper level in order to improve your relationships and remove obstacles that are preventing you from living a meaningful life. I use a variety of modalities including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and existential therapy. My priority is collaborating with my clients directly to provide you with what you need to move forward in your life.
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Megan Reily
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90071 (Online Only)
Hi there, I'm Megan. Do you feel lost in life? Do you ever feel unseen or unheard by other people around you? Is it difficult for you to express your feelings and needs? We all need support sometimes and I would love to be the person to help move you towards your ideal life. I believe that everyone can find a place of self-actualization no matter where they start. My approach is to work collaboratively with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, psychosis, and other challenges to reach their personal goals.
Hi there, I'm Megan. Do you feel lost in life? Do you ever feel unseen or unheard by other people around you? Is it difficult for you to express your feelings and needs? We all need support sometimes and I would love to be the person to help move you towards your ideal life. I believe that everyone can find a place of self-actualization no matter where they start. My approach is to work collaboratively with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, psychosis, and other challenges to reach their personal goals.
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We’ll work with the issues that you present—depression, intimacy, infidelity, eating disorders, addiction.
We all face conflicts that at times become “too much.” When we feel overwhelmed there’s a natural tendency to want to restore balance in ourselves and our lives. Any conflict—in love, work, body image, physical symptoms—can lead to anxiety, shame and a sense of "going through the motions." Whether you’re dealing with current or long-standing difficulties, there are effective ways to understand and soften painful feelings. Life can be better when you open to new thinking, curb negativity and break repetitive cycles; you become kinder to yourself. You can find your own voice.
We’ll work with the issues that you present—depression, intimacy, infidelity, eating disorders, addiction.
We all face conflicts that at times become “too much.” When we feel overwhelmed there’s a natural tendency to want to restore balance in ourselves and our lives. Any conflict—in love, work, body image, physical symptoms—can lead to anxiety, shame and a sense of "going through the motions." Whether you’re dealing with current or long-standing difficulties, there are effective ways to understand and soften painful feelings. Life can be better when you open to new thinking, curb negativity and break repetitive cycles; you become kinder to yourself. You can find your own voice.
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As a clinical supervisor, our practice can handle a wide range from addiction to eating disorders.
Many of us recognize our lives lack fulfillment. We long for love, belonging and feelings of success. We crave peace of mind. Trauma and negative schemas often make achieving our goals difficult and we find ourselves right back where we started, as if in a loop. More than ever, we need someone to hear us. Luckily, Mental Health awareness has increased and you are in the right place to find help. My group practice includes myself and two other fantastic therapists, Ryan Muldoon AMFT and Gabrielle Amoils Pollak LMFT
As a clinical supervisor, our practice can handle a wide range from addiction to eating disorders.
Many of us recognize our lives lack fulfillment. We long for love, belonging and feelings of success. We crave peace of mind. Trauma and negative schemas often make achieving our goals difficult and we find ourselves right back where we started, as if in a loop. More than ever, we need someone to hear us. Luckily, Mental Health awareness has increased and you are in the right place to find help. My group practice includes myself and two other fantastic therapists, Ryan Muldoon AMFT and Gabrielle Amoils Pollak LMFT
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I have worked with individuals who have experienced trauma, eating disorders, acculturation issues, self-destructive behaviors, anxiety, depression, loss, identity issues, and life transitions.
Taking the first step toward your healing requires courage and I acknowledge the effort you have put forth. Perhaps you have reached a point where you need more awareness in order to deal with your present circumstances. I am a clinical psychologist with several years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and couples. I provide in-depth therapy where we both can begin to explore the underlying causes of your emotional symptoms. I view my role as a psychologist as one who guides you through the healing process. I believe that in order for this to occur, respect, safety, understanding and awareness must be present.
I have worked with individuals who have experienced trauma, eating disorders, acculturation issues, self-destructive behaviors, anxiety, depression, loss, identity issues, and life transitions.
Taking the first step toward your healing requires courage and I acknowledge the effort you have put forth. Perhaps you have reached a point where you need more awareness in order to deal with your present circumstances. I am a clinical psychologist with several years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and couples. I provide in-depth therapy where we both can begin to explore the underlying causes of your emotional symptoms. I view my role as a psychologist as one who guides you through the healing process. I believe that in order for this to occur, respect, safety, understanding and awareness must be present.
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Molly Binenfeld
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90049 (Online Only)
In addition to working in private practice, I also work in treatment, where I help clients navigate recovery from eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, and substance use.
I create a space for you to bring your authentic self into the room without feeling like you have to show up in the "right" way. My approach is direct, compassionate, practical, and personalized towards your values, goals, and experience. My lived and professional experience allows me to help you create a more fulfilling and congruent life while supporting you in coping with daily stressors, relationship dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. I am passionate about helping you overcome the challenges you face in today's society, including diet culture, body image, social media pressure, and unrealistic beauty standards.
In addition to working in private practice, I also work in treatment, where I help clients navigate recovery from eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, and substance use.
I create a space for you to bring your authentic self into the room without feeling like you have to show up in the "right" way. My approach is direct, compassionate, practical, and personalized towards your values, goals, and experience. My lived and professional experience allows me to help you create a more fulfilling and congruent life while supporting you in coping with daily stressors, relationship dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. I am passionate about helping you overcome the challenges you face in today's society, including diet culture, body image, social media pressure, and unrealistic beauty standards.
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Perla Vilhjalmsdottir
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CEDS-S
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90026
I have 15 years of experience working with eating disorders and co-occurring disorders in inpatient, residential, and day treatment.
My approach is gentle but direct and I place importance on honesty and accountability. My work is focused on addressing current thoughts and behaviors through underlying issues as well as exploring how past experiences affect you and your current relationships.
During our session, I work from a psychodynamic perspective while including Existential interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, and Family Systems concepts. My goal is to provide a safe space that facilitates change and growth, and a place that encourages healing. My hope is to leave you with skills that will better serve you in dealing with current life events and relationships.
I have 15 years of experience working with eating disorders and co-occurring disorders in inpatient, residential, and day treatment.
My approach is gentle but direct and I place importance on honesty and accountability. My work is focused on addressing current thoughts and behaviors through underlying issues as well as exploring how past experiences affect you and your current relationships.
During our session, I work from a psychodynamic perspective while including Existential interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, and Family Systems concepts. My goal is to provide a safe space that facilitates change and growth, and a place that encourages healing. My hope is to leave you with skills that will better serve you in dealing with current life events and relationships.
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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.