Body-respectful care
Some of our clinicians practice from Health at Every Size (HAES) and body acceptance principles.
Eating disorders & body image
Therapy for eating concerns and body image
Your relationship with food, movement, and your body can carry a lot. Therapy offers a respectful, non-judgmental place to explore it.
Where to begin
Your body is not the problem
Eating concerns and body image struggles are common, and they affect people of every size, gender, age, and background. You might notice rigid food rules, cycles of restricting and bingeing, compulsive exercise, or constant criticism of your body.
You do not need to be "sick enough" to deserve support. If it is on your mind, it matters.
Understanding it
How eating and body image concerns can show up
These concerns can range from chronic dieting and emotional eating to diagnosable eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder). Body image struggles can also appear on their own.
Repose provides outpatient therapy. If a higher level of care would serve you better, we will help you find it.
Our approach
How we work with eating and body image
We approach food and bodies with respect, curiosity, and care, and attend to the feelings and experiences underneath.
Orientation
Understanding your history with food, body, and what you need now.
Stabilizing
Building support, safety, and coordination with other providers if needed.
Processing
Exploring emotions, beliefs, and experiences linked to food and body.
Integration
Relating to your body with more trust, kindness, and ease.
Modalities
Approaches we use
CBT and DBT skills
Practical tools for urges, rules, and strong emotions around food.
Somatic and experiential therapy
Reconnecting with body cues and sensation in a gentle, safe way. Sessions may include movement.
What support looks like
What you can expect from us
No weighing, no judgment
Your therapist focuses on you, not a number.
Coordinated care
With your permission, we work alongside your doctor or dietitian.
Inclusive support
We welcome people of every size, gender, culture, and identity.
Honest about fit
If you need more support than outpatient therapy offers, we will say so.
Questions people ask
Questions about eating disorder therapy
Do I need a diagnosis to get help?
No. Concerns about food, eating, exercise, or body image are all worth exploring, whether or not they meet a diagnosis.
Do you offer higher levels of care?
No. Repose provides outpatient therapy only. If you need a more intensive program, our Client Care Team can help you find one.
What if I feel unsafe?
Call or text 988, or call 911 in an emergency. Repose is not an emergency service.
Begin
When you're ready, we'd be glad to talk it through.
A free consultation can help you explore whether outpatient therapy fits.
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