Therapy for Eating Disorder Recovery in Silver Spring, MD
For Adults Who’ve Made Progress in Recovery — and Want Support Keeping It Strong
Maybe it feels like foods still controls more of your life than you want to admit.
Maybe you find yourself constantly thinking and worrying about what you ate before and what you’ll eat later.
Maybe meals feel stressful, overwhelming, or loaded with rules that are hard to quiet.
Maybe you feel exhausted from the guilt, second-guessing, and mental calculations that seem to follow you after you eat.
Maybe you may feel stuck in patterns around food and/or movement that feel overwhelming, confusing, or deeply isolating, and you don’t know how to change them.
You've made progress in eating disorder recovery. So why does it still feel hard?
You might be in this stage of recovery if…
You no longer feel controlled by the most intense eating disorder behaviors, but food or body thoughts still take up more space than you’d like.
You’ve done a lot of work in recovery already, yet some patterns—like food rules, body checking, or second-guessing what you ate—still linger.
Eating is more stable than it used to be, but flexibility around food or changes in plans can still feel difficult.
Social events, restaurants, travel, or unplanned meals sometimes bring up anxiety or old thoughts.
Body image continues to affect your mood, confidence, or how you move through daily life.
You sometimes wonder whether this is “as good as recovery gets,” or if it’s possible to feel more peaceful and free around food and your body.
You don’t feel like you’re in crisis anymore, but you still want support continuing the recovery you’ve worked so hard for.
Therapy with me can help!
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Therapy with me can help! *
Recovery is about more than stopping behaviors or following a meal plan. It involves understanding the role eating disorder behaviors have played in your life, clarifying what truly matters to you, and recognizing how the eating disorder may be keeping you from the life you want to live. Therapy helps you build new ways of coping, reconnect with your values, and create a life that feels fuller, freer, and more aligned with who you are.
My approach is integrative, drawing from psychodynamic, behavioral, and relational frameworks. In practice, this means we explore not just the behaviors themselves, but the emotional patterns, beliefs, and relational experiences that shaped them — so change feels lasting, not just managed.
Together, We Can Work Toward:
Understanding the Patterns Behind Eating Behaviors
Explore the emotional and psychological role eating behaviors play
Reduce shame by helping your experiences make sense
Identify triggers and explore alternative ways of coping with them
Building a More Peaceful Relationship with Food
Moving away from food rules, fear-based eating, and cycles of restriction or loss of control
Reconnecting with hunger, fullness, and body cues
Gradually challenging fear foods in a supportive way
Quieting the Eating Disorder Voice
Reducing guilt, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts related to food and body image
Learning to recognize and respond to eating disorder thoughts with greater confidence and compassion
Clarifying what matters most to you and strengthening your ability to choose your values over the eating disorder voice
You don’t have to be in the depths of an eating disorder to deserve support.
Many people reach a point in recovery where things are significantly better, yet food, body image, or old patterns still take up more energy than they want them to. You may have already done a great deal of healing and still feel that something isn’t fully settled. That doesn’t mean you’ve failed at recovery—it simply means there may be more space for it to deepen.
Therapy at this stage isn’t about starting over or fixing something “wrong.” It’s about supporting the life you’re building beyond the eating disorder—with more flexibility, self-trust, and peace around food and your body.
You’re allowed to seek support not just to survive recovery, but to live more comfortably within it. Recovery doesn't have a finish line — but it can get lighter. If you're ready to stop managing and start living, I'd love to talk.