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Eating Disorder Therapy in Rockville, Maryland and virtually in Maryland, Virginia, DC, Florida and New York By: Jennifer Rollin, LCSW-C, Therapist & Founder of The Eating Disorder Center  Photo of one of our office rooms in Rockville, Maryland Eating disorder therapy is truly a game changer when it comes to eating disorder recovery. I know this both as a founder and eating disorder therapist at The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland, and as someone who recovered from my own eating disorder and found therapy to be an incredibly necessary component to my recovery. Why Should I See an Eating Disorder Therapist vs. a General Therapist? General therapists often have little to no training in eating disorder therapy. The same way that you would not see a pediatrician for foot surgery, it makes sense to see someone who truly specializes in helping people to find freedom with food, make peace with their body, and practice self-compassion. Eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of any mental illness. The consequences of not seeking help can be deadly. Our therapists at The Eating Disorder Center are true eating disorder specialists. They have ample training in the top treatments for eating disorders. Additionally, they have years of experience in working almost exclusively with clients with eating disorders & body image issues. Many of them are also personally recovered from eating disorders or have supported a loved one in recovery. Each have been hand selected through an interview process by our founder, Jennifer Rollin, LCSW-C, and are caring, compassionate, yet firm when it comes to helping clients to recover from eating disorders. At The Eating Disorder Center we provide outpatient eating disorder therapy for children, teens and adults in Rockville, Maryland and Arlington, Virginia, as well as virtually throughout Maryland, Virginia, DC, Florida and New York. We provide eating disorder therapy for children (12+), teens, and adults in Rockville, Maryland and virtually throughout Maryland for individuals struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, OSFED, ARFID, orthorexia, and compulsive exercise. We also have therapists who specialize in eating disorders co-occuring with trauma, OCD, and mood disorders. Types of Therapy We Use For Eating Disorder Outpatient Treatment We use the top evidence based treatments for eating disorders. We believe that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible. You don’t have to continue to feel so trapped. We tailor a treatment plan to each individual client because no two clients are exactly the same and it makes sense to have a personalized recovery plan. That being said, the following are a few of the treatments that we use for helping people to recover from eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, ARFID, compulsive exercise, and body image issues. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): DBT is a powerful therapy that utilizes helping clients to hold dialectics when it comes to thinking. Dialectics is the idea that two seemingly opposing ideas can be true at the same time i.e. I can feel really afraid of recovery AND take the recovery actions despite feeling scared. Additionally, DBT uses a variety of tools and skills including ‘opposite action,’ ‘radical acceptance,’ ‘wise mind,’ and mindfulness skills to help clients to cope with urges to use eating disorder behaviors and to ultimately learn how to use more values aligning coping strategies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): ACT is a wonderful therapy for helping clients to discover if their various thoughts are helpful or unhelpful in terms of helping a client to live accordingly with their true values. Through ACT we can help clients to connect to their true values and separate those from the values of the eating disorder. Additionally, ACT uses a variety of metaphors to help people to cope with unhelpful thinking patterns, as well as a strategy called ‘cognitive defusion’ which helps people to learn how to be less fused or identified with their eating disorder thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT looks at thinking patterns including ‘black and white thinking’ and helps clients to learn how to recognize and challenge unhelpful patterns of thinking. CBT looks at how our thoughts can lead to subsequent emotions and behaviors, as well as how challenging our thoughts and thinking patterns can lead to us taking more helpful actions. In addition to the other eating disorders, CBT is very useful in the treatment of ARFID, which can include concepts such as food chaining. Family Based Therapy (FBT)-Informed Therapy: We use FBT informed therapy with some teens who we feel would benefit. This involves the parents taking over the serving of the meals and helping their children to eat them. FBT is a useful alternative to residential treatment for some and really empowers the family to serve as an asset in their child’s eating disorder recovery. Parents can truly be incredible allies in the recovery process. EMDR Therapy for Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring Trauma: We also have a therapist who provides EMDR therapy, which is a powerful evidence based treatment for healing the impact of trauma, and can also be used for body image distress and eating disorder recovery. EMDR uses eye movements or tapping and helps clients to become desensitized to traumatic memories and to reclaim their lives following the impact of trauma. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): We are action oriented therapists and love to give clients homework and set goals with them. Additionally, we love helping clients with food and snack exposures as well as the response prevention element. ERP is an excellent treatment for eating disorders, and is also the gold standard for the treatment of OCD. We have therapists who truly specialize in co-occurring eating disorders and OCD, helping clients to reclaim their lives from exhausting compulsions and constantly thinking about food and their body. HAES and Intuitive Eating: It’s important to note that we are HAES informed providers and compassionate support people of all shapes and sizes in their eating disorder recovery. We believe this is a crucial element of eating disorder recovery and that all therapy should be HAES aligned. Additionally, we are trained in intuitive eating and use these concepts when applicable depending where a client is in their recovery. These concepts are generally not recommended for early recovery where hunger cues may be off, so typically we introduce them later. Reach Out To Schedule With an Eating Disorder Therapist! You or your loved one deserve to make peace with food, find body acceptance, and discover self-compassion. We would love to help. You don’t have to continue to feel so trapped and miserable. We have therapists who also have after school/work availability-as of 9/30/24 (spots fill quickly so this is subject to change). We offer in office appointments (with free sparkling water and coffee) on comfy couches in Rockville, Maryland, or virtually in Maryland, Virginia, DC, Florida and New York. Reach out via the contact form on our website to schedule a FREE 15 minute consultation with an eating disorder therapist to see if it’s a good fit! Schedule a free 15 minute consult for eating disorder therapy in MD, VA, DC, NY, FL, or recovery coaching worldwide. Click here. The Eating Disorder Center is a premier outpatient eating disorder therapy center founded by Jennifer Rollin. We specialize in helping teens and adults struggling with anorexia, binge eating disorder, bulimia, OSFED, and body image issues. We provide eating disorder therapy in Rockville, MD, easily accessible to individuals in Potomac, North Potomac, Bethesda, Olney, Silver Spring, Germantown, and Washington D.C. We also provide eating disorder therapy in Arlington, Virginia and virtually throughout Virginia. Additionally, we offer eating disorder therapy virtually in New York (NYC), Florida, and California. We provide eating disorder and EMDR trauma therapy in Rockville, Maryland and virtually throughout Maryland. We provide eating disorder recovery coaching via Zoom to people worldwide. Connect with us through our website at www.theeatingdisordercenter.com
 The Eating Disorder Center provides therapy for eating disorders and body image in Rockville, Maryland serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney-and virtually throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. We provide eating disorder therapy for children, teens and adults in Rockville, Maryland and virtually throughout Maryland struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, OSFED, ARFID, orthorexia, and compulsive exercise. We also have therapists who specialize in eating disorders co-occuring with trauma, OCD, and mood disorders. The Eating Disorder Center uses effective modalities including CBT, DBT, and ACT to help clients find freedom from eating disorders and body image struggles. In addition to using CBT, DBT, and ACT to effectively treat eating disorders, The Eating Disorder Center also provides EMDR therapy in-person in Rockville, MD or virtually throughout Maryland. EMDR therapy can be utilized for those who have a history of trauma and an eating disorder, or can be a stand alone treatment for eating disorders or trauma separately. Megan Samuels MSW, LMSW is trained to practice EMDR therapy and has extensive experience working with those who experienced trauma and have eating disorders. Megan loves working with teens and adults and has current availability as of 9/23/24. EMDR therapy is an evidence-based treatment that was founded in 1987 by Francine Shapiro. It was originally researched as an evidence based treatment modality for PTSD, but has expanded to be able to effectively treat anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. You may wonder if EMDR therapy is a good fit for your treatment and therapy journey. We at The Eating Disorder Center understand the struggle of finding a therapist and treatment modality that will be the best fit for you. There are so many options out there, and it can be overwhelming when searching for therapists and the types of therapy they offer. We are excited to share that The Eating Disorder center created an infographic about the intersection between trauma and eating disorders and how EMDR therapy can help! This may help guide you in your therapy and recovery journey in finding a treatment modality and clinician that’s the right fit for you. Download the free PDF here! Wanting more information about EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders? Reach out to our administrative team to get you connected with our EMDR provider, Megan Samuels MSW, LMSW for a free 15-minute consultation to see if it would be a good fit! Megan offers in-person therapy in Rockville, MD and virtual therapy throughout the state of Maryland where you can have therapy sessions in your own safe space. Give us a call at 301-246-6856 or fill out our contact form. Schedule a free 15 min consult for eating disorder therapy in MD, VA, DC, NY, FL, or recovery coaching worldwide. Click here. The Eating Disorder Center is a premier outpatient eating disorder therapy center founded by Jennifer Rollin. We specialize in helping teens and adults struggling with anorexia, binge eating disorder, bulimia, OSFED, and body image issues. We provide eating disorder therapy in Rockville, MD, easily accessible to individuals in Potomac, North Potomac, Bethesda, Olney, Silver Spring, Germantown, and Washington D.C. We also provide eating disorder therapy in Arlington, Virginia and virtually throughout Virginia. Additionally, we offer eating disorder therapy virtually in New York (NYC), Florida, and California. We provide eating disorder and EMDR trauma therapy in Rockville, Maryland and virtually throughout Maryland. We provide eating disorder recovery coaching via Zoom to people worldwide. Connect with us through our website at www.theeatingdisordercenter.com
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