Therapy for ARFID
What is ARFID?
ARFID stands for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. This is an eating disorder that can often be under-diagnosed, or mistakenly labeled as just “picky eating.”
ARFID stands out from the other eating disorders as it includes a lack of interest or avoidance in certain foods because of sensory or aversive consequences (or lack of interest), as opposed to a desire to change the way that one looks.
Living with ARFID is exhausting. It can also be very limiting to your life and social life due to eating only a small number of foods.
If this resonates with you-we can help!
Our team at The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland has therapists that truly specialize in helping teens and adults to recover from ARFID and reclaim their lives. Recovery is possible!
We provide therapy for ARFID in Rockville, Maryland, serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney. We also provide therapy for ARFID virtually throughout Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Washington, D.C., New York, and California.
We know that part of you may be scared to recover, while part of you desperately wants to be free from this. With specialized therapy geared towards helping you to recover from ARFID, you don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
ARFID stands out from the other eating disorders as it includes a lack of interest or avoidance in certain foods because of sensory or aversive consequences (or lack of interest), as opposed to a desire to change the way that one looks.
Living with ARFID is exhausting. It can also be very limiting to your life and social life due to eating only a small number of foods.
If this resonates with you-we can help!
Our team at The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland has therapists that truly specialize in helping teens and adults to recover from ARFID and reclaim their lives. Recovery is possible!
We provide therapy for ARFID in Rockville, Maryland, serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney. We also provide therapy for ARFID virtually throughout Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Washington, D.C., New York, and California.
We know that part of you may be scared to recover, while part of you desperately wants to be free from this. With specialized therapy geared towards helping you to recover from ARFID, you don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
Symptoms of ARFID:
- Having a small number of foods that are safe to eat.
- Lack in variety of foods consumed.
- Lack of nutrition and weight loss.
- Forgetting to eat or skipping multiple meals in a row.
- Only eating foods that consist of a certain texture or shape.
- Lack of interest in food or eating.
So, how can we help?
At The Eating Disorder Center we are highly skilled in providing therapy for individuals who are struggling with ARFID. We will work as part of a treatment team to help you to recover from ARFID, which may include a physician, dietitian, and/or psychiatrist.
We use evidence-based treatment methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure therapy. Our clinical director was also featured by CNN talking about ARFID. If there is co-occurring trauma we also offer EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders.
We pride ourselves on being action-oriented therapists, setting recovery goals, and doing exposures with clients, such as eating meals or snacks together. We value collaboration with other local eating disorder treatment providers. Many of our therapists are also personally recovered from eating disorders.
We are thankful to have helped many people to recover from ARFID.
We use evidence-based treatment methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure therapy. Our clinical director was also featured by CNN talking about ARFID. If there is co-occurring trauma we also offer EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders.
We pride ourselves on being action-oriented therapists, setting recovery goals, and doing exposures with clients, such as eating meals or snacks together. We value collaboration with other local eating disorder treatment providers. Many of our therapists are also personally recovered from eating disorders.
We are thankful to have helped many people to recover from ARFID.
Therapy for ARFID, in Rockville, Maryland, Serving Potomac, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County. Specializing in the treatment of ARFID, in Annapolis, Chevy Chase, Germantown and Olney.
Therapy for ARFID, in Arlington, Virginia. Serving McLean, Vienna, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Leesburg, Purcellville, and Herndon. Specializing in the treatment of ARFID.