Therapy for Bulimia
What is Bulimia?
Bulimia involves recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating large amounts of food in a short amount of time, eating more rapidly than normal, a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode) followed by purging or compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain. Purging can show up in different ways such as vomiting, misuse of laxatives, excessive exercise, restricting etc.
Living with bulimia is exhausting. You might tell yourself each time that you aren’t going to binge and purge again-but then, it continues to happen.
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 bulimia and reclaim their lives. Recovery is possible!
We provide therapy for bulimia in Rockville, Maryland, serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney. We also provide therapy for bulimia 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 bulimia, you don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
Living with bulimia is exhausting. You might tell yourself each time that you aren’t going to binge and purge again-but then, it continues to happen.
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 bulimia and reclaim their lives. Recovery is possible!
We provide therapy for bulimia in Rockville, Maryland, serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney. We also provide therapy for bulimia 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 bulimia, you don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
Symptoms of Bulimia
- Recurring episodes of binge eating:
- Eating large amounts of food (larger than one would typically eat) in a certain time period.
- Feeling a lack of control while eating.
- Eating until uncomfortably full.
- Eating alone because of shameful feelings around eating.
- Eating more rapidly than usual.
- Recurring episodes of purging to compensate for binge eating:
- Vomiting
- Misusing laxatives
- Misusing medications
- Excessive exercise
- Restricting
- Evaluation of self is directly related to body shape and weight.
How Can We Help?
At The Eating Disorder Center we are highly skilled in providing therapy for individuals who are struggling with bulimia. We help clients to make peace with food, their bodies and ultimately themselves. We will work as part of a treatment team to help you to recover from bulimia, which may include a physician, dietitian, and/or psychiatrist.
We use evidence-based treatment methods, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and modified FBT treatment. We are Health At Every Size (HAES) informed providers. If there is co-occurring trauma we also offer offer EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders. We provide specific tools and skills to help clients to cope with urges to binge and purge. We also help clients to address underlying triggers, such as stress, trauma, difficult emotions, and restriction.
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 bulimia.
We use evidence-based treatment methods, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and modified FBT treatment. We are Health At Every Size (HAES) informed providers. If there is co-occurring trauma we also offer offer EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders. We provide specific tools and skills to help clients to cope with urges to binge and purge. We also help clients to address underlying triggers, such as stress, trauma, difficult emotions, and restriction.
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 bulimia.
Therapy for bulimia in Rockville, Maryland, Serving Potomac, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County. Specializing in the treatment of bulimia, in Annapolis, Chevy Chase, Germantown and Olney.
Therapy for bulimia in Arlington, Virginia. Serving McLean, Vienna, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Richmond, Leesburg, Purcellville, and Herndon. Specializing in the treatment of bulimia.