Adult
Adult Eating Disorder Therapy
Eating Disorder – Adult
You are not alone if you suffer from an eating disorder. People of all ages, races, sexes, and body types can develop eating disorders. While it’s common for people to develop eating disorders during their teenage or young adult years, some may start having one during childhood or later in life. If you struggle with an eating disorder, finding treatment can help you overcome it so you can start living a fuller life.
Greenwich Psychology Group provides eating disorder treatment near Greenwich, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York, to help individuals recover. Our expert eating disorder therapists ensure you have the tools and resources needed to beat your eating disorder.
What Are Eating Disorders?
Eating disorders are complex and severe mental health issues that affect people’s physical and emotional well-being. Those with eating disorders often develop an unhealthy relationship with their bodies, food, and appearances and form an obsession with weight loss, their body shape, and food intake. Eating disorders are dangerous conditions that can lead to serious and fatal complications if not treated properly.
There are many types of eating disorders, so finding the best treatment for the kind you suffer from is vital to ensuring you can heal and start living a more fulfilling life.
Types of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders can emerge in many ways. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. Each condition has different symptoms, but some could overlap with each other. If you suffer from any of the following symptoms, finding help from a professional will ensure you get the best treatment for your disorder.
Anorexia Nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa often restrict their food and calorie intake by avoiding or eating minimal quantities of specific foods. Many people who suffer from anorexia may have an unhealthy relationship with their weight, intensely focusing on losing weight or preventing weight gain. They may think they are overweight, but could actually be dangerously underweight.
Symptoms of anorexia nervosa:
- Extremely restricted eating
- Excessive and intense exercise
- Distorted self- or body image
- Extreme thinness
- Intense fear of gaining weight
- Denial of severe low body weight
Anorexia nervosa also has two subtypes: restrictive and binge-purge. People with restrictive anorexia nervosa severely limit the type and amount of food they eat. Those with binge-purge anorexia nervosa also restrict their food intake, but they can have binge-eating and purging episodes when they eat large amounts of food in a short time, then vomit or use laxatives to get rid of the food.
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is a condition where people have binge-eating episodes followed by vomiting, using diuretics or laxatives, exercising excessively, fasting, or doing a combination of these behaviors to avoid weight gain. People with bulimia nervosa may be overweight or maintain an average weight.
Symptoms of bulimia nervosa:
- Severe dehydration
- Sore and chronically inflamed throat
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Swollen salivary glands in the jaw and neck area
Binge-Eating Disorder
People with a binge-eating disorder may lose control and have recurring excessive eating periods. They don’t follow their binging with purging, fasting, or excessive exercise. Instead, they may feel uncomfortably full and struggle with shame, guilt, regret, or depression. Those with a binge-eating disorder can be overweight or obese.
Symptoms of binge-eating disorder:
- Eating large food portions in a short amount of time
- Eating when full or not hungry
- Rapidly eating in a short time
- Eating until uncomfortably full
- Feeling ashamed, guilty, and distressed about eating
Binge-eating treatment can help you create a healthy relationship with food. You can attend binge-eating therapy in Greenwich, Connecticut, or Manhattan, New York, at Greenwich Psychology Group.
Eating Disorder Treatment
Personalizing eating disorder treatment per patient is vital to ensure each individual gets the help they need. At Greenwich Psychology Group, we understand biological, cultural, and social factors can contribute to an individual’s eating disorder. We take a holistic approach to treating eating disorders, using evidence-based practices like cognitive-behavioral therapy to build emotional regulation, coping skills, and healthy interpersonal relationships.
Our expert clinicians can help you cope and tolerate distressing emotions while decreasing the need to engage in disordered eating patterns. Every clinician has specialized training to help patients reduce their symptoms and treat the underlying causes of eating disorders. You’ll learn to develop a healthy and safe relationship with food while enhancing your self-image.
When you come to Greenwich Psychology Group, we ensure you’ll have the support needed for long-term treatment success. We’ll help you recover your self-love, self-empathy, and self-esteem throughout your sessions.
Our Team
Dr. Gladys Frankel
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Frankel holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University and training at New York University Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical Center. Dr. Frankel works with adults, adolescents, and couples, treating diverse challenges such as couple and family issues, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, stress management/resiliency, and self-esteem.
Joanna Clayton
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Joanna Clayton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate with specialized experience working with adolescents and young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD, social issues, and autism spectrum disorder. During this critical developmental period, she understands the complexities of self-worth issues, academic and career stress, sexuality, and family expectations.
Request a Consultation Today
Are you ready to take control of your life and beat your eating disorder? Greenwich Psychology Group employs many eating disorder therapists near Connecticut and New York to help people find better and healthier ways to cope.
Start your healing and recovery journey by requesting a consultation at Greenwich Psychology Group today.
Have questions? Ask our experts.Take the GPG Symptom Checker
At Greenwich Psychology Group, our symptom checker helps clients track their symptoms of depression or anxiety. Taking the assessment doesn't provide a formal diagnosis, but it can help you determine what next steps you may need to take. The evaluation uses a series of questions to review the feelings and symptoms you've experienced over the past two weeks. The results will help you distinguish if professional help is the best next step.
BeginLatest Topics
Blog Articles
Most recent publications, interviews, blogs, and tips.
Book a Consultation
Hours of Operation
Mon – Sat: 8am to 8pm
Office Address
15 Valley Drive 1st Floor
Greenwich, CT 06831