Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that adversely affect a person's physical or mental health. Common types include binge eating disorder, where a person eats a large amount in a short period of time; anorexia nervosa, where the person has an intense fear of gaining weight and restricts food or overexercises to manage this fear, & bulimia nervosa, where individuals eat a large quantity (binging) then try to rid themselves of the food (purging).

Having worked at a residential eating disorder facility for over 15 years, I am knowledgable and passionate about helping individuals who struggle with bulimia nervosa, anorexia, binge eating disorder, food addiction, and emotional eating. In my experience, we begin using food as a way to control things when most other things are outside of our control. It starts as a solution that over time becomes a problem that is difficult to address without support.

Eating disorders are so different from individual to individual... no two people present the same, and that's why a holistic occupational therapy approach can be so beneficial on the road to recovery. I look all aspects of one's living, staying curious with you to determine how I can best guide you in the ways that are needed. That can look like meal planning, rewiring self-limiting beliefs, discerning life values and how to live into them, etc. Let me be your guide in this journey!

Many of our therapists have received advanced training in eating disorders and have years of experience helping clients overcome disruptive eating behaviors.

I have training and experience treating eating disorders including Anorexia nervosa, "Atypical" anorexia, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. I also treat subclinical eating concerns (aka disordered eating) and help people healing from chronic dieting, restriction, binge eating, emotional eating, and compulsive exercise. I'm a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and will help you reclaim peace and freedom in your relationship with food and physical activity.

We treat issues relating to ARFID, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and night eating syndrome. Dr. Sala is trained in Family Based Treatment for children/adolescents with eating disorders. We also treat eating disorders using Dr. Fairburn's Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Treatment.

Food is one of the earliest ways we humans experience nurturance and interaction with a caring adult. food takes on many meanings about relationships, needs, control, and the value of self. The development of an eating disorder signals a problem in one or several of these areas; it arises as an attempt to solve this problem, by drawing attention to the problem, by pulling the family together to address symptoms of the eating disorder; or expressing/repressing feelings related to current problem.

I am a certified eating disorder specialist, trainer and educator

As a nutritionist and mental health provider, I am able to provide integrative care to folks who are struggling with various forms of disordered eating. This can include restriction, bingeing, compensatory behaviors, and other symptoms that impact our relationship with food. My hope is to explore this relationship with you and find a path forward that feels less rigid and in support of your individual health needs. I am an intuitive eating provider who acknowledges the impacts of diet-culture.

I have worked with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and other eating disorders for over 5 years. I have created and overseen programs from outpatient to residential care. I collaborate with dietitians, psychiatrists, general practitioners, inpatient facilities and other medical providers. I have worked with individuals who prefer meal plans and those who prefer intuitive eating and find both to have varying benefits. Additionally, I have training in Health at Every Size.

I specialize in the treatment of Binge Eating Disorder and other forms of disordered eating. You may identify with emotional eating, compulsive overeating, food addiction, stress eating, restriction/binge cycle, and yo-yo dieting. I can help you to trust yourself with food, reconnect to your body, successfully navigate urges, and build a toolbox of skills. I utilize Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions.

I specialize in working with folks who struggle with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and compulsive eating, although I also work with people who struggle in many different ways in their relationship to food and body, including anorexia, bulimia, and ARFID. No matter where you are on the spectrum of disordered eating/eating disorder, you deserve to feel more at peace.

I follow the Health at Every Size (HAES) model and utilize intuitive eating tools to help people reconnect with their bodies and take care of themselves in whatever way is most life giving for them.

Over the past year I've worked with multiple clients struggling with anorexia. Together we've been able to find a balance between addressing symptoms such as calorie restriction, body-checking, and strict rules around food consumption, as well as understanding the purpose these behaviors serve in terms of control, distraction, and self-soothing.

I work with individuals who suffer with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or other forms of dysregulated eating and body dysmorphia. Eating disorders are often birthed within traumatic experiences where we block intolerable feelings of fear and shame with obsessions around eating and body size/weight. I am a body positive therapist, and I help my clients learn to listen to and respect their body's wisdom. Learning to trust the body and learning self-compassion are keys to healing.