Eating Disorder Therapy
Offering virtual therapy in New York, New Jersey, & Florida
Are thoughts around food, your body, or movement all-consuming?
Eating disorders can rob you of joy, connection, and the ability to be fully present in your day-to-day life — but it doesn’t have to stay that way.
Working with a therapist who understands the complexities of eating disorders can help you reconnect to your body, your values, and your innate worth.
Understanding Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that affect people of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds. They often involve intense focus on food, body image, weight, or control and can manifest in a variety of ways, such as restricting food, bingeing, purging, compulsive exercise, or chronic dieting.
You don’t have to “look” a certain way to deserve support. Whether you're navigating a full-blown eating disorder diagnosis or simply feeling like food and poor body image are interfering with your life, your experience is valid—and help is available.
Who We Help
Offering Virtual Eating Disorder Therapy in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.
We support individuals ages 12+ who are struggling with:
Anorexia or “Atypical” Anorexia
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder
Orthorexia
OSFED (Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Disordered Eating or chronic dieting
Exercise compulsion
Body image concerns
Our clients include those:
Transitioning from a higher level of care
Beginning eating disorder therapy for the first time
In recovery but struggling with shame, setbacks, or life changes
Feeling overlooked because of body size, gender identity, or other factors that have kept them from being taken seriously
Our Therapeutic Approach
At HLH Therapy, we are relational therapists who believe that healing happens through authentic connection. We utilize a trauma-informed, harm reduction lens to meet you where you are while helping you move towards meaningful recovery. Our work is individualized, drawing from:
Trauma-Informed Psychodynamic Therapy to explore the deeper roots of food-related beliefs, shame, and coping patterns
CBT-E (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to reduce compulsive behaviors and challenge the thoughts keeping you stuck in a restrictive or reactive cycle
DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) to build emotional regulation skills and understand the connection between food behaviors and interpersonal stress
Harm Reduction to focus on safety and progress without perfection
Social Justice-Oriented Care to unpack the roles of diet culture, fatphobia, and systemic oppression in your self-image and recovery
We tailor your therapy based on your unique lived experience, cultural context, and personal goals—never taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
What Sessions Are Like
Offering Virtual Eating Disorder Therapy in New York, New Jersey, & Florida
Therapy sessions are held virtually and typically last 45 minutes. Most clients meet weekly, though we offer bi-weekly options depending on your goals and needs.
Therapy for eating disorders goes beyond food—it’s about healing the parts of you that the eating disorder has tried to protect, silence, or control.
In our work together, we often explore:
The functions of your eating disorder
We gently look at how your relationship with food, your body, or control may have helped you cope, feel safe, or make sense of overwhelming experiences. We hold this with compassion—not judgment—because we know your symptoms didn’t come out of nowhere.Beliefs about body size, health, and worth
Together, we unpack internalized fatphobia, diet culture, and messages you've received about what bodies are “acceptable.” We explore how systems of oppression—including racism, ableism, transphobia, and sizeism—may have shaped your self-perception and sense of safety in the world.The impact of trauma, attachment, and identity
Many people with eating disorders have experienced trauma—whether it’s big “T” trauma or the slow, quiet harm of chronic invalidation, bullying, or not being seen. We explore how your early experiences and current identities may influence your emotional world and sense of control.Your values, passions, and sense of self
Healing is about more than stopping behaviors—it’s about reclaiming who you are beyond the eating disorder. We support you in reconnecting with joy, creativity, relationships, and the things that make life meaningful.Safety, nourishment, and body trust
We move at your pace to rebuild a relationship with your body that centers curiosity and care instead of fear or punishment. This includes exploring what nourishment, rest, movement, and embodiment look like for you—not what diet culture or others have told you it “should” be.Shame, secrecy, and self-compassion
Many clients carry deep shame around their eating disorder, especially if they’ve been dismissed by providers in the past. We create space to speak the hard things, reduce secrecy, and build a more compassionate inner dialogue.
You don’t have to figure all of this out at once. This work is layered, personal, and collaborative—and we’re here to walk alongside you through each step.
Our Unique Approach
What sets us apart is the way we center relationship in everything we do. We’re not just here to teach you coping skills—we want to know you. We believe the therapeutic relationship can be a powerful space to experience what it’s like to be truly seen and supported.
Our therapists bring both clinical expertise to the therapy room. We understand the intensity and vulnerability of eating disorder recovery—and we won’t ask you to share what we wouldn’t be willing to hold with care. We also offer meal support when clinically appropriate, such as when sessions overlap with meals or snacks, and can help coordinate additional resources if needed.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
Collaborating with Your Support System
Eating disorder recovery is often most effective with a team. We’ll help you build your support team, including:
Registered Dietitians
Primary care physicians
Psychiatrists
Family members or partners (when appropriate)
We can act as a liaison to other providers and guide you through creating a care team that supports your physical and emotional wellbeing.
Our goal is to help you build a support system that reinforces your growth, while respecting your autonomy.
What Clients Can Expect
Our therapy space is warm, nonjudgmental, and client-centered. You can expect to feel heard and supported, even when recovery feel messy or confusing. You’ll be met with curiosity and compassion that match your reality—whether you’re in school, working full-time, parenting, or a combination of the above. Over time, therapy can help you:
Reduce food-related anxiety and guilt
Learn to eat without rigid rules or rituals
Restore physical health through nourishment and movement that honors your body
Reconnect with identity, humor, warmth, and the parts of you that get buried under the noise of the eating disorder
Challenge scarcity mindsets and narratives rooted in trauma, perfectionism, or internalized stigma
Recovery can be messy, but we believe it is possible.
Adapting Therapy to Your Needs
Recovery isn’t linear, and neither is our approach. If things change—whether you’re struggling more or progressing faster than expected—we adjust. That may mean increasing session frequency, shifting focus, bringing in a family member, or connecting you to additional supports.
Our goal is to ensure therapy remains aligned with your needs.
Therapy Adjustments and Special Considerations
If at any point we believe your needs would be better met in a higher level of care (such as IOP or residential treatment), we’ll talk with you openly and respectfully. This isn’t about failure—it’s about getting the care you deserve. We can facilitate referrals and coordinate with programs we trust to ensure continuity and collaboration.
Clients who need daily medical monitoring or are in immediate psychiatric crisis may be better supported in more intensive settings. Once you’ve stabilized, you’re always welcome to return for continued outpatient support.
Long-Term Benefits of Eating Disorder Therapy
With time and support, clients often experience:
Less frequent and less intense urges and symptoms
Increased emotional regulation and self-compassion
Improved physical health and energy
Greater presence and engagement in life
A deeper connection to their values, identity, and joy
The confidence to navigate life transitions without falling back into old eating disorderpatterns
Eating disorder therapy can be the doorway to a life where food, weight, and body image no longer control you—and where your energy can go toward what truly matters to you.
Ready to Start Therapy?
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
At HLH Therapy, our relational therapists offer virtual therapy for individuals and couples in New York, New Jersey, & Florida. We specialize in Maternal Mental Health (including infertility, IVF, pregnancy, and postpartum), Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Body Image, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Couples Therapy.
