Where are you located?
I live and work in a rural ski town in Colorado. I don’t currently have an in-person office, I work with clients fully remotely via telehealth platforms like Doxy.me or Simple Practice. I understand the unique challenges of finding a specialist in remote your area. Therefore I specialize in helping people transform their relationship to food, even if we live thousands of miles apart. That said, I am licensed to practice therapy in the state of Colorado. If you’re outside Colorado, I can work with you as a coach.
Do you take insurance?
I do not take health insurance at this time. This is a great thing for your privacy and not having any diagnoses reported to HIPPA. Additionally, without the headache of having to bill your insurance and fit our sessions into insurance-standard protocol, I am better able to focus on you and your unique needs.
Are you a therapist?
Yes, I am licensed to practice in the state of Colorado. I hold a master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University, and did my internship hours at Western State Colorado College and an online private therapy group called Better Lives Building Tribes. At your first session, we’ll talk about where you are currently in your life and eating behaviors. Then we will set goals for where you want to be. We’ll co-create a plan for you to get there. You’ll have assignments and accountability along the way, help to change the limiting beliefs that hold you back, and have heaps of encouragement.
Do you work with the families of individuals suffering from eating disorders?
Yes! Families can struggle so much with feeling guilty and responsible for the eating disorder. I love helping families come to terms with the eating disorder, discover ways they can help or hinder a loved one’s progress, and grasp what it is like to occupy a body and mind affected by an eating disorder to facilitate compassion for their suffering loved one.
What age ranges do you work with?
I absolutely love to work with men and women 18 and up. Eating issues are not solely a young people’s problem. Women and men even in their 60s and beyond are suffering greatly with debilitating body image issues and eating disorders that can cause intense health problems. It is wonderful when I can help clients in their 20s and 30s not have to suffer for a lifetime, and it is all too common that people find help in later life. I am here to help at every age and stage.
What modalities do you use?
I use a unique combination of self-discovery, nutrition education, journaling, self-reflection, meditation, stress reduction, emotion regulation, spiritual work where appropriate, mindfulness training, and intuitive eating. For those familiar with therapeutic modalities, I used CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, CPT, and IFS.
But my favorite modality is… laughter… and lots of it. I love to infuse laughter into all sessions with my clients, where appropriate of course. Eating disorder recovery can be a heavy topic, and one of the things I’m most grateful for about my own recovery is the ability to be silly again and to make others laugh. I can be a bit corny at times, so you might be laughing at me, but that’s totally OK!
What is your professional training and experience?
Prior to finishing a master’s degree and working as a licensed therapist, I coached individuals with a broad range of eating issues for over ten years combining all the modalities that helped me on my own journey. I am the former founder and director of the first residential recovery center for women with eating disorders in Austin, Texas. I hold a life coaching certification from the Fowler Institute, an Intuitive Eating Certification from the authors of the book, and an Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy Certification from Dr. Dorie McCubbery in Denver. I am also trained in EMDR, CBT for Trauma, Brainspotting, and various other therapeutic modalities related to trauma and eating disorders.