Body Image Disorders
Struggling with body image or disordered eating can be deeply painful and isolating. Our therapists provide compassionate, specialized care to help you develop a healthier relationship with food and your body.
Understanding Body Image Disorders
Eating disorders are serious, complex mental health conditions — not lifestyle choices, phases, or matters of willpower. They include anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and a range of disordered eating patterns that can significantly impact physical health, emotional well-being, and daily functioning. For individuals and families in Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, and Johns Creek, these struggles can feel deeply isolating, especially in a culture that often reinforces harmful messages about appearance and food.
Body image concerns and eating disorders affect people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. They can emerge in childhood, intensify during the teen years, surface for the first time in college, or develop later in adulthood during periods of stress or transition. No one is immune, and the signs are not always visible. Many people struggling with disordered eating appear outwardly healthy while experiencing significant internal distress.
At their core, eating disorders are rarely just about food or weight. They are deeply connected to underlying issues such as trauma, a need for control, perfectionism, low self-worth, and difficulty processing emotions. Disordered eating often serves as a coping mechanism — a way to manage pain that feels otherwise unmanageable. This is why effective treatment must go beyond changing behaviors to address the emotional roots of the struggle.
Recovery from an eating disorder is absolutely possible, and it does not require perfection. With specialized, compassionate care, individuals can rebuild a healthier relationship with food and their bodies, develop more adaptive coping skills, and reclaim a life that is no longer defined by the disorder. Our therapists bring experience and warmth to this work, meeting each client exactly where they are on the path toward healing.
- Preoccupation with weight or appearance
- Restrictive eating patterns
- Binge eating or purging behaviors
- Excessive exercise
- Negative self-talk about body
- Avoidance of social eating situations
- Using food to cope with emotions
- Distorted body perception
How We Help
Our approach addresses both the behaviors and the emotional roots of eating and body image concerns.
Eating disorder treatment at our practice goes beyond addressing the behaviors around food and weight. We know that lasting recovery requires understanding and healing the emotional pain underneath. Our therapists bring specialized training and genuine compassion to this work, creating a space where you can be honest about your struggles without fear of judgment. Treatment is collaborative — you have a voice in the pace and direction of your recovery at every step.
We also understand that eating disorders affect the people around you. Family members often feel helpless, confused, or inadvertently caught up in patterns that reinforce the disorder. When appropriate, we involve family in the treatment process, providing education and guidance that helps everyone support recovery rather than enabling the illness.
CBT-E
Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is specifically designed for eating disorders. It helps you understand the thinking patterns that maintain disordered eating and develop healthier relationships with food, weight, and shape.
DBT Skills
Dialectical Behavior Therapy builds emotional regulation skills to reduce reliance on food-related coping. Mindfulness, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness help you manage intense emotions without turning to disordered behaviors.
Body-Positive Therapy
Our body-positive approach helps you rebuild a compassionate relationship with your body, challenge internalized diet culture, and develop self-acceptance that isn't tied to appearance or weight.
Our Specialists
These team members have experience treating body image and eating concerns.
We are building our team of specialists in this area. Please contact us for a referral.