Eating Disorders
WHEN TO PURSUE COUNSELLING FOR AN EATING DISORDER
If you’ve begun to realise or have known for some time that your life revolves around food and it is harming your capacity to enjoy life or engage in it fully, it is essential to seek professional help.
Food-related mental health disorders can significantly impact every aspect of your life from education to employment, relationships, physical health, fertility, longevity and more. They can occur in anyone at any age, regardless of gender or socio-economic status.
If you engage in or experience any of the following, it is strongly recommended to find support through eating disorder counselling.
- Constant and repetitive dieting
- Monitoring or recording food intake through counting calories or similar
- Restricting your diet by cutting out certain food groups or severely limiting the types of food you will eat
- Excessively fasting or avoiding eating altogether for long periods
- Eating alone or in secret
- Following self-determined rituals around eating such as having to eat at a set time or only using certain plates or cutlery
- Spending excessive time planning meals or shopping for food
- Feeling anxiety and/or guilt after eating
- Bingeing on and then purging food
- Fear of gaining weight or not being able to control your weight
- Obsessively checking your body and appearance in a mirror, by taking constant measurements and/or weighing yourself
- Excessively or compulsively exercising to burn calories or ‘earn’ food
Living with an eating disorder and learning how to overcome the thoughts and behaviours associated with it can be incredibly challenging and confronting. However, recovery is possible with the guidance of an eating disorder psychologist who can help you regain control of your life and find happiness.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN SEEING OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR AN EATING DISORDER
At Port Phillip Psychology our eating disorder counselling sessions are personalised to reflect your unique needs and delivered in a safe, confidential and judgement-free environment.
Our psychologists are highly specialised and skilled in supporting individuals living with an eating disorder, this includes counselling for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED).
We help you to identify and decipher your behaviours around food and provide strategies for overcoming these, guiding you towards recovery and a vastly improved quality of life.
Believing that effective therapy relies on mutual trust and collaboration we work with you to set goals for your recovery and regularly review your progress. This allows us to adjust our approach and methods as needed, ensuring you feel encouraged and supported throughout this journey.
GET IN TOUCH
In Chelsea and St Kilda or
via Video or Phone (03) 8774 2150
EMAIL : help@portphillippsychology.com.au
Port Phillip Psychology trusted, compassionate counselling for eating disorders
Drawing on decades of combined experience, Port Phillip Psychology offers personalised, genuine and effective eating disorder counselling. With both male and female psychologists on staff to speak with, we are a family-friendly practice and cater to all ages and genders.
Recognising the need for flexibility in care and greater ease in accessibility, we offer weekday, evening and Saturday sessions to fit your schedule. Serving Melbourne’s Bayside areas of Chelsea and St Kilda, you are welcome to attend in-clinic or for added flexibility and comfort we can arrange a consultation via phone or video call.
Contact Port Phillip Psychology today to make an appointment and start your journey to eating disorder recovery.