Westchester Eating Disorders Consultation Services

Tired of the scale determining whether you feel good or bad about yourself?
Thinking "fat thoughts" and talking "fat talk"? Seeing yourself as fat and ugly?
Sick and tired of thinking about food?
Tired of the diet-binge-diet-cycle?
Thinking that nothing works for you and it's time for weight loss surgery?
Compelled to eat, starve, exercise, purge or otherwise harm yourself?
Hiding food, laxatives or diet pills from others? Becoming more secretive about your eating behavior? Isolating yourself?
Concerned that other aspects of your life seem to be out of control (drugs, alcohol, self-injury, sex, shopping, shoplifting, painful relationships)?
Living more with pain than with pleasure?
Worried about dizziness, heart palpitations, weakness, bleeding, lack of periods?
Concerned that someone you care about, child or adult, may have a problem with food?

How do I know that my therapist has the special understanding about my eating problems that I need?
How can I find a therapist who will respect my wishes and not try to control me?
With everyone trying to become thin, how can I be sure I really do have an eating or body image problem?
How do I know if I need individual, group, or family therapy? Nutritional counseling? Medication?
Am I in any medical danger? What can I do to protect myself if I am, even if I am not ready to give up my eating behavior?