Therapy Center of Houston
We are passionate about creating an atmosphere of trust and safety where you can openly explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without judgment. We actively engage in the therapeutic process and use a warm and empathetic style. We will guide ...
Hosted by Therapy Center of Houston
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
We are passionate about creating an atmosphere of trust and safety where you can openly explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without judgment. We actively engage in the therapeutic process and use a warm and empathetic style. We will guide ...
Smaller Bodies Eating Disorder Recovery Group
This group is for people who identify as female, are in current individual therapy for an eating disorder (with me or someone else!), and exist in a smaller body.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
This group is for people who identify as female, are in current individual therapy for an eating disorder (with me or someone else!), and exist in a smaller body.
Eating Disorder Group Therapy
During group therapy sessions, my priority is to create a safe and comfortable environment where every participant feels encouraged to share their experiences. Together, we will learn effective skills for managing eating disorder-related behaviors and triggers. We will also process ...
Hosted by Alexis Leeper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77007
During group therapy sessions, my priority is to create a safe and comfortable environment where every participant feels encouraged to share their experiences. Together, we will learn effective skills for managing eating disorder-related behaviors and triggers. We will also process ...
Disordered Eating Group
Any eating disorder can wreak havoc on the life we long to live– becoming trapped in a recurrent pattern of compulsive eating, binging and purging, food restriction, or compulsive exercise that affects social life, mental health, and importantly, physical health. ...
Hosted by Greta Bellinger Lcsw
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
Any eating disorder can wreak havoc on the life we long to live– becoming trapped in a recurrent pattern of compulsive eating, binging and purging, food restriction, or compulsive exercise that affects social life, mental health, and importantly, physical health. ...
Larger Bodies Eating Disordery Recovery Group
Having an eating disorder doesn't mean you look a certain way. This group is for individuals who identify as female, are currently receiving individual therapy (with me or someone else) for an eating disorder, and exist in a larger body.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
Having an eating disorder doesn't mean you look a certain way. This group is for individuals who identify as female, are currently receiving individual therapy (with me or someone else) for an eating disorder, and exist in a larger body.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Group
An opportunity to experience KAP within a contained, supportive group process.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
An opportunity to experience KAP within a contained, supportive group process.
Relationship & Social networking
The approach is educational, skilltraining model designed to improve satisfaction and stability in the couple and other types of relationships. Couples learn how to be more accepting and nonjudgmental of each other; to improve ownership and regulation of their emotional ...
Hosted by Ivana Radovancevic
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PhD, MEd, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77098
The approach is educational, skilltraining model designed to improve satisfaction and stability in the couple and other types of relationships. Couples learn how to be more accepting and nonjudgmental of each other; to improve ownership and regulation of their emotional ...
Food and Feelings Group
A deep rooted connection exists between feeling and feeding - one that may lead to relying on food for emotional support, leading to feelings of guilt and shame. This group will use the Food and Feelings protocol to process the ...
Hosted by Tanglewood Behavioral Health Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77057
A deep rooted connection exists between feeling and feeding - one that may lead to relying on food for emotional support, leading to feelings of guilt and shame. This group will use the Food and Feelings protocol to process the ...
The EmpowerPlus Collective
The EmpowerPlus Collective Group is a supportive community where individuals with diverse body sizes come together to build self-esteem, self-awareness, and connection. This group offers a safe and nonjudgmental space for members to share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs related ...
Hosted by Shakyra Washington
LPC Intern
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77079
The EmpowerPlus Collective Group is a supportive community where individuals with diverse body sizes come together to build self-esteem, self-awareness, and connection. This group offers a safe and nonjudgmental space for members to share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs related ...
Monthly Wellness Circle
This online group experience is designed to help you prioritize your well-being and find inner peace in the comfort of your own home. Nadie will guide you through various practices and techniques to enhance your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. ...
Hosted by Nadie Roberson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CEO
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77024
This online group experience is designed to help you prioritize your well-being and find inner peace in the comfort of your own home. Nadie will guide you through various practices and techniques to enhance your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. ...
Eating Disorder Therapy Group
This eating disorder process group provides support for adults currently in recovery from an eating disorder. Participants receive strength, hope, and support from one another in developing new coping skills, beliefs and behaviors.
Hosted by Margaret Mayer
Licensed Master Social Worker, 103441
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
This eating disorder process group provides support for adults currently in recovery from an eating disorder. Participants receive strength, hope, and support from one another in developing new coping skills, beliefs and behaviors.
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Therapy Center of Houston
We are passionate about creating an atmosphere of trust and safety where you can openly explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without judgment. We actively engage in the therapeutic process and use a warm and empathetic style. We will guide ...
Hosted by Therapy Center of Houston
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
We are passionate about creating an atmosphere of trust and safety where you can openly explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without judgment. We actively engage in the therapeutic process and use a warm and empathetic style. We will guide ...
Smaller Bodies Eating Disorder Recovery Group
This group is for people who identify as female, are in current individual therapy for an eating disorder (with me or someone else!), and exist in a smaller body.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
This group is for people who identify as female, are in current individual therapy for an eating disorder (with me or someone else!), and exist in a smaller body.
Eating Disorder Group Therapy
During group therapy sessions, my priority is to create a safe and comfortable environment where every participant feels encouraged to share their experiences. Together, we will learn effective skills for managing eating disorder-related behaviors and triggers. We will also process ...
Hosted by Alexis Leeper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77007
During group therapy sessions, my priority is to create a safe and comfortable environment where every participant feels encouraged to share their experiences. Together, we will learn effective skills for managing eating disorder-related behaviors and triggers. We will also process ...
Disordered Eating Group
Any eating disorder can wreak havoc on the life we long to live– becoming trapped in a recurrent pattern of compulsive eating, binging and purging, food restriction, or compulsive exercise that affects social life, mental health, and importantly, physical health. ...
Hosted by Greta Bellinger Lcsw
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
Any eating disorder can wreak havoc on the life we long to live– becoming trapped in a recurrent pattern of compulsive eating, binging and purging, food restriction, or compulsive exercise that affects social life, mental health, and importantly, physical health. ...
Larger Bodies Eating Disordery Recovery Group
Having an eating disorder doesn't mean you look a certain way. This group is for individuals who identify as female, are currently receiving individual therapy (with me or someone else) for an eating disorder, and exist in a larger body.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
Having an eating disorder doesn't mean you look a certain way. This group is for individuals who identify as female, are currently receiving individual therapy (with me or someone else) for an eating disorder, and exist in a larger body.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Group
An opportunity to experience KAP within a contained, supportive group process.
Hosted by Sonia Albin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77077
An opportunity to experience KAP within a contained, supportive group process.
Relationship & Social networking
The approach is educational, skilltraining model designed to improve satisfaction and stability in the couple and other types of relationships. Couples learn how to be more accepting and nonjudgmental of each other; to improve ownership and regulation of their emotional ...
Hosted by Ivana Radovancevic
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PhD, MEd, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77098
The approach is educational, skilltraining model designed to improve satisfaction and stability in the couple and other types of relationships. Couples learn how to be more accepting and nonjudgmental of each other; to improve ownership and regulation of their emotional ...
Food and Feelings Group
A deep rooted connection exists between feeling and feeding - one that may lead to relying on food for emotional support, leading to feelings of guilt and shame. This group will use the Food and Feelings protocol to process the ...
Hosted by Tanglewood Behavioral Health Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77057
A deep rooted connection exists between feeling and feeding - one that may lead to relying on food for emotional support, leading to feelings of guilt and shame. This group will use the Food and Feelings protocol to process the ...
The EmpowerPlus Collective
The EmpowerPlus Collective Group is a supportive community where individuals with diverse body sizes come together to build self-esteem, self-awareness, and connection. This group offers a safe and nonjudgmental space for members to share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs related ...
Hosted by Shakyra Washington
LPC Intern
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77079
The EmpowerPlus Collective Group is a supportive community where individuals with diverse body sizes come together to build self-esteem, self-awareness, and connection. This group offers a safe and nonjudgmental space for members to share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs related ...
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Eating Disorders Support Groups
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.