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  • Get curious about your patterns of behavior

  • Gain understanding about what's helping and what's getting in the way

  • Learn evidenced-based skills to improve your life

  • Implement skills to create meaningful change

Gain control of your eating with the help of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?

DBT is an evidenced-based therapy approach that utilizes principles of behaviorism and behavior change, and merges it with acceptance principles stemming from Zen Buddhism. DBT emphasizes the importance of finding balance, having an open mind, and observing non-judgmentally.


All behaviors have a valid function or purpose, and it’s our job in therapy to uncover what this is. Once identified, we can work to find more effective, adaptive ways to meet this need.

Marsha Linehan originally created DBT for individuals struggling with borderline personality disorder, self-harm, and suicidal behaviors, and has since been proven effective for a variety of other mental health issues, including binge eating and addiction.

Therapy specialized in changing your eating patterns, freeing your mind, and increasing comfort in your body

  • Food Addiction

    Do thoughts about food and eating dominate your mind? Are you concerned about the health consequences of your eating or sugary drink consumption and can’t seem to cut back? Our food environment is not set up for self-regulation- it’s designed to keep us hooked. There’s an effective way to decrease your cravings and regain control of your life.

  • Binge Eating

    Are you very careful with what you eat at the beginning of the day, only to find yourself uncontrollably eating a few hours later? Do you find yourself eating large amount of food alone, in secret? If so, you may be caught in a cycle of binge eating that is wreaking havoc on your emotions, body, and life. There is a way out.

  • Emotional Eating

    Is food your go-to after a long day? Is it your answer for how to celebrate a big win or console yourself after a tough loss? Do you find food is your way to comfort and soothe? Or perhaps food allows you to numb out, not to feel at all. Learn more effective ways to manage your emotions. You can feel in control of your emotions, rather than having your emotions controlling you.

  • Yo-Yo Dieting

    Are you sick of trying diet after diet only to wind up disappointed and blaming yourself? The solution is not about restriction or working out harder. We’ve been given incorrect and misleading information about weight loss for far too long. We’ll cut through the misinformation, and draw from the most current science on nutrition and long-lasting behavior change.

  • Compensatory Behaviors

    When your eating gets out of control or you feel uncomfortable in your body, do you feel an urgency to compensate by excessively exercising, purging, or taking laxatives? These behaviors help you to feel better in the short-term, but only get you deeper embedded in the binge cycle. Break free from this cycle with proven strategies.

  • Body Image Concern

    Anxiety about how our body looks can deeply affect your relationships and your life. When you’re feeling shame and embarassment about your body, you might cancel plans, stay quiet and not speak your needs, or avoid dating and intimate relationships. Let’s find strategies to manage this anxiety so you can live your life more fully.

Here’s what else I can help with

Depression & Avoidance

When you’re depressed, it can be hard to motivate yourself to do just about anything. Everyday you tell yourself that tomorrow will be different. Then tomorrow comes and it’s back to the same avoidance and inactivity. This only brings on more shame, disappointment, and hopelessness. If you are feeling stuck in this cycle, know you don’t need to tackle this alone. Let’s make an evidenced-based game-plan to start taking action again in your life.

Addictive & Compulsive Behaviors

When you are feeling dependent on substances like alcohol, nicotine, sugar, or behaviors like playing games or scrolling on social media, you might find yourself stuck repeating certain patterns of behavior without thinking or enjoying the action at all. What starts out as fun turns into a chore and dependency. Or perhaps you start to notice the consequences adding up, like poor sleep, stress in your relationships, and putting off other important priorities. When you’re in addiction, your brain is hijacked to seek out, not to enjoy. You can get non-judgmental action- oriented support to break the cycle.

Organization & Time Management

Feeling scrambled for time or finding yourself missing appointments and deadlines? Perhaps you’ve been relying on your memory to cue you to do things, but recently it’s been harder and harder to remember. Maybe you know what to do but something’s preventing you from taking action, or maybe you’re wanting support on finding a time management system that works for you. Let’s discuss tangible skills to help you better manage your schedule and responsibilities.

Anxiety & Panic

Anxiety can develop for many reasons. It can feel like overthinking everyday decisions or fixating on the worst case scenario. When it hits, you might find it hard to catch your breath or just feel detached and out of it. Then perhaps comes the panic- “I need this feeling to go away!” By using evidenced-based skills to activate your body’s safety responses, you can decrease the intensity and frequency of fear and anxiety.

Codependency & People-Pleasing

When someone walks into the room in a bad mood, do you find it challenging to think about anything else? Do you find it’s hard to speak your needs and set limits with friends, co-workers, and family? We get wrapped into others’ emotions in an effort to anticipate how to keep ourselves safe. If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. Let’s discuss strategies to manage your emotions around speaking your needs, saying no, and getting what you want in relationships.

Second Guessing & Self-Doubt

Do you find yourself doubting your decisions, feeling paralyzed by making the wrong decision, or perhaps unsure of what you really want? This might be happening for a variety of reasons, including unrealistically high expectations of yourself, a worry about what other people might think of your choices, low self-esteem, or a lack of understanding of your values. When you’re in a cloud of self-doubt, it can feel paralyzing to navigate your decisions alone. DBT offers many skills to help you get in touch with your identity and goals, and find a meaningful path forward.

Perfectionism & Over-Control

Are you a classic perfectionist, holding high expectations of yourself and feeling overwhelmed with shame when you don’t get there? Or perhaps you’re an undercover perfectionist, someone who avoids studying for the test so that they don’t feel bad about failing. Or maybe you have high expectations of other people, and find yourself intervening, micromanaging, and dictating others’ behavior. Living with perfectionism is painful. Let’s discuss another way to manage what’s hiding under these behaviors.

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