Your day begins by stepping on the scale in the morning. This number dictates how the rest of your day goes.
Besides spending more than half your day thinking about numbers, you stay busy. Despite feeling tired all day, you stay hyper focused on your tasks. This is how you get by. You work through lunch, since you can’t let anyone else what’s truly going on with you. Besides, you must do everything yourself.
You can’t let go of the need to take care of everything, all on your own. Before you know it, you need to be out the door of the office and head to your grad school class. Must keep moving up. You’re not good enough yet (will you ever be?).
Do you stop and eat something before you go to class? What did that number say again this morning? You hit the gym instead. As you muster through to the end of class, answering most of the asked questions, you begin thinking about what it will be like when you get home. Home to the lonely, empty house you live in.
But you don’t live by yourself. You live with ED. ED keeps you up throughout the night and tells you to do more and be ‘better’ tomorrow. Whose values are these again?
What does your ED look like? Most likely you are experiencing:
- lack of hunger/fullness cues
- restriction of food and water intake
- rules around why, what, when, where, how you can eat
- over exercising
- GI issues
- making excuses for not eating
- avoiding social situations that involve eating
- fear of weight gain
- fear of letting go of control
- fear of failure or being seen as “less than perfect”
The eating disorder specialists at Bricolage are familiar with the struggles you’re eating disorder brings to session.
Since many of our clients have been to treatment centers before, most are familiar with the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills we use. We’re aware you know what to do. Let us be your advocate. Let us empower you. We will help you explore and discover your values, separate from ED.
In addition to traditional psychotherapy, we offer experiential services through meal support, shopping support and gym support. We love that you can explore and use your skills in session, and we want you to practice outside of the office.
We understand the need for some guidance, as you sometimes feel like you are doing this on your own. Bricolage offers a team approach. In addition to collaborating with other knowledgeable providers within the practice, we pair with other wonderful professionals in the community, such as registered dieticians, psychiatrists, OB/Gyns and GI doctors, to provide you with a comprehensive and balanced plan to find the path you value.
You already possess the elements needed for change. We help you find them and explore the path to new beginnings.
Our Expert Clinicians
Therapists and Coaches who work with clients experiencing Anorexia Nervosa and other related issues.
Here’s what to expect when you work with us:
Free Phone Consult:
At Bricolage, we extend a free 15-minute phone consultation to make sure we are a good fit to work together. We will discuss what your goals are, explain what therapy will look like, and how your life will be different after working with us. By the end of this call, you will have
a clear idea of your next steps.
Initial Session:
Your first meeting with your therapist will be between 60 and 70 minutes and will allow the two of you to begin to build a relationship.
You will go over the information you provided before this initial session as well as dive into all of the elements of your story. Throughout
this appointment, you and your therapist will work as a team to create your action plan.
Weekly Sessions:
Once you and your therapist begin to work deeply together, you will experience a type of treatment that has been completely tailored
to you and your needs. Your therapist will take keen notice of where you are in your wellness journey and ensure that the exercises you complete in session will bring you a sense of comfort and peace as you move forward.
Completion of Goals
As a team, you and your therapist will continue to evaluate your progress and growth. Eventually, the two of you will recognize that you
are responding to stressors more effectively and that weekly therapy might no longer be necessary. At this point you can choose to come to session less often and together you will decide what level of support you need for the future.
