While individual therapy is an essential part of any treatment plan, having support, especially from family members, can be equally important. That is why our therapy for eating disorders extends to the family. Family therapy provides a place for family members to come together and potentially change things like communication patterns or relationships that are contributing to or supporting an eating disorder.

Support for healthy eating habits comes with knowing not only the things that are causing disordered eating behaviors or contributing to an eating disorder, but also knowing how to support lasting change with healthy decisions. Each of our clients gets one-on-one guidance from a licensed dietitian on their respective nutritional needs, what type of nutrition and hydration they need to sustain for long-term health, and how to plan meals.

Part of your therapy for eating disorders Fort Lauderdale based might involve cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT is a way to help recognize distorted thoughts, particularly negative automatic thoughts that can trigger distorted or negative emotions and subsequently lead to disordered eating behaviors.

Consider that a thought, without being regulated, can quickly manifest as reality even if it isn’t true. And that reality can trigger a negative emotion like anxiety or fear, and emotions that might lead to impulsive behaviors or maladaptive eating behaviors, especially if eating behaviors are used to manage emotions.

These therapy sessions help individuals identify and modify these negative thought patterns with healthier ones. 

A big part of individual therapy is to provide clients with the skills they need to manage difficult emotions, especially those emotions that relate to an eating disorder, such as:

• Anxiety
• Fear
• Shame
• Guilt
• Depression 

Our clinicians will provide guidance on coping with these emotions and building distress tolerance instead of giving in to impulsivity and maladaptive behaviors. 

Healthy eating habits are an essential tool for anyone undergoing treatment. With Remedy Therapy Center, our goal is to help each of our clients develop better self-esteem through improved and healthier relationships with their bodies.

When clients struggle with eating disorders, it is not uncommon for them to have body dissatisfaction, a negative body image, or distorted perceptions about their body. This can lead to maladaptive eating behaviors. 

With our body image therapy, clients can explore the thoughts, beliefs, or feelings held about eating and body image, and work to reconstruct them toward things that are healthier or more realistic. 

Mindfulness is a growing holistic modality substantiated by a wide array of scientific evidence. Mindfulness, at its core, refers to being more mindful or aware of things and, in particular, cultivating awareness and acceptance in the present moment.

Anyone struggling with eating disorders might want to do away with negative emotions or discomfort by eating those feelings into submission or using food as a way to replace those negative feelings temporarily. However, mindfulness practice can help individuals sit with thoughts, even negative ones, and simply be aware of them instead of judging them or trying to immediately get rid of them.

This type of practice helps our clients become more aware of not just their immediate emotions but what might be behind those feelings. Mindfulness practice helps teach clients to be more compassionate toward themselves.