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Individual Therapy

50 mins |  $150  

Eating shouldn’t be this hard. 

Each morning you wake up, you make a vow that today is going to be different. Today you aren’t going to binge. You have all your meals and snacks planned. You’re going to the gym after work and when you get home you just need to prepare dinner and it’s smooth sailing. You’ll make sure you manage your stress all day so there will be no reason to binge. Today’s the day.

Except it isn’t.

Despite all these well-thought-out plans, you are still binging. For some reason when your workday ends all bets are off. You rarely make it to the gym- and when you do, it doesn’t seem to help. You still walk into your front door with that insatiable urge to binge. It’s practically impossible to resist. Why does this keep happening?

This Isn’t the Life You Want

You want eating to be easy. You want to eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full. You want to feel comfortable in your body and treat it well. My clients just want food to take up less space in their heads. My clients fear something is wrong with them and don’t understand why they keep binging.

Most of my clients have a poor relationship with food, with their bodies, and with movement. They desperately want to improve these relationships but aren’t sure where to start. Therapy may be for you if:

 

  •    You feel out of control around food.

  •     You’re constantly on a diet.

  •    You can’t skip a day of exercise, or you struggle with motivation to exercise.

  •     The fear of binging takes up a lot of head space.

  •     Your body image prevents you from doing things you enjoy.

  •     Your sense of self is wrapped up in your appearance.

Wanting a New Way 

My goal for my clients is to help you better understand why you binge so you can let it go and have a loving relationship with your body. Therapy with me isn’t:

  • Me telling you how to lose weight.

  • Me telling you how to exercise more.

  • Me telling you to “just love yourself.”

  • Me giving you the magical fix during the first session.

During our first session, we’ll spend some time exploring what you want to get out of therapy and see how I can help. I’m excited to help clients that are ready to look at things with a new perspective and challenge their old beliefs. I use a trauma-informed and Health at Every Size (HAE) approach in my work. You might feel overwhelmed or nervous at first, but therapy is a process, and we will go at your pace. Together we will help you find the freedom you deserve.

"It took me years of struggling in silence before I came to Alyssa because of the deep shame I carried around my struggles with my food and body. Alyssa’s compassionate and thoughtful approach allowed me a safe space to be real, raw, vulnerable in our sessions together. With her amazing insight and knowledge of Health at Every Size (HAES), I was able to dig deep to explore my insecurities and unhelpful thinking patterns in order to learn and grow. I truly believe I’m a better person because of Alyssa and I cannot recommend her more highly!"

— Kaitlyn, FORMER CLIENT

Back of woman staring at body of water after finishing individual therapy with Alyssa Davis to discuss binge eating and body image issues.

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