EATING DISORDER AND ANXIETY THERAPY WITH ELAINE
Elaine provides Eating Disorder Treatment in Asheville
I help people who long to move through their eating disorder and begin their life on the other side. I want you to be able to sit down to a plate of food with confidence that your choices are nourishing and treating your body just as they should, not for your head to be filled with messages you’ve heard from your aunt on that diet or those magazines in line at the grocery store. Your body is not nearly as judgy about your food choices as your brain is and I don’t want you to be either.
Prior to private practice, I was the Executive Director of T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating helping individuals and families navigate this disease, advocating for quality care, and helping educate the community on the warning signs and dangers of eating disorders.
I’m particularly drawn to work with families, teens, and young adults because I’ve seen the impact early intervention can have on recovery.
I love to help adults break free from the hell of eating disorders.
I love to help parents feel confident in their parenting again and guide their teens to health and joy.
I love to help teens recover so that when they leave for college they have the confidence to manage the transition. So that eating disorder behaviors aren’t an option and they have a stronger sense of who they are and what they stand for.
I’m one of few therapists in Western North Carolina trained in Family Based Treatment (aka Maudsley or FBT.) While I don’t want to bog you down with treatment modality talk, I will say the data on FBT is significantly more impressive than any other evidence-based treatment for eating disorders. With only a 6 month to 1 year course of treatment and maintained recovery rates over 90th percentile 5 years post-treatment, it is a godsend to teens with eating disorders and their families.
I also work with people with significant anxiety who don’t have eating disorders.
Whether you’re having panic attacks, a constant sense of uneasiness, don’t know how to relax, or can’t stop thinking about the things you’re worried about, I have the tools to help you rest. Anxiety is exhausting and I know you’re probably so tired of feeling so “on” all the time. I’d love to help you experience peace and find a home there.
With regards to education: I received my Masters of Social Work from Western Carolina University and my Bachelors from the University of Georgia. I went into social work because of its emphasis on systems and social justice. Whether it’s battling the injustice of cultural messages that allow an eating disorder and anxiety to thrive, or the system you will create for yourself through treatment, I believe these are the key to healing.