Binge Eating Disorder Therapy in Lynnwood: Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

You know that feeling when the world gets too loud, too demanding, too much? When you've been the "good girl" for so long that you don't even remember who you really are anymore? Maybe you've found yourself turning to food when everything else feels out of control. Late at night, when everyone else is asleep, or in your car after another exhausting day of keeping it all together. The shame that follows is almost as familiar as the urge itself.

Binge eating disorder isn't about willpower or weakness. It's about survival. It's about finding a way to cope when your sensitive soul feels too raw for this world. When you've learned that your feelings are too much, your needs don't matter, and the only way to be acceptable is to be perfect, productive, and perpetually "fine."

But here's what I know: underneath all that coping, all that numbing, all that shame - there's a wild, authentic woman who's been waiting to be set free. And she deserves to heal.

The Truth About Binge Eating Disorder

Let's cut through the bullshit. Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder out there, affecting about 2.6% of adults. But those statistics don't capture what it actually feels like. The racing thoughts before a binge. The disconnection during. The crushing shame after. The promises to yourself that tomorrow will be different, only to find yourself caught in the same cycle again.

BED involves recurring episodes where you eat large amounts of food quickly, often until you're uncomfortably full. During these times, you feel completely out of control. But here's what most people don't understand: this isn't about the food. Not really.

For sensitive women who've learned to over-function, to put everyone else first, to swallow their truth - food becomes the one place where they can let go. It's a rebellion against all that control. It's a way to feel something when you've numbed yourself to survive. It's comfort when you've forgotten how to ask for what you need.

I see this pattern all the time in my practice here in Lynnwood. Women who are killing it on the outside - successful careers, beautiful families, Instagram-worthy lives - but inside, they're drowning. They've been in "busy is better" mode for so long that sitting still feels impossible. Their nervous systems are constantly dysregulated, bouncing between anxiety and exhaustion.

Why Your Coping Mechanisms Make Perfect Sense

Here's something I want you to understand: your brain is brilliant. When you started using food to cope, it was trying to protect you. Maybe you grew up in a household where emotions weren't safe to express. Maybe you experienced trauma that your young nervous system couldn't process. Maybe you absorbed the message that your sensitivity was a problem to be fixed rather than a gift to be honored.

Whatever the reason, your brain found a solution. Food became your escape hatch, your comfort, your way to regulate a dysregulated system. And for a while, it worked. Until it didn't.

Now you're stuck in a cycle that feels impossible to break. The very thing that once helped you survive has become another source of pain. But here's the thing - and this is important - you can't hate yourself into healing. You can't shame yourself into change. Trust me, if that worked, you'd already be "fixed."

Real healing happens when we approach ourselves with fierce compassion. When we get curious about our patterns instead of judgmental. When we honor the part of us that's been trying so hard to protect us, even if the methods aren't working anymore.

My Approach: Real, Raw, and Radically Different

I'm not your typical therapist. I show up for you 100%. When you work with me, you get someone who's fully engaged, fully present, and fully committed to your healing. Every. Single. Session.

I bring my whole self to this work - the empath and the badass, the nurturer and the truth-teller. I'll hold space for your tears and call you on your bullshit (lovingly, but firmly). I believe in the power of both/and rather than either/or. Strong back, soft front, wild heart - as Brené Brown says.

My approach combines several powerful modalities that work together to create lasting change:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Instead of constantly fighting against difficult emotions, ACT teaches you how to be present with them. This isn't about giving up or giving in - it's about developing psychological flexibility. When anxiety rises, when sadness hits, when that familiar urge to binge surfaces, you learn to sit with it without immediately reaching for food. It's about making choices aligned with your values, even when shit gets hard.

Intuitive Eating Therapy

Diet culture has taught you to mistrust your body. To follow rules instead of your own wisdom. To categorize foods as "good" or "bad" and yourself along with them. Intuitive Eating is about reclaiming your birthright - the ability to eat what you want, when you want, without guilt or fear. It's about rebuilding trust with your body and finding genuine satisfaction in your meals again.

Person-Centered Therapy

You have the answers within you. My job isn't to fix you or tell you what to do. It's to create a space where you feel safe enough to explore your truth, to reconnect with your inner wisdom, to remember who you were before the world told you who to be.

Brainspotting

Sometimes talking isn't enough. Trauma and intense emotions get stored in the body, in places words can't always reach. Brainspotting uses specific points in your visual field to help your brain process and release what's been stuck. It's powerful, it's deep, and for many of my clients, it's been the key to finally breaking through.

The Power of Not Doing This Alone

One of the most healing experiences for women struggling with binge eating is realizing they're not alone. That's why I offer group therapy alongside individual work. There's something magical that happens when sensitive souls come together in a space of radical honesty and acceptance.

Binge Eating Group

This isn't your typical support group where people just share war stories. We dig deep. We explore patterns. We practice new skills together. We witness each other's struggles and victories. The shame that thrives in isolation begins to dissolve in the light of shared experience.

Women's Group Therapy

For women who've lost themselves in the roles of caregiver, people-pleaser, perfectionist - this group is about remembering who you are beneath all that. It's about reclaiming your voice, your boundaries, your right to take up space. We explore how societal expectations and cultural conditioning have shaped our relationship with ourselves, our bodies, and food.

12-Week Health Group

This program takes a holistic approach to wellness that goes way beyond weight or appearance. We're talking about nervous system regulation, stress management, reconnecting with your body's wisdom, and building sustainable practices that actually support your wellbeing. No diet culture bullshit, just real tools for real life.

What Working With Me Actually Looks Like

When you reach out, we'll start with a free consultation. This gives us both a chance to feel each other out - because let's be honest, therapy is intimate work, and the relationship matters. If we're a good fit, I'll get you onboarded and we'll schedule a longer intake session.

That first session is about getting comfortable with each other, setting some initial goals, and beginning to build trust. Nothing fancy, nothing overwhelming. Just two humans connecting over the real shit.

Once we establish care, you get consistency. I don't do the whole "let's schedule week by week" dance. You get a standing day and time (like every Monday at 10am) that's yours for the quarter. I schedule in three-month blocks because healing needs rhythm and predictability. Your nervous system needs to know it can count on this space.

In our sessions, expect me to be fully present. I'm tracking not just what you're saying but what your body is telling me, what patterns are emerging, what's shifting. Sometimes there's homework - practices to try between sessions, things to notice, new ways of responding to old triggers. But everything is tailored to what actually works for you.

What I don't offer is 24/7 availability. I'm not your on-call crisis support, and that's intentional. Part of this work is learning to trust yourself, to build your own resources, to know that you can handle the waves when they come.

The Deeper Work: Beyond Food and Into Freedom

Here's what I've learned in my years of doing this work: binge eating is never just about binge eating. It's about:

Relational wounds - Those early experiences where you learned your needs didn't matter, where you had to be perfect to be loved, where your sensitivity was seen as weakness rather than strength.

Nervous system dysregulation - When you're constantly in fight-or-flight or freeze, when your body doesn't know how to settle, food becomes a way to shift states, to find momentary relief.

Disconnection from self - When you've been performing for so long, when you've been whoever everyone else needed you to be, you lose touch with your own truth, your own desires, your own knowing.

Cultural conditioning - Living in a world that profits from your self-hatred, that tells you your worth is tied to your appearance, that constantly reinforces the message that you're not enough as you are.

My approach addresses all of this. We're not just working on your relationship with food - we're working on your relationship with yourself. We're unlearning the bullshit, reclaiming your power, and remembering the wild, authentic woman you've always been underneath it all.

For the Sensitive Souls and Secret Rebels

My ideal client? She's you. The sensitive woman who feels everything deeply but has learned to hide it. The one who's been the good girl, the overachiever, the one who has it all together - at least on the surface. The one who's exhausted from performing, from pleasing, from pretending she's fine when she's actually falling apart.

Maybe you've tried to numb out with work, becoming a workaholic who can't sit still. Maybe you've found yourself in toxic relationships, accepting crumbs because you've forgotten you deserve the whole feast. Maybe substances or risky behaviors have been your escape route. And maybe, probably, food has been your most faithful companion through it all.

You know something needs to change. In those quiet moments, when the noise dies down, you can hear the whisper of your truth. But it feels overwhelming, confusing, too much to face alone. That's where I come in.

I see you. The real you, not the performance. And I believe in your capacity to heal, even when you can't believe it yourself. This isn't about becoming someone new - it's about coming home to who you've always been.

The Path Forward: What Recovery Actually Looks Like

Recovery from binge eating disorder isn't linear, and it sure as hell isn't pretty. It's messy, it's uncomfortable, and sometimes it feels like you're going backward. But here's what I can promise you:

You'll learn to recognize your triggers without being controlled by them. You'll develop tools that actually work when emotions feel overwhelming. You'll rebuild trust with your body, learning to honor its signals instead of overriding them. You'll begin to set boundaries, to speak your truth, to take up space without apology.

The binge-restrict cycle will lose its grip. Food will become food again - not comfort, not enemy, not moral compass. Just food. You'll find other ways to soothe, to celebrate, to cope. Ways that don't leave you feeling ashamed and disconnected from yourself.

Most importantly, you'll develop a different relationship with yourself. One based on compassion rather than criticism. Understanding rather than judgment. Curiosity rather than contempt. This is the real work, and it changes everything.

Your Wild Heart Is Calling

I believe there's a reason you're reading this right now. Maybe you're tired of the cycle. Maybe you're ready to stop running from yourself. Maybe you're finally willing to believe that you deserve better than survival mode.

Here's what I know: that wild, sensitive, authentic part of you - the one you've been trying to tame, to hide, to destroy - she's your greatest strength. She's the key to your healing. She's been waiting for you to stop fighting her and start fighting for her.

This work isn't easy, but it's worth it. And you don't have to do it alone. I take my role as a healer as seriously as I take my role as a mom. This is my calling, and that shows in every session.

If you're ready to stop putting everyone else first, to stop numbing out, to stop living in dysregulation and disconnection - I'm here. If you're ready to get real, to dig deep, to do the work that actually creates change - let's do this.

Taking the First Step

I know reaching out feels huge. The shame, the fear, the vulnerability of admitting you need help - it's all real. But so is your suffering, and you don't have to carry it alone anymore.

Working with me means having someone in your corner who gets it, who won't judge you, who will hold space for all of it - the mess, the beauty, the struggle, the strength. Someone who believes in your healing even when you can't.

Whether you're in Lynnwood or connecting online, whether you're ready for individual work or want to start with a group - there's a place for you here. Your sensitivity isn't a problem to be fixed. Your struggles don't define you. And your healing journey? It starts with a single step.

Ready to reclaim your relationship with food, with your body, with yourself? Reach out today. Let's talk about what support could look like for you, what healing could feel like, what freedom might mean. Visit my website to schedule your free consultation and take that first brave step toward the life you deserve.

Because here's the truth: you were never meant to be perfect. You were meant to be real. And that wild, sensitive, authentic woman inside you? She's ready to be free.