What is Coaching?

Eating Disorder Coaching is a new and exciting adjunct to the treatment of eating disorders. Coaches work with clients in ways that will involve their food and their feelings. So you might be wondering, how is a coach is different than a therapist or a dietitian?

As a coach, I help with the here and now obstacles, while your therapist can delve deeper into why you have an eating disorder and your dietician is the expert when it comes to prescribing an individualized meal plan. As your coach, I will support you in executing the meal plan created by you dietician and help you with life skills outside of your therapist's office. I will also be there to help you in the areas you feel stuck. Some clients seek out the help of a coach when they are seeing a therapist and/or dietician, but are still having trouble applying the work they are doing into real life situations. 

Coaches are specifically trained to support clients in the here and now. In addition to talk sessions, coaches are trained to support and /or accompany clients on meal outings, grocery shopping, clothes shopping, meal preparation, balanced exercise and even social events. What's more, the kinds of sessions a client has with a coach are specifically tailored to the needs of the individual. 

As your coach, we would work together to set goals for your recovery and I help facilitate meeting those goals with exercises tailored to your specific struggles and text support between sessions. I'm also available to collaborate with your existing treatment team as another tool for your recovery. Remember, being recovered is possible. Love and Light.