Eating Disorders

A Biblically based program, CCC offers an intensive program working with women and girls struggling with anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating.  A cognitive behavioral approach combined with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaching valuable skills to replace unhealthy Eating Disorder behaviors. 

CCC works with a team approach, working with your Medical Doctor, Registered Dietitian, and Psychiatrist to approach all aspects of the Eating Disorder. We also provide support groups and DBT skills training classes. Compassion Christian Counseling can help those with eating disorders by identifying what triggers relationships with food, and helping to substitute more appropriate techniques to manage emotional problems and take food and weight gain out of the equation. Our counselors have extensive experience dealing with the following diseases:

Anorexia nervosa (anorexia) is an eating disorder with both physical and emotional traits. A person with anorexia severely limits food intake, has a distorted body image, refuses to maintain a normal body weight, and is intensely afraid of gaining weight, despite being very underweight. Long-term or severe anorexia can lead to serious health problems and even death. Anorexia can become a lifelong illness, although it is possible to fully recover with proper treatment.

Bulimia nervosa (bulimia) is known as the binge-purge eating disorder. A person with bulimia binges by eating a large amount of food in a short time, over a couple of hours, and then purges by vomiting, overexercising, or misusing laxatives, diuretics, or other medications. A person with bulimia obsesses about their body shape and size and has poor self-esteem.

Binge Eating Disorder (Compulsive Overeating) is marked by feeling out of control with overeating. You may eat when you're not hungry or until you are uncomfortably full. You may often eat alone because you are embarrassed about how much you eat. Over time, steady weight gain and the related complications of being overweight or obese can develop.

Emotional Eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food -- usually "comfort" or junk foods -- in response to feelings instead of hunger. Eating becomes a habit preventing us from learning skills that can effectively resolve our emotional distress. Depression, boredom, loneliness, chronic anger, anxiety, frustration, stress, problems with interpersonal relationships and poor self-esteem can result in overeating and unwanted weight gain.

For more information about eating disorders, please visit IAEDP — the International Association of Eating Disorders Professional Foundation