Ages 12+
Adult Individual or Family (Youth) initial sessions to assess relationship to eating, movement/exercise and body image. This session will be 50-60 minutes and primarily focused on information and assessment. After 2 initial sessions, a treatment plan proposal will be made with recommendations for next steps for recovery. Built into this assessment fee is a treatment plan you will be provided by the end of session 2 and up to 15min consultation with members of your current health care team.
Price: (if applicable): $205 per session (typically 2 sessions)
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Recommended treatment for anyone living in their family home and diagnosed with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa
A ‘family’ is considered to be 2 or more individuals and can include members of any age. This is a first line approach for treating eating disorders (ED) in children and adolescents. FBT focuses on empowering parents/caregivers to support their child to recovery through meal support and symptoms interruption. FBT is a three phase treatment that involves the whole family.Weekly Family Based Treatment (FBT) is for 10-12 weeks (minimum), though more commonly 18 weeks+
Price: (if applicable): $175 per session
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For more information about FBT, please see my 1 page summary/handout. Get started right now on my “Resources” page.
One-to-one support for those seeking individualised care
Virtual or in person individual psychotherapy
Price: $135 per 30min, 155 per 40min, $175 per 50 min session, $215 per 80min session
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Collaborative care meetings scheduled with regional or provincial eating disorders programs, employers or schools. Offered via phone or zoom.
Price: $45 for 15min, $90 for 30min or $145 for up to 60min
These meetings are recommended for all clients living with eating disorders to ensure continuity of care. They may be scheduled semi-annually or as needed. For clients with other/general mental health concerns, these may also be needed at times to coordinate care.
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Psycho-educational groups dedicated to individuals working towards full recovery of their eating disorder. Group sessions aim to build peer connection and develop a sense of shared experience with others in similar situations. What is ‘psycho-education’ and how is it different from counselling? Psycho-education provides a mix of education, information, and emotional support related to the topic(s) of interest, as well as tools and strategies for managing challenging life situations and relationships. This type of support is extremely valuable for fostering peer relationships, a shared understanding, and connection.
WHAT I DO
My Services
During this no-obligation free call, you have the opportunity to ask questions and together we can assess if we are a good fit.
Assessment will include gathering information about eating and exercise behaviours, development of the eating problem, and history of treatment, as well as gathering information about general mental health. For adolescents the assessment will include family/caregivers. The assessment sessions typically takes 50-60 minutes.
Once assessment is complete, we will collaborate on treatment plan and establish a treatment team. Throughout therapy the therapist will collaborate with your treatment team (eg. doctor, paediatrician, nurse practitioner, psychiatrist, dietitian, school support etc.) to ensure consistency of care.
The therapeutic model, number of sessions, and duration of therapy varies depending on eating disorder symptoms, longevity of eating disorder, previous treatment, readiness for change, and concurrent mental health challenges.
Youth:
Family Based Treatment typically composes of 10-20 family sessions taking place over at least 6 months to 1 year.
Adults:
Length of therapy varies depending on ED symptoms as well as client goals of treatment.
Ditching Diet Culture:
Going from chronic dieting to food and body freedom can vary for clients, however typically takes from 5 – 15 sessions
Group programming may be offered as an adjunct to therapy.
Therapeutic goals have been met, whether that be increased quality of life, becoming an intuitive eater, full recovery from an eating disorder or a different service or level of care being an appropriate next step.
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