Eating Disorders & Addictive Patterns

Understanding the Emotional Roots Beneath Coping

When we feel emotionally overwhelmed, unsafe, or invisible, we often find ways to cope that help us feel in control, even temporarily. Food, restriction, bingeing, compulsive habits, or substance use can become strategies to regulate what feels unmanageable inside.

But over time, these strategies may start to create their own kind of suffering.

 

At ReselfMe Therapy, I offer a space to explore these behaviours with compassion, curiosity, and depth.

 

Not as symptoms to be controlled, but as expressions of something meaningful—something that may have never had the safety or space to be fully understood.

 

A Different Kind of Support

My approach is:

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• Trauma-informed – we look at what lies beneath, not just what is visible on the surface

• Non-pathologising – your patterns are not shameful, they make sense in the context of your story

• Somatically attuned – we listen to the body, not only the mind

• Paced with care – we go slowly, with safety and trust at the centre

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This work is not about forcing change. It is about making space for you to relate to your emotions, your body, and your needs in a new way—one that is less about control, and more about connection.

 

This Work May Be Helpful If:

• You have struggled with bingeing, restricting, or compulsive food behaviours

• You turn to substances or habits to numb, soothe, or manage emotion

• You feel shame around eating, body image, or self-control

• You have “done everything right” and still feel stuck

• You are ready to understand, not just stop, the behaviours

 

How We Work Together

You can explore this work in:

• One-to-one therapy sessions (in person or online)

• As part of the Reself 12-week group program, where shared themes around identity, control, and embodiment often emerge

 

We focus on rebuilding internal trust, creating emotional regulation strategies, and gradually releasing shame, without pressure or performance.

If you are curious about how therapy might support you in this area, you are welcome to get in touch or book a free phone call.

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