Online AEDP therapy for adults who get pulled into shame, control, numbing, anxiety, perfectionism, or self-criticism around food and their body, even when they already have insight into the pattern.
You may already know the advice. Eat regularly. Stop checking. Be kinder to yourself. But when stress, shame, loneliness, or overwhelm hits, the old cycle can still take over.
You may look like you are functioning well: responsible, thoughtful, capable, and self-aware. Inside, food and body image can still take up far more mental space than you want. You might replay what you ate, feel good or bad depending on whether you were "in control," check your body, avoid photos or certain clothes, use food or overthinking to manage feelings, or criticize your body and then criticize yourself for caring so much.
If this sounds familiar, the issue may not be a lack of insight or discipline. The pattern may be tied to emotions, nervous-system responses, and old ways of protecting yourself that need to be worked with directly.
AEDP is an experiential, attachment-informed psychotherapy developed by Diana Fosha, PhD. In AEDP, we pay attention to what happens inside you in real time: what you feel, what you avoid, what you push down, what you turn against yourself, and what becomes possible when those responses are met with care instead of pressure.
This is not medical, nutritional, weight-loss, or higher-level eating-disorder care. It is AEDP for adults seeking psychotherapy for the emotional patterns connected with food, body image, shame, self-criticism, and difficulty trusting body cues.
In therapy, we may work on slowing down the moments when shame, anxiety, checking, avoidance, or self-criticism takes over; noticing what happens in your body before you numb, control, overthink, or attack yourself; understanding what food focus, body focus, or self-control has been helping you carry; and building more trust in your needs, limits, body cues, and emotional signals.
I am Dr. Natsumi Sawada, PhD, Registered Psychologist. I provide online individual therapy for adults in Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Ongoing sessions are $250.
The first step is a free phone consultation. You can tell me a little about what is happening, ask questions, and get a sense of whether my approach, availability, fee, and online format are a good fit.
You do not need to explain it perfectly. We can talk briefly about what you are looking for and whether this kind of therapy feels like a good fit.
You may look like you are functioning well: responsible, thoughtful, capable, and self-aware. Inside, food and body image can still take up far more mental space than you want. You might replay what you ate, feel good or bad depending on whether you were "in control," check your body, avoid photos or certain clothes, use food or overthinking to manage feelings, or criticize your body and then criticize yourself for caring so much.
If this sounds familiar, the issue may not be a lack of insight or discipline. The pattern may be tied to emotions, nervous-system responses, and old ways of protecting yourself that need to be worked with directly.
AEDP is an experiential, attachment-informed psychotherapy developed by Diana Fosha, PhD. In AEDP, we pay attention to what happens inside you in real time: what you feel, what you avoid, what you push down, what you turn against yourself, and what becomes possible when those responses are met with care instead of pressure.
This is not medical, nutritional, weight-loss, or higher-level eating-disorder care. It is AEDP for adults seeking psychotherapy for the emotional patterns connected with food, body image, shame, self-criticism, and difficulty trusting body cues.
In therapy, we may work on slowing down the moments when shame, anxiety, checking, avoidance, or self-criticism takes over; noticing what happens in your body before you numb, control, overthink, or attack yourself; understanding what food focus, body focus, or self-control has been helping you carry; and building more trust in your needs, limits, body cues, and emotional signals.
I am Dr. Natsumi Sawada, PhD, Registered Psychologist. I provide online individual therapy for adults in Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Ongoing sessions are $250.
The first step is a free phone consultation. You can tell me a little about what is happening, ask questions, and get a sense of whether my approach, availability, fee, and online format are a good fit.
You do not need to explain it perfectly. We can talk briefly about what you are looking for and whether this kind of therapy feels like a good fit.