When I was a graduate student at Utah State University, I had an internship at the counseling center on campus doing therapy with other college students. It was then that I had my first client who had an eating disorder. Seeing her struggle with an eating disorder was heartbreaking. She was lovely and inspiring, and I wanted to do everything I could to help her. I didn’t have the training to help her. As you can imagine a graduate student's wages were pretty spare but I wanted so badly to make sure she got the treatment she needed. I spent a good chunk of change as a college student on an eating disorder professional training over the course of the weekend.
Eating disorder therapy saves people’s lives
Ever since that experience, I have never wanted anything more than to work with eating disorders. That student has no idea that she inspired my entire career and life. One of the reasons why this became my life passion is because I saw what a significant change that can take place in the right place. The challenge with eating disorder therapy is that there are often health issues that accompany them. Not only the physical and medical issues but the horrible mental and emotional strain has on people experiencing disordered eating. Being part of something that can release women from the mental and physical prisons that they are in is all I have ever wanted to do for the rest of my life.
You deserve the help of an eating disorder therapist
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, I want you to know you deserve help. The most important thing to me is that you get the support that you need. You might think that your disordered eating isn’t bad enough to seek help but trust me, you deserve the help now. I can’t speak for every therapist but I can promise you that I would never think what you struggle with isn’t enough. Wherever you are at with your mental health and with your eating disorder, you deserve to find relief. You deserve to feel ok, and it’s completely possible.
Start eating disorder therapy in Utah
You don’t have to keep feeling anxious when you eat and are paralyzed by the fear of weight gain The scale doesn’t have to control your life. Eating disorder therapy can help. This Utah Counseling Practice has an eating disorder therapist specializing in eating disorder therapy. To begin counseling follow the steps below:
Meet with an eating disorder therapist in Utah
Begin eating disorder recovery
Online Eating Disorder Treatment in Utah
Having access to a therapist that has specialized training in eating disorders is essential in being able to help you in eating disorder recovery. However, there are many parts of Utah that don’t have a therapist in their town who has experience in treating eating disorders. This is why I offer online therapy in Utah. It’s just as effective as in-person therapy but prevents you from the hassle of trying to travel to a therapy session.
Online counseling means that if you are located in St. George, Cedar City, Logan, Salt Lake City, Heber City, and more, we can still work together.
Other mental health services provided by Maple Canyon Therapy
Eating disorder therapy isn’t the only counseling service at this Utah Counseling Clinic. Other mental health services provided by Maple Canyon therapy include binge eating disorder treatment, EMDR therapy, birth trauma therapy, and anxiety therapy. Reach out for a free phone consultation to see how I can help.
About the Author
Ashlee Hunt is a licensed clinical social worker at Maple Canyon Therapy in Utah. Ashlee has a psychology degree and a family life and human services degree from Southern Utah University. She obtained her master's in social work from Utah State University. Ashlee has been treating eating disorders since her graduate internship in 2013. She since has had extensive training in eating disorders and has worked at an inpatient treatment center for eating disorders. Ashlee uses a health-at-every-size approach to helping women recover. When Ashlee isn’t in therapy, she enjoys exploring Utah and has been enjoying riding her ebike through Snow Canyon State Park in Southern Utah.