Karrie’s Eating Disorder Treatment Experience
 
The majority of Karrie’s clients seek her guidance based on her extensive experience and successful treatment of individuals with eating disorders. Karrie has worked in the field of mental health and nutrition related disorders for over five years. Over the last three years, she focused exclusively on eating disorders while under the supervision of a professional mentor.

Currently, Karrie sees many clients that have been diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. She frequently works with a group of individuals that have what is called Orthorexia Nervosa. This term has not yet been officially included in the Diagnostic Stastical Manual of Mental Disorders. Orthorexia Nervosa is a phrase coined by Dr. Steven Bratman, which describes an eating disorder in which the client will only eat what they perceive as “healthy food.” People suffering from this obsession may display the following signs:
 

·         Spending several hours a day thinking about healthy food

·         Planning tomorrow’s meals

·         Skipping foods they once enjoyed in order to eat the “right” foods.

·         Eating only foods regarded as healthy

·         Continually limiting the number of foods they eat

·         Feeling guilt or self-loathing when they stray from their diet

·         Feeling in “total” control when they eat the correct diet.
 
Karrie also works with clients that have Binge-Eating Disorder. Binge-Eating Disorder has many facets, including some of the following symptoms:
 

·         Eating an amount of food that is clearly larger than what most persons would eat in a similar situation with the same amount of time.

·         A sense that one cannot stop eating or control content or quantity of food intake.

·         Eating that occurs when the person is beyond full, to the point of discomfort.

·         Binging  occurs when the person is not physically hungry

·         Choosing to eat alone because the amount of food consumed is embarrassing.
 

A significant number of Karrie’s clients have what is called Disordered Eating.  Disordered Eating is a term used to describe a wide variety of irregularities in eating behaviors that do not warrant a diagnosis of a specific eating disorder.  Karrie has identified many behaviors that may lead to disordered eating:

·         Chronic cycles of dieting

·         Implementing bad nutrition advice

·         Adopting poor habits from those around us
 

If you have questions about the information above don’t hesitate to call.  Karrie strives to be a reliable and intrinsic part of her client’s eating disorder treatment team.

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