If you’ve done the work to stop counting calories, tossed out the diet apps, and started allowing more freedom with food—yet you still find yourself bingeing—you’re not alone. One of the most frustrating parts of healing your relationship with food is realizing that restriction isn’t always obvious. It can show up in subtle, sneaky ways that still keep your body and brain in survival mode.

Here are a few common reasons you might still be struggling with binge eating, even if you think you’re not restricting:

1. You’re stuck in an “All or Nothing” mindset.

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking,
“I already ate one, so I might as well eat all of them,”
or
“I was already ‘bad’ today, so might as well say f* it,”**
—then you know the power of black-and-white thinking.

This mindset is incredibly common when you’re trying to unlearn diet rules. You may have given yourself permission to eat more freely, but without true psychological permission, you might still feel out of control around ...

Interested in starting therapy but unsure about how to find the right therapist or which type of therapy is right for you?

With so many different therapeutic approaches available, it can feel overwhelming to know where to begin. The good news is that there’s no one-size-fits-all—different modalities work better for different people, concerns, and goals. Below is a breakdown of several common types of therapy, what they focus on, their pros and cons, and who they may be best suited for.

Before You Get Started...

Before getting started, it’s important to consider what your goals are and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. Are you looking for symptom relief? Greater self-awareness? Trauma healing? Once you’re clear on your goals, think about how you tend to function as an individual. Do you find it easier to work with your thoughts, your emotions, or something tactile like movement or art?

If you're not sure, that’s okay! It may take some experimentation with different types of ...

Are you looking for mental health support? 

This blog post provides different resources and options to find the mental health support that best fits your needs. 

Therapy is cool :) and can save and change a life.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

24/7/365 crisis and prevention services. 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Open Path Collective:

A nonprofit that allows therapists to provide affordable, in-office, and online psychotherapy sessions between $40 and $70 ($30 for student intern sessions). 

Find a practitioner: https://openpathcollective.org/ 

EMDR Therapy: 

Highly regarded form of trauma therapy, studied, reviewed, and researched. It is known as one of the most effective forms of trauma and PTSD therapy.

Find a practitioner: https://www.emdria.org/find-an-emdr-therapist/

NARM: 

A cutting-edge model for addressing attachment, relational and developmental trauma, by working with the attachment patterns that cause life-long psychobiological sym...