Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that affect at least 9% of
the population worldwide. They are among the deadliest of all mental
illnesses, second to opioid overdose. However, it's important to remember
that with the right support and resources, recovery is not just possible,
but achievable, offering a path to a more fulfilling life.
Treatment of eating disorders requires a multi-disciplinary approach
including all or a combination of a physician, mental health professionals,
registered dietitians, and more recently recovery coaches.
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that affect at least 9% of the population worldwide. They are among the deadliest of all mental illnesses, second to opioid overdose. However, it's important to remember that with the right support and resources, recovery is not just possible, but achievable, offering a path to a more fulfilling life.
Treatment of eating disorders requires a multi-disciplinary approach including all or a combination of a physician, mental health professionals, registered dietitians, and more recently recovery coaches.
Recovery From an
Eating Disorder is Possible
Eating Disorder recovery coaching
As your coach, I will help you…
- Create a plan for managing triggers
- Develop healthy coping skills
- Gain an understanding of your personal needs
- Maintain motivation during your recovery process
My ongoing support guides you every step of the way, empowering you
to make lasting change, building self-esteem, finding stronger self
acceptance, gaining greater insight into your behaviors, working
toward making changes, and building a better relationship with food.
As your recovery coach, I complement the work of your doctor, therapist, and dietician. Alongside your professional team, I help you learn and apply new skills in order to maintain recovery. The support I provide utilizes exposure and response prevention work to help you make behavior changes that are critical for recovery.
As your coach, I help you…
•Create a plan for managing triggers
•Develop healthy coping skills
•Gain an understanding of your personal needs
•Maintain motivation during your recovery process
My ongoing support guides you every step of the way, empowering you to make lasting change, building self-esteem, finding stronger self acceptance, gaining greater insight into your behaviors, working toward making changes, and building a better relationship with food.
Why Work With a
Recovery Coach
Assist clients in accomplishing established treatment goals
Sessions can be held anywhere and anytime the client needs them — in the home, at the grocery store or clothing store, at work, at restaurants, etc. Coaches can also be hired for 24/7 live-ins
Trained to work only on the "here and now" helping the client to accomplish day-to- day behavior challenges
Refers to the therapist for treatment of any co-morbid issues
Does not diagnose conditions or treat them. Instead, helps support the work and goals of the client's clinicians
Coaching
In charge of ongoing assessment, establishing treatment goals, and carrying out the overall treatment plan
Sessions are generally one hour and take place in an office setting
Trained to help clients work on underlying issues exploring WHY the eating disorder might have developed
Can diagnose and treat other co-morbid issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, substance abuse, etc.)
Can diagnose and treat eating disorder
Therapy
For more information on the Carolyn Costin Institute the eating disorder coach certification, visit the CCI website.
Therapy vs. Coaching
Therapy vs. Coaching
For more information on the Carolyn Costin Institute the eating disorder coach certification, visit the CCI website.
Coaching: Assist clients in accomplishing established treatment goals
Coaching: Sessions can be held anywhere and anytime the client needs them — in the home, at the grocery store or clothing store, at work, at restaurants, etc. Coaches can also be hired for 24/7 live-ins
Coaching: Trained to work only on the "here and now" helping the client to accomplish day-to- day behavior challenges
Coaching: Refers to the therapist for treatment of any co-morbid issues
Coaching: Does not diagnose conditions or treat them. Instead, helps support the work and goals of the client's clinicians
Coaching
Therapy
For more information on the Carolyn Costin Institute the eating disorder coach certification, visit the CCI website.
Therapy: In charge of ongoing assessment, establishing treatment goals, and carrying out the overall treatment plan
Therapy: Sessions are generally one hour and take place in an office setting
Therapy: Trained to help clients work on underlying issues exploring WHY the eating disorder might have developed
Therapy: Can diagnose and treat other co-morbid issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, substance abuse, etc.)
Therapy: Can diagnose and treat eating disorder
Coaching
Therapy
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Special contract terms and different fees apply to these services.
- Enhanced Support: Intensive, in-home coaching tailored to your unique recovery needs.
- Integration of Traditional Services: All recovery services are included during the live-in period.
- Real-Time Guidance: Immediate support for daily routines, mealtimes, and other challenging moments.
- Collaboration with Treatment Team: Coordination with your therapists, dietitians, and medical professionals to ensure comprehensive care.
Benefits of Live-In Support
Live-in support services offer a higher level of personalized support and guidance for individuals in recovery while living in your home environment. This type of support is ideal for those transitioning from a higher level of care or seeking more intensive support to gain momentum in their recovery by implementing recovery actions in their real-life setting.
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- Identifying Autonomic States: Learn to recognize your body's responses, including fight, flight, freeze, fawn, collapse, and connection. This knowledge is key to understanding how these states influence eating disorder behaviors.
- Somatic Practices: Introduction of practices that help in navigating from unhelpful responses to more stable and connected states.
- Body Awareness and Compassion: Work towards fostering a more compassionate and understanding relationship with your body, moving away from harmful patterns and towards self-care and respect.
- Self-Regulation Skills: Gain skills in regulating your emotional and physical states, empowering you to make informed choices that support your recovery goals.
- Resilience and Emotional Tolerance: Enhance your ability to manage difficult emotions without resorting to maladaptive behaviors, strengthening your resilience in the recovery process.
Examples of mind-body strategies
In our work together, I can integrates the iMove Method®, which is based on polyvagal theory. This theory helps us understand how our nervous system reacts to stress and feelings of safety, acting like an internal alarm system that guides the body to either relax or prepare for action.
Using body-based techniques, such as deep breathing or mindful movement, can be beneficial in helping you feel safer and more grounded. This approach can be particularly helpful in eating disorder recovery, as it aids in reducing stress and supporting a more balanced and supportive emotional response. However, it's important to remember that the effectiveness of these techniques can vary based on individual experiences and needs.
Note: This work will only be explored if your treatment team feels it will be helpful. Some individuals, especially those who have experienced trauma, may find this approach triggering rather than beneficial.
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- Help you rid your closet of clothing that no longer serves you
- Explore different styles of clothing to find what best fits your personality and is comfortable to wear
- Identify triggers associated with certain types of clothing or fabric
- Develop neutral or positive self-talk around shopping for clothes and provide emotional support throughout the shopping experience.
Examples of Clothing Support
Shopping for clothes or getting rid of “sick” clothes can be an emotional and triggering experience. Because wearing ill-fitting clothes can also contribute to increased body checking, my support can help you overcome this barrier to recovery.
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- Help you break habits such as placing judgment on food and reading nutrition labels while shopping or ordering food
- Empower you to stand up to and challenge eating disorder thoughts and behaviors while providing compassionate support in dealing with overwhelming fears that come up when eating
- Advanced meal exposures can be done if you are further along and more stable in your recovery, as determined by your treatment team. We will gently introduce triggers to help you strengthen your ability to stay true to your recovery while surrounded by external triggers
Examples of Meal and Grocery Support
Meal support includes meal planning, grocery shopping, meal preparation, and meal accompaniment. I provide support and advice to make these real-life tasks more manageable to align with your recovery goals. In addition, observational support can be provided if you are at risk of using compensatory behaviors after you have eaten.
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- Establish goals and create an action plan for changing, reducing, and stopping eating disorder behaviors
- Work to strengthen your “Healthy Self” and learn/practice ways to challenge eating disorder thoughts
- Plan and discuss ERP work (e.g., meal challenges, shopping, etc.)
- Assess and adjust goals as necessary
Examples of Session Topics
These 30- to 60-minute sessions take place in person or virtually via a HIPAA-compliant video platform. (The length and frequency of the sessions are determined by your individual needs.) Any assignments from these sessions will help deepen your recovery work. We’ll explore assignments from Carolyn Costin’s 8 Keys to Eating Disorder Workbook and various other sources.
Casual Talking Sessions
Services I Offer
Included Benefits & Investment
My support extends outside of sessions and into the real world. In
between sessions, you can text me to connect so I can help you stay on track with your recovery goals. This in-the-moment support can be used to help you navigate challenging situations or overwhelming emotions related to your recovery in real time. You can also celebrate recovery wins with me as they happen!
My support extends outside of sessions and into the real world. In between sessions, you can text me to connect so I can help you stay on track with your recovery goals. This in-the-moment support can be used to help you navigate challenging situations or overwhelming emotions related to your recovery in real time. You can also celebrate recovery wins with me as they happen!
In-between Session Access
- Identify what needs your eating disorder behaviors meet and
develop other ways to meet those needs - Practice new coping skills to replace unhelpful behaviors
- Challenge eating disorder thoughts and beliefs
- Create space for you to make intentional decisions that align
with personal values - Build tolerance in dealing with difficult emotions
- Help you take responsibility for choices without shame and be
compassionate towards yourself when mistakes are made
- Identify what needs your eating disorder behaviors meet and develop other ways to meet those needs
- Practice new coping skills to replace unhelpful behaviors
- Challenge eating disorder thoughts and beliefs
- Create space for you to make intentional decisions that align with personal values
- Build tolerance in dealing with difficult emotions
- Help you take responsibility for choices without shame and be compassionate towards yourself when mistakes are made
Your Recovery Coach can help you replace maladaptive behaviors
with more adaptive means of coping. Together, we’ll gain greater
insight into your own behaviors, discover new coping strategies,
and create a lasting path of recovery.
With my support, you can learn to replace maladaptive behaviors with more adaptive means of coping. Together, we’ll gain greater insight into your behaviors, discover new coping strategies, and create a lasting path of recovery.
Assist with Behavior Change
Examples of Behavior Change
Recover You’s eating disorder Recovery Coaches work with your
existing treatment team to ensure comprehensive support
throughout your recovery journey.
We’ll regularly communicate with you and your treatment team —
including therapists, dieticians, and medical providers — to ensure
each person involved in your recovery process is informed of our work
together, your progress, and any obstacles that may arise.
I work with your existing treatment team to ensure comprehensive support throughout your recovery journey.
We’ll regularly communicate with your treatment team — including therapists, dieticians, and medical providers — to ensure each person involved in your recovery process is informed of our work together, your progress, and any obstacles that may arise.
Treatment Team Coordination
- Available via phone, in-person, or secure video conferencing
- Payments will be securely processed on the evening of each
session - Client pays for separate purchases such as meals, groceries,
and clothing
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Investment
- Available via phone, in-person, or secure video conferencing
- Payments will be securely processed on the evening of each session
- Client pays for separate purchases such as meals, groceries, and clothing
Where applicable, my CCI training has prepared me to share and use my personal experience with an eating disorder in a safe and healthy way so that I can be a source of hope and inspiration that recovery is possible. This peer perspective allows me to understand the complexities a client faces both while suffering with and recovering from an eating disorder.
My Carolyn Costin Institute (CCI) training prepares me to work as an adjunct to your client’s treatment team. I’ll help clients implement and integrate necessary behavior changes in their daily lives to reach and sustain recovery.
My work is focused on the here and now of our client’s present thoughts and behaviors. These real-life scenarios are often difficult and challenging for someone struggling with an eating disorder. Because we perform exposure and response prevention work with clients, you have more time to work with them on larger underlying psychological issues and specific nutritional-related goals that are not within my scope of practice.
How Coaching Compliments Your Work
For Professionals
Mother of Coaching Client
“When my daughter was diagnosed with an eating disorder, I knew we had to get a nutritionist and a therapist right away, and we did. We met Brandy about four months into treatment, and I regret not having met her at the very beginning of treatment because she has definitely been an instrumental part of our family’s recovery. She has helped me understand so much more than my daughter was able to put into words. Brandy is the best! Highly recommend! I truly feel we wouldn’t be where we are today without her!”
“My daughter absolutely looks forward to her sessions with Brandy, and she is always happier and more confident in her recovery process as soon as she finishes either an in-person exposure or an online session.”
COACHING CLIENT
“Brandy is positive, enthusiastic, supportive, trusting, focused, goal-oriented, knowledgeable, observant, respectful, patient and a clear communicator! Among the many things Brandy taught me, perhaps most important is that an eating disorder is hardly ever a straightforward process. Because an eating disorder is often a means of coping with or feeling in control of difficult emotions or situations, the idea of life without it can be very frightening. You may feel conflicted about recovery. Brandy is there to remind you that there is always a way back to “normal,” a better normal without ED! You are worth the time and energy to recover. When my family and friends didn’t understand what I was going through, Brandy was always there supporting and rooting for me. I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for Brandy on my treatment team.”
“Brandy is positive, enthusiastic, supportive, trusting, focused, goal-oriented, knowledgeable, observant, respectful, patient and a clear communicator… the list goes on! Among the many things Brandy taught me, perhaps most important is that an eating disorder is hardly ever a straightforward process. Because an eating disorder is often a means of coping with or feeling in control of difficult emotions or situations, the idea of life without it can be very frightening. You may feel conflicted about recovery. Brandy is there to remind you that there is always a way back to “normal,” a better normal without ED!!! You are worth the time and energy to recover. You are on your own journey and your own path, and no one can take that away from you! When my family and friends didn’t understand what I was going through, Brandy was always there supporting and routing for me – just a text message or weekly session away. I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for Brandy’s collaboration and input on my treatment team.”
“My therapist gave me suggestions or guidelines, but it was Brandy that helped me put the words into action.”
I provide you with an assessment that will help me get to know you, identify where you currently are in your recovery, and the type of support that will be most beneficial.
From there, our relationship will grow organically and we will come up with a customized approach to meeting specific goals that will get you to a place of healing and transformation.
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I am not a licensed medical or mental health practitioner, nor am I a licensed or registered dietitian. I do not diagnose or treat medical or mental health conditions, and I do not prescribe specific meal plans. My services do not replace those of licensed professionals. If you need a diagnosis or treatment for any physical or mental health concern, please consult a licensed clinician, physician, or registered dietitian. The content on this website is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, nutritional, or mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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