John Howell, LMFT Help for Eating Disorders
Our lives revolve around food. It gives us sustenance and strength to survive. More than that, eating gives us an almost magical opportunity to bring people together and set a stage for celebrations such as birthday and weddings.
However, people also depend on food to forget pain and suffering. They rely on the joy brought by eating to replace love, security, and healthy supportive relationships.
Emotional eating is consuming food because of uncomfortable emotions and not actual hunger. Some people treat food as a quick fix to avoid stress and feelings of loneliness, guilt, shame, anger, boredom, sadness, and fear.
It's been said that emotional eaters even use food as a drug to soothe and comfort them. Unfortunately, like most drugs, overconsumption can lead to troubling symptoms and health consequences like:
Reach Out to Us for Help
With a background in psychology and nutritional science, Dr. Howell helps clients break free from binge and emotional eating. His comprehensive approach focuses on understanding and resolving the suppressed nutritional and emotional issues.
Our evidence-based treatments are rooted in the principles of functional nutrition, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. We assure you that overcoming emotional eating is easier with the help of a trained professional.
Together, we can work through troubling emotions and develop skills to manage the ups and downs of life. In the long run, we help our clients create a healthier and more satisfying relationship with food.
