Services
Compassionate eating disorder care grounded in lived and clinical experience.
Eating disorders are not failures of willpower. They are complex conditions that can affect physical health, mood, concentration, relationships, identity, and daily life. Kirsten provides a nonjudgmental space to talk honestly about what is happening.
Begin with a free 15-minute consultation.
Prefer to talk first? Call 630-454-1490.
Conditions and patterns Kirsten works with
Bulimia nervosa
Cycles of bingeing and compensatory behaviors, along with the shame and secrecy that often surround them.
Binge eating disorder
Episodes of eating that feel out of control, frequently tied to mood, stress, restriction, or impulsivity.
Anorexia nervosa
Restriction, fear of weight gain, and the medical and emotional consequences that can follow.
ARFID
Avoidant or restrictive eating driven by sensory experience, fear of aversive consequences, or low interest in food.
Other specified or concerning eating patterns
Eating, exercise, or body-image patterns that do not fit neatly into a category but are affecting health or daily life.
Kirsten’s approach
Care that is coordinated, not isolated
Eating-disorder care is strongest when it is coordinated. Kirsten may work alongside therapists, dietitians, primary-care providers, pediatricians, families, and higher levels of care when necessary.
Kirsten’s own recovery from bulimia shapes the respect, hope, and seriousness she brings to this work. She understands how damaging it can feel to be reduced to a label or told that relapse must define the future.
What care may include
- Psychiatric evaluation
- Medication management for appropriate co-occurring symptoms
- ADHD, anxiety, depression, and substance-use evaluation
- Laboratory or medical review when appropriate
- Therapeutic support
- Family collaboration
- Coordination with eating-disorder specialists
“She has been able to understand my complicated history without judgement and work with me on a treatment plan that no one else figured out.”
This is an outpatient psychiatric practice. It is not a substitute for emergency medical care, detoxification, inpatient treatment, residential treatment, or a specialized higher level of eating-disorder care. Kirsten will recommend additional or higher-level support when clinically necessary.
This practice is not an emergency or 24-hour crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. For immediate emotional support in the United States, call or text 988.
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You do not have to figure out the next step alone.
Begin with a free 15-minute consultation to learn whether Kirsten’s practice is the right fit for you or your family.
Prefer to talk first? Call 630-454-1490.