Disordered Eating and Body Image in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Maybe you’re stuck in cycles of restricting, bingeing, purging, or “starting over Monday.” Maybe you avoid mirrors—or can’t stop checking. Exercise feels compulsory. Social plans revolve around rules. You deserve care that is skilled, respectful, and not about shaming your body.

At Transcendent Self Therapy, we offer structured, compassionate treatment for disordered eating and body image concerns—centered on your values, not diets.

Signs you might need support

  • Restricting, binge eating, purging, or laxative misuse

  • Rigid food rules; fear foods; calorie/step counting; “good/bad” labeling

  • Body checking, pinching, frequent weighing, or mirror avoidance

  • Compensatory or compulsive exercise; guilt after eating

  • Distress about shape/weight; comparing; perfectionism

  • Losing periods, dizziness, cold intolerance, fatigue, concentration issues

What treatment looks like

  1. Assessment & Plan
    Map patterns, medical risk, triggers, and goals. Decide frequency (weekly or more) and supports.

  2. Restore Rhythm
    Establish regular eating, reduce rituals and rules, add skills for urges, anxiety, and self-criticism.

  3. Exposure & Body Image Work
    Stepwise experiments with feared situations and compassionate body image practices.

  4. Maintenance & Relapse Prevention
    Identify early warning signs; create a plan that protects progress.

Scope & safety

We are an outpatient therapy practice. If there are medical instabilities (e.g., fainting, very low heart rate/blood pressure, rapid weight loss, frequent purging, or severe restriction), a higher level of care (IOP/PHP/residential) is a more appropriate setting.