IMPACT THERAPY GROUP
DISORDERED EATING THERAPY
Food worries, body image struggles, binge eating, or restriction can take over your life. You might feel trapped in painful patterns that drain your energy and confidence. We offer compassionate support to help you heal your relationship with food, feel safer in your body, and rebuild a sense of control.
Disordered Eating Therapy in Ontario
Learn How to Manage Symptoms Like:
Cycles of restriction, bingeing, or emotional eating
Stress eating or turning to food for comfort
Persistent worries about weight, shape, or body image
Teen struggles with eating, self-esteem, or body image
Healing Your Relationship With Food Starts Here
Struggling with eating patterns isn’t about willpower — it’s about pain, fear, and coping in the best ways you know how. Whether you're dealing with binge eating, emotional eating, chronic restriction, or intense body shame, everyday life can feel like a cycle of anxiety, guilt, and self-criticism.
Despite how heavy this feels, healing is absolutely possible, and you do not have to do this alone.
Therapy offers a safe, compassionate space to explore what’s driving your eating patterns — without shame or pressure. With evidence-based support, you’ll learn to understand your triggers, soothe your emotions, reconnect with your body, and build a healthier, more trusting relationship with food. Over time, you’ll begin to feel calmer, more grounded, and more in charge of your life again.
How Therapy Helps With Disordered Eating
Understanding Food Patterns
We’ll explore the emotional, psychological, and environmental factors influencing your eating habits. You’ll gain insight into the patterns that keep you stuck and develop tools to interrupt them with greater compassion and clarity.
Managing Intense Emotions
We’ll help you regulate overwhelming emotions — whether they show up as urges to binge, restrict, or avoid food entirely. Together, we’ll build a personalised set of strategies to help you stay steady and grounded when emotions feel intense.
Improving Your Body Image
You’ll learn how to soften negative body thoughts, challenge perfectionism, and develop a more flexible, respectful relationship with your body. We take a gentle, non-judgmental approach that meets you wherever you are.
BODY IMAGE
This isn't about forcing body positivity. It's about building something
steadier.
Struggling with body image can feel exhausting — constantly checking, comparing, or criticizing yourself, even when you know it's hurting your daily life. You might feel stuck between wanting to care less about your appearance and not knowing how to shift thoughts that feel automatic.
Our therapists offer compassionate, evidence-based support to help you build a healthier relationship with your body. Together, we work on patterns like:
Feeling self-critical or uncomfortable in your body
Avoiding photos, mirrors, or social situations
Comparing yourself to others or past versions of yourself
Feeling like your worth is tied to how you look
Body image distress connected to eating patterns, trauma, or identity
This isn't about forcing body positivity. It's about building a steadier, kinder relationship with your body — one that feels realistic and aligned with your values.
Meet Our Eating Disorder Therapist
Jenna is a Registered Psychotherapist with specialized training in disordered eating, body image, and the complex emotional patterns that keep people feeling stuck in their relationship with food. Her approach is warm, non-judgmental, and deeply client-led — she meets you exactly where you are, without pressure or agenda.
Availability:
Weekdays, weekday evenings, and Saturdays
Types of Clients:
Teens and adults
Areas of Focus:
Disordered eating and body image, teen therapy,
2SLGBTQIA+ therapy, and ADHD
It's Okay to Be Unsure If You're Ready
Part of you might want things to be different — and another part might feel scared to let go of these patterns.
Eating patterns often develop for a reason. They can help you cope, feel in control, or manage overwhelming emotions. So even if they’re painful, it can feel risky to change them.
You don’t have to be fully ready. You don’t have to “want recovery enough.”
Therapy isn’t about forcing change or taking anything away from you.
It’s about understanding what these patterns are doing for you — and helping you build safer, more supportive ways to cope, at a pace that feels manageable.
We move slowly, with care and respect for where you’re at. You stay in control of the process the entire time.
GET IN TOUCH
Impact Therapy Group is a virtual‑only practice. No commute, no waiting room — just compassionate therapy from home.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need an official diagnosis to start therapy for eating disorders?
No. Many people seek support long before they meet the criteria for a diagnosis. Whether you're dealing with emotional eating, restriction, bingeing, or body image distress, therapy can help at any stage.
Q: How do I know if I could benefit from therapy for an eating disorder?
If food, weight, or body image are taking up too much mental space, causing distress, or affecting your daily life, therapy can offer relief, clarity, and healthier coping tools.
Q: Do you work with teens experiencing body image or eating struggles?
Yes. We offer support for both adults and teens struggling with eating issues, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and body image.
Q: Do you offer online therapy for eating disorders?
Yes. Although our practice is based in Toronto, we offer online therapy across Ontario to make care accessible and convenient.
Q: What will my first session look like?
Your first session focuses on connection, understanding your story and goals, explaining confidentiality, and starting a plan at your pace. To learn more, visit our blog entitled "What to Expect in Your First Eating Disorder Therapy Session".
Q: What is the session fee for a therapy session?
A 50-minute session is $155.
Q: Can I get therapy for disordered eating online in Ontario?
Yes — Impact Therapy Group gives you access to therapy for disordered eating online anywhere in Ontario. Virtual sessions allow you to receive support privately and conveniently, and many clients find online therapy reduces anxiety around seeking help. Our therapists tailor treatment to your relationship with food, emotions, and body image.