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Eating Disorders

Reconnecting With Your Body and Self

Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that affect not just how someone eats, but how they see, feel, and relate to themselves. They can develop quietly — beginning with subtle food rules or body dissatisfaction — and grow into patterns of restriction, control, or shame that feel impossible to escape.

At Future Focus Counselling Center, we recognize that eating disorders are rarely about food alone. They often reflect deeper struggles with emotion, trauma, perfectionism, or feeling out of control in other parts of life. Our approach focuses on healing the underlying pain that fuels these patterns, while helping clients rebuild a compassionate relationship with their body and self.

A Trauma-Informed Approach

We understand that many clients who experience eating disorders have also lived through trauma, neglect, or chronic stress. Our therapists provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore how past experiences may have shaped current behaviours and beliefs about food, control, and worth.

We integrate evidence-based therapies such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients gently reconnect with their emotions and body. Healing is not about force or control—it’s about learning to listen to your body’s signals with curiosity and care.

Integrating Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy (EDIT)™

Our clinician draws inspiration from Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy (EDIT)™, a model developed by Dr. Dorie McCubbrey that focuses on helping clients shift from the critical “eating disorder voice” to their Intuitive Therapist Within—the inner voice of wisdom, self-trust, and compassion.

The EDIT™ approach encourages clients to:

Love Your Self – cultivate compassion and acceptance for your whole self.
Be True To Your Self – learn to trust your body’s cues for hunger, fullness, and rest.
Express Your Self – safely process emotions instead of turning to food or control.
Give To Your Self – nourish body and soul through genuine self-care.
Believe In Your Self – rediscover your authentic identity beyond the eating disorder.

This integrative model complements trauma-informed therapy, supporting lasting recovery through self-connection, emotional regulation, and intuitive healing.

Support That Meets You Where You Are

Eating disorder recovery is not linear, and no two journeys look the same. Whether you’re struggling with restrictive eating, bingeing, purging, body image distress, or emotional eating, we meet you with compassion and flexibility.

A Path Toward Wholeness

Healing from an eating disorder is about more than restoring eating patterns—it’s about rediscovering peace within yourself. With support, you can move from fear and shame toward confidence, freedom, and self-trust.

If you’re ready to begin this process, we’re here to help.

Book a complimentary 20-minute consultation to meet with one of our therapists and explore whether this approach feels right for you.

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