Recovery coaching is practical, collaborative support for applying recovery in everyday life.

Therapy often focuses on diagnosis, treatment, deeper emotional processing, trauma work, and mental health symptoms. Coaching has a narrower scope. As a recovery coach, I do not diagnose, treat mental health conditions, or process underlying trauma. Of course we will talk about also talk about eating, but I am not trained to provide meal plans or nutritional guidance to address specific concerns and medical issues like a dietitian is.

Coaching focuses on the how of recovery. Think: How do we support you with doing this thing now for your recovery?

• How do we support you in eating the meal?

• How do you approach yourself differently in tough moments in daily life?

• How do you respond when an urge shows up?

• How do we help the part of you that feels scared while still moving towards what you want?

There can be overlap between therapy and coaching, and many clients work with a therapist, dietitian, physician, or treatment team while receiving coaching. Coaching offer additional support for practicing recovery between sessions and putting insight, skills, and goals into action in everyday life.

Recovery coaching may be a good fit for you if you are looking for support applying recovery in daily life. You do not need to feel fully ready for recovery to begin working together, but coaching is a good fit when there is openness to curiosity, collaboration, and taking supported steps—however small.

Coaching might be supportive if you are

• struggling to follow through on recovery goals outside of sessions

• feeling stuck in ED patterns and routines

• wanting compassionate accountability without shame or pressure

• looking for recovery support that honors autonomy, choice, and lived experience

• working with a therapist or dietitian and wanting more support between sessions

• medically stable and able to participate in a coaching relationship

• wanting a non-clinical, mentorship-style relationship

Sessions are individualized and collaborative, focusing on real-time awareness rather than a rigid curriculum or one-size-fits-all program. Sessions are really focused on helping you apply recovery.

Sessions may include reflection, planning, problem-solving, practicing recovery-related skills, preparing for upcoming challenges, or creating support around meals, snacks, routines, body image distress, urges, or other everyday recovery moments.

My role is not to judge what happened or tell you to “just try harder.” My role is to help you understand what is happening with curiosity and support you in taking meaningful, doable steps toward recovery.

Trauma-informed coaching means I prioritize safety, choice, collaboration, transparency, and respect for your autonomy.

It does not mean we process trauma in coaching. Coaching is not therapy, and I do not use coaching sessions to dig into the past or treat trauma. Instead, trauma-informed coaching means I try to structure our work in a way that reduces harm and supports agency.

In practice, this means we move check in about what feels supportive, honor your capacity, and avoid using shame, pressure, or force as tools for change.

Eating disorders are often connected to individual, relational, collective, cultural, and historical trauma. Because of this, I believe recovery support needs to be consent-based, nonpathologizing, and attentive to power, identity, body autonomy, and lived experience.

References

• Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care. (n.d). What is Trauma-Informed Care? University at Buffalo.https://socialwork.buffalo.edu/social-research/institutes-centers/institute-on-trauma-and-trauma-informed-care/what-is-trauma-informed-care.html

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2014). SAMHSA's concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/userfiles/files/SAMHSA_Trauma.pdf

Yes. I believe full recovery from an eating disorder is possible.

I also know recovery is rarely simple. We are complex humans living in a complex world, and recovery is shaped by many things: access to support, access to medical care and nutrition, social support, trauma, identity, culture, oppression, and lived experience.

I hold hope for full recovery while also meeting each person compassionately where they are today.

You can read more about my beliefs HERE.

Yes. I believe reducing the negative consequences of eating disorder behaviors is ethical care.

To me, harm reduction is a compassionate approach that aims to reduce suffering and increase quality of life no matter where someone is in their process. It honors autonomy, current capacity, and the reality that change often happens gradually.

Harm reduction does not mean giving up on change or healing. It means approaching change with compassion, realism, and respect rather than shame, force, or rigid thinking.

I have learned a lot in this area from the work of Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride.

Adequate and consistent nourishment matters in eating disorder recovery.

When the body and brain are undernourished, change can feel so much harder. Undernourishment can impact emotions, rigidity, anxiety, urges, body image distress, digestion, sleep, concentration, and the capacity to make flexible choices. Food is not just a behavior to manage; it supports the brain, body, and nervous system.

I believe full nutritional rehabilitation is a key part of recovery. I also know that moving toward nourishment can feel complicated. In coaching, we approach nourishment with compassion, curiosity, and practical support, not shame, pressure, or force.

Session frequency is individualized based on your needs, goals, and where you are in your recovery.

Especially at the beginning, I often recommend meeting consistently, usually weekly, because regular support helps us build momentum, troubleshoot challenges as they arise, and strengthen our working relationship.

Most clients meet weekly, some meet biweekly, and some use additional support such as messaging or supported eating when helpful. We can talk together about what is right for you!

Recovery Support Package: $145/week

Includes:

• Up to 50-minutes of weekly session time 

• Between-session messaging access Mon–Sat

Additional sessions beyond the weekly 50-minutes are billed separately at:

• $105 per 50-minute session

• $55 per 25-minute session

Messaging-Support Only: $95/week

Includes 

• Between-session messaging support only 

This option may be used during weeks when you are unable to attend a scheduled session or during periods when we are meeting biweekly. Messaging-only support does not include a scheduled session, but it still reflects ongoing access to support, responsiveness, and maintenance of the coaching relationship.

Session Only Support: $105/session

Includes: 

• One 50-minute session 

• No between-session messaging support 

Sessions can be extended to 75-minutes and 90-minutes when scheduled in advance.

Session-only support may be appropriate for:

• clients looking for meal support only

• clients who have the capacity to put what we talk about into practice on their own

• clients in more advanced stages of recovery

• clients transitioning out of coaching.

I do! I reserve a set number of spaces of reduced cost spots on my caseload to increase accessibility to coaching.

At this time, all reduced-cost spots are full, and I can’t predict when one will open up. If you would like to reach out, I can add you to the waitlist and contact you when a reduced-cost spot becomes available.

No. Coaching is not currently covered by most insurance plans or out-of-network benefits.

The first step is a free 20-minute call to ask questions, share what kind of support you are looking for, and get a feel for whether working together feels like a supportive fit.

If we both feel it could be a good fit, we will schedule our first session, and I will send over forms to review and sign before we begin!