Eating & Body Image Disorders
Harney & Associates was founded as a therapy practice primarily devoted to the treatment of eating disorders. That devotion continues through today. We have the expertise, the knowledge, and the experience to treat a wide variety of eating disorders and body image concerns.
We help clients understand the root of their disorder, as well as the thoughts and actions that maintain the difficult cycle of disordered and binge eating. We have expertise treating anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, ARFID, and variations of each if you find you don’t quite fit into a singular category.
Our goal is to develop collaborative, robust paths toward recovery with evidence-based modalities and compassionate care.
Our Approach
All of our eating disorder providers have prior experience treating children, adolescents, and adults on higher levels of care including:
inpatient eating disorder units,
residential programs,
partial hospitalization programs,
intensive outpatient programs.
If you are struggling to label what you are going through, know that not every client we see has an acute eating disorder. Many clients come to us with poor body image, and relentless anxiety or unhelpful thoughts related to food, body, or exercise. We often work with people who have had no therapy in the past, or have had prior therapy but their food and body concerns were not a focal point or were unaddressed.
If your child or teen is grappling with an eating disorder, we often recommend the family join as active members of treatment, along with individual therapy as recommended. Formalized Family Based Therapy (FBT) or additional modalities such as Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) or Exposure Therapy (ET) are clinically-informed and well-suited for many of our children and teen clients with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and ARFID.
Note - Eating disorder treatment sometimes includes expanding your treatment team beyond your provider at Harney & Associates. We regularly work with dietitians, physicians, and higher level of care clinics to offer you robust care and support. Our providers are well-networked with other professionals in the Richmond area, and beyond.
Areas of Expertise
Our providers have worked with many different clients, in many different settings, over many years. We specialize in treating complex mental health concerns revolving around eating disorders & body image, anxiety & OCD, depression, pregnancy & postpartum, and infertility. These challenges rarely exist in isolation. Along with the concern you’re exploring here, we are well versed in a wide variety of accompanying experiences:
Trauma, grief, and loss
Transitions with aging, including menopause and caring for older parents
Transitions into adulthood, including the the transition to college and failure to launch
Religious or spiritual ambivalence
Therapy for therapists
Culture and stigma concerns
LGBTQI+ concerns
Men’s Issues
We wouldn’t say we’ve seen it all, but we’ve seen a lot.
If we do not have the expertise you are looking for, we are happy to give you referrals to other providers in Richmond (or beyond). We take pride in our professional network and collaborating with others.
Healing happens with support.
If you’re ready to start feeling better, reach out and share a bit about what’s going on. We’ll take it from there.