Disordered Eating, Chronic Dieting & Body Image Support in Tampa
Support for chronic dieters, highly sensitive adults, and anyone exhausted by food rules and body shame
Services Also Offered Virtually Throughout Florida & Vermont
You’re not “failing” at dieting — dieting is failing you.
If you’re stuck in a cycle of food rules, tracking, body checking, “good” or “bad” eating days, and constant self-criticism… you’re not alone. And nothing about this makes you broken or dramatic — it means you’ve been living inside diet culture, pressure, and old messages you inherited from the world around you.
Healing isn’t about willpower.
It’s about unlearning the noise that taught you to distrust your body.
You deserve a relationship with food and your body that doesn’t feel like a full-time job.
is this you?
You might be navigating:
Chronic dieting or always being “on and off” a food plan
Feeling out of control with food
Emotional eating or using food to cope (and then feeling ashamed about it)
Constant body checking or anxiety about weight gain
Feeling guilty for eating certain foods
A history of trauma, stress, or high sensitivity that intensifies how food and body struggles show up
Growing up with comments about weight, “clean plates,” or the need to shrink yourself
A sense that you should be able to “handle food better”
You don’t need a formal eating disorder diagnosis to get help.
If food takes up too much mental space… you’re in the right place.
Here’s what we’ll do together
What Disordered Eating Therapy Looks Like (In My Practice)
Warm, grounded, anti-diet, weight-neutral care for adults.
This isn’t clinical, rigid, or textbook therapy.
It feels more like sitting with someone who deeply gets how exhausting it is to fight with food and your body every day — and who knows how to help you step out of that fight.
We work on:
✔ Untangling food rules
Learning why your system gets activated around food and body image — while not blaming yourself for it.
✔ Healing body image distress
Not by forcing body love, but by building body neutrality, safety, and respect.
✔ Navigating high sensitivity & identity pressures
HSP clients often feel food/body anxiety more intensely. We honor that.
✔ Repairing trust with your body
Using intuitive eating principles (without being rigid).
✔ Understanding emotional eating with compassion
Food helps us cope for real, legitimate reasons. Together we explore those reasons and build more supportive options — without shame.
✔ Repairing trust with your body
Using intuitive eating principles (without being rigid).
✔ Learning nervous system regulation
So you can respond rather than spiral.
✔ Unlearning messages from diet culture and the world around you
Especially the ones that made you feel like your body is a problem to fix.
What We Don’t Do Here
✔ Diet plans
✔ Weigh-ins
✔ Calorie counting
✔ Judging you
✔ Forcing a specific food philosophy
You’ve had enough of that.
Therapy approaches I use
to heal parts of you that carry shame, fear, or “food policing”
for deeper trauma/healing work when food issues have old roots
Nervous System Informed
to understand why your reactions make sense, not “fix” them
You get a blend of science and compassion — with absolutely zero judgment.
What we’ll work on
Imagine a life where…
You feel confident and less stressed about making food choices
You can figure out a way of eating that works for your body
You learn how to get back in touch with your inner intuitive eater
Your mood is no longer dictated by the scale
You learn to live life in the body you are in and stop feeling like you need to change it
You allow yourself access to all foods without anxiety
You get to figure out what you actually like to eat
You understand why it was so hard to navigate diet culture and have a solid plan for how to move forward
You have the mental space to focus on the things that truly matter
Move on from disordered eating & Chronic dieting
Change is possible. I’ll help you get there.
- Keri Baker, LCSW, Brainspotting & IFS Therapist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Why People Choose Me for Diet Recovery Therapy
My clients often say:
“I finally feel like a therapist actually gets what this is like.”
I work almost exclusively with adult women, highly sensitive adults, and people navigating body image, anxiety, and the long-term impact of chronic dieting or trauma.
I’ve created a space that is:
🌈 LGBTQIA+ affirming
🧠 Neurodivergent-friendly (fidgets, snacks, and no pressure to “perform”)
🌿 Calm, cozy, and grounding
💛 Shame-free
Whether you come into my Tampa office or work with me online anywhere in Florida or Vermond, the vibe is the same:
You get to show up exactly as you are.
Questions?
FAQs
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Disordered eating can refer to a range of behaviors/experiences, some of those being: a preoccupation with food or weight, inflexible eating patterns, restriction or compulsive eating, dieting behaviors, and more. Think about it this way – if you are spending a significant portion of your day worrying about food, you may be experiencing disordered eating. Don’t let this scare you – there is help!
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Description text goes hereDisordered eating can be a sign of an eating disorder, but many folks will struggle from disordered eating and either not receive a diagnosis or be told that their symptoms don’t qualify them for one. We live in a culture that constantly tells us to shrink our bodies and “focus on health”, while also glorifying behaviors that leave people struggling with their relationship with food and their bodies. You deserve help and support around your relationship with food, even if you have not been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Treatment will actually look quite the same in many cases! You do NOT need a diagnosis to be worthy of getting help and support.
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A few good questions to ask yourself are - How much of your energy is being taken up by worrying about food and your body? Is this stopping you from doing things that you feel are important in your life? Is it causing stress and anxiety? Leaning into the questions around just how much dieting or disordered eating is impacting your life can be an important place to start. Everyone will be impacted differently, but if you have any sense that this IS having an impact on your life, you deserve to access help and support. text goes here
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No. Many of my clients do not have a formal eating disorder diagnosis. If food and body thoughts are affecting your life, that’s enough.
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Yes. Chronic dieting, emotional eating, and body anxiety are incredibly common — and absolutely worth support.
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Yes, but without rigidity or pressure to do it “perfectly.” We explore intuitive eating through curiosity, not rules.
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100% yes. I practice from an anti-diet, Health at Every Size, weight-neutral and fat positive lens. No weigh-ins. No dieting.
As someone in a larger body myself, I understand just how important this is..
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Yes — anywhere in Florida or Vermont.
What Healing Can Feel Like
You stop obsessing over what you ate.
Your body feels less like a battlefield.
You eat to nourish yourself and for enjoyment, not because you’re anxious.
You stop panicking about weight changes.
You begin trusting yourself again.
This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about freedom.
If You’re Tired of Thinking About Food All the Time… You Deserve Support.
I know how overwhelming it can feel to reach out for help — especially around something so personal. But you don’t have to navigate this alone or keep carrying shame that was never yours to begin with.
Let’s talk about what’s going on and what you need.
If I’m a good fit, we’ll take the next step together.
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Therapy in Tampa, FL
Services are also offered virtually throughout Florida and Vermont