Eating Disorder Counselling in Stratford & Online Across Ontario

If food, body image, or control feel like constant battles in your life, you are not alone. Eating disorders are not just about weight—they are often how the nervous system copes with pain, trauma, or a sense of not being “enough.” At Reclaim & Rise Counselling, we offer compassionate, trauma-informed eating disorder support in Stratford and virtually across Ontario.

Whether you’ve been formally diagnosed, are in recovery, or just know something’s not right with how you feel around food—we’re here to help you reclaim peace in your body and your life.

Types of Eating Disorders We Support

We work with individuals navigating:

• Anorexia Nervosa – intense fear of gaining weight, food restriction, or obsessive control around eating

• Bulimia Nervosa – binge eating followed by purging, guilt, or shame

• Binge Eating Disorder – loss of control around eating, often in secret, without purging

• Disordered Eating Patterns – chronic dieting, emotional eating, over-exercising, or constant body monitoring

• Body Dysmorphia & Appearance Anxiety – obsessive thoughts or distress about body image

• Orthorexia – an unhealthy obsession with “clean” or “healthy” eating

You don’t have to fit a diagnostic label to deserve support. If food and body thoughts are taking up too much space in your mind—you belong here.

What Might Be Underneath

Eating disorders are complex—and they are never your fault. Often, they’re rooted in:

• Trauma or a loss of control

• Chronic low self-esteem or people-pleasing

• Perfectionism or fear of failure

• Anxiety, depression, or past emotional neglect

• Pressure to “perform” in your body, appearance, or achievements

• Family patterns around food, weight, or body image

Our approach looks at the deeper layers beneath the behaviors—not just the symptoms on the surface.

How Therapy Can Help

In counselling, we focus on:

• Understanding what purpose food, restriction, or control has served for you

• Gently challenging harmful beliefs about food, body image, and self-worth

• Rebuilding trust with your body and its cues

• Learning emotional regulation tools that don’t involve food

• Creating a new, shame-free narrative around nourishment and self-respect

This is a space to be real, scared, stuck, or unsure. No fixing, no performing—just healing, at your pace.

You are not a problem to solve.

So many of our clients come in feeling like they’re too much and not enough at the same time—ashamed of their struggles, and afraid they’ll be judged. At Reclaim & Rise, we meet you with compassion, not criticism. We see past the food behaviors to the part of you that’s hurting—and we support that part with gentleness and respect.

There is no “perfect” way to heal. But there is a path forward. And you don’t have to walk it alone.

Why Reclaim & Rise?

Therapists trained in disordered eating, body image, and trauma
We understand that this work is tender, complex, and layered—and we’re trained to hold that with care.

A safe space that’s never about shame
You will never be pressured, pathologized, or made to feel broken here. Just supported.

Virtual or in-person options for wherever you’re at
Come to our warm, quiet Stratford office—or log in from home. Healing can happen anywhere safety is felt.

Support that sees the whole you
We don’t just address food and symptoms—we help you heal your relationship with yourself.

You don’t have to keep fighting your body to feel safe.

If you’re ready to feel more at peace—around food, in your body, or just within yourself—we’re here. No shame, no pressure. Just one step toward healing.

Click “Book Your Free Consultation” below when you’re ready. We’ll walk with you from here.