Eating disorders, such as binge eating, anorexia, and bulimia nervosa can not only be physically, emotionally, and financially draining but can also prove fatal. They also cause great grief to family members and friends that witness their loved ones in dire need of help but don’t know what to do or to whom to turn. Fortunately, Healing Within’s Cheryl Chin, MFT and LPCC is trained to handle eating disorders quickly and effectively, while avoiding relapses. Below, are just some of the eating disorder services that I provide in Pleasanton:

Anorexia and Bulimia

Healing Within will identify and diagnose the eating disorder that ails you or your loved one and provide the most effective treatment to eliminate anorexia or bulimia nervosa based on the unique needs and triggers that caused the development of the eating disorder in the first place. For instance, some people develop eating disorders due to stress or depression, and use binge eating or starving themselves as a coping mechanism. That is, the eating disorder serves as a distraction or means to ignore the real problem at hand, such as a breakup or the death of a loved one.

Bariatric Surgery Evaluations

Having interned at UPENN's Weight and Eating Disorders Clinic, I have since that time been providing bariatric surgery evaluations to determine candidacy for this procedure. Such a surgery has the capacity to change one's life, but it is a very drastic lifestyle change over which to be fully prepared.