Individual Psychotherapy
Outpatient psychotherapy for adolescents and adults living with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and disordered eating.
Anyone can recover with perseverance, insight, and support
Practicing for 20 years
Certified eating disorder treatment
Carmel, California
Services
Support for eating, weight and body image concerns
I welcome to my practice any person who struggles with issues related to eating, weight or body image.
Family Therapy
Work with families who want to understand an eating disorder, respond to it well, and support recovery at home.
Work with Schools
Twenty years of collaboration with individuals, families and schools across the Monterey Peninsula.
Consultation
A first conversation to talk through your questions, review resources, and decide together what kind of care fits.
About the practice
I have faith that anyone can recover with perseverance, insight, and support
I welcome to my practice any person who struggles with issues related to eating, weight or body image. I am devoted to helping my clients understand and re-evaluate their relationship to food, their bodies and their lives through a more thorough understanding of who they are as physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual beings. I explore my client's world, offer hope, and identify resources for sustained recovery from the detrimental effects of eating disorder behaviors.
Together we work to understand the client's puzzle of personal eating issues and restore a positive relationship with food. Disordered eating is seen as a destructive voice, determined to sabotage the voice of health we knew as young children. I help my clients put food and this voice in perspective — a part of life, not the whole of it.
How therapy works
A steady process, one honest conversation at a time
Therapy here is collaborative outpatient psychotherapy. We move at a pace that respects how much courage it takes to talk about food, weight and the body.
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Reaching out
We begin with a call or a short consultation so you can ask questions, describe what is happening, and decide whether we are a good fit.
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Understanding the puzzle
Together we work to understand the client's puzzle of personal eating issues — the history, the patterns, and the meaning behind the behaviors.
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Re-evaluating the relationship with food
Disordered eating is seen as a destructive voice, determined to sabotage the voice of health we knew as young children. We put food and that voice in perspective — a part of life, not the whole of it.
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Sustaining recovery
I explore my client's world, offer hope, and identify resources for sustained recovery from the detrimental effects of eating disorder behaviors, including work with families and schools when that helps.
Meet Kirstin
Kirstin Lyon, LMFT, MFC33530
Kirstin Lyon, LMFT, MFC33530, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specially trained and certified to treat eating disorders. She is currently a board member of the Monterey chapter of the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists and has been working with individuals, families and schools on the Monterey Peninsula for 20 years.
My Recovery
Never Die Young
I spent a few months of my early recovery at the Renfrew Center of Philadelphia. I was 26 years old, working in New York City, and Renfrew had just opened a recovery facility for eating disorders in this neighboring state. James Taylor's album, Never Die Young, had just been released. It became a favorite, and a fitting title for me, given that I was inpatient for an eating disorder that, left untreated, could have killed me.
Anyone can recover with perseverance, insight, and support
If you would like to make an appointment, receive a consultation, or ask a question, please reach out. I look forward to meeting you.
We got this far to a lucky starBut tomorrow is another dayWe can make it another waySafe home as they used to sayKeep a weather eye to the chart on highAnd go home another way
FAQ
Questions people ask before they call
Straightforward answers about who develops an eating disorder, how prevention works, and what anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder look like.
Anyone can develop an eating disorder — males and females of all social and economic classes, races and intelligence levels.
It is difficult to determine the number of people who suffer from eating disorders because people with eating issues are frequently ashamed and secretive about their behavior. Doctors are not required to report eating disorders to health agencies, and may not even be aware someone has an eating disorder when that person seeks treatment for something else.
It is currently estimated that approximately 24 million people suffer from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa or Binge Eating Disorder, and this estimation is rapidly increasing. At least one tenth of this number are men. The majority of eating disorders usually appear in bright, attractive young women between twelve and twenty-five years of age, although older women are increasingly becoming involved.
Various studies indicate that up to four percent of females may suffer from Anorexia Nervosa during their lifetimes, and approximately the same percentage may suffer from Bulimia Nervosa. Binge Eating Disorder in America is increasing, and it is estimated that up to five percent of the population will experience Binge Eating Disorder at some point during their lives.
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder are very complicated, and the reasons for developing them can be different from one person to the next. Although these behaviors can be self-destructive acts, most individuals who develop eating disorders do not perceive their habits as harmful to themselves. Most feel that they begin these controlling behaviors in an attempt to fix problems they are experiencing in their lives. Unusual eating habits or weight/body preoccupation may then spiral out of control and become overwhelming to the sufferer or those around them, making it important to seek professional help.
Appointments
Request an appointment or consultation
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you would like to make an appointment, receive a consultation, or have any questions. I look forward to meeting you!
- 27871 Berwick Drive, Carmel, CA 93923
- (831) 626-4337
- k@homebyanotherway.com