Compassionate, evidence-based treatment for anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.
About This Service
Your relationship with food is telling you something. We help you listen to it and heal.
Eating disorders are among the most misunderstood and underdiagnosed mental health conditions in India. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and related disordered eating patterns are not about vanity, willpower, or food itself. They are about pain, control, identity, and survival – and they deserve to be treated with the same seriousness as any other serious illness.
In India, eating disorders are often invisible. They are hidden behind the cultural currency of being “disciplined” about food, or dismissed as a “Western problem.” Women may go years without anyone naming what they are experiencing – bingeing in secret, restricting in silence, or caught in an exhausting cycle of both. The shame compounds the illness.
This service is for women who know that something is deeply wrong in their relationship with food and their body – whether they have a formal diagnosis or not. We work with the full spectrum: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and complex disordered eating patterns that do not fit neatly into a category but are causing real suffering.
Symptoms and Concerns We Address
Eating disorders affect the mind, the body, and every area of life.
Common experiences we work with in sessions include:
RESTRICTION & STARVATION
Severely limiting food intake, obsessive calorie counting, or fear of eating in front of others
BINGEING & PURGING
Episodes of eating large amounts followed by guilt, purging, over-exercising, or prolonged restriction
BODY DYSMORPHIA
Seeing your body as much larger or more flawed than it actually is – even when others tell you otherwise
OBSESSIVE FOOD THOUGHTS
An internal world dominated by food, weight, calories, and body checks that leaves little room for anything else
SHAME & SECRECY
Deep shame around eating behaviours, hiding food, lying about eating, or performing wellness to others
LOW SELF-WORTH
Tying your entire sense of value to your body size, shape, or ability to control what you eat
RELATIONSHIP WITH EXERCISE
Compulsive exercise as punishment or compensation, or an inability to rest without guilt
SOCIAL AND FAMILY DYNAMICS
Food-centred conflict, family comments about weight and eating, or isolation around mealtimes
Our Therapeutic Approach
Evidence-based, compassionate, and free of diet culture
Recovery from an eating disorder is possible — and it requires more than meal plans. Here is how we approach the work:
- Safety assessment and care planning
We begin by understanding where you are physically and psychologically. If medical stabilisation is needed, we work alongside a physician to ensure your safety while we do the psychological work. - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — Enhanced (CBT-E)
CBT-E is the gold-standard psychological treatment for eating disorders. We work on the beliefs, thoughts, and behaviours that maintain the illness – including perfectionism, control, and distorted body image. - Understanding the function of the eating disorder
Every eating disorder is serving a purpose – managing emotion, creating a sense of control, or expressing something that cannot yet be said in words. We work to understand that function gently and without shame. - Emotion regulation and distress tolerance
DBT-informed tools help you develop the emotional skills that the eating disorder has been substituting for. Learning to feel and tolerate difficult emotions without turning to food behaviours as relief. - Body image and identity work
We work on separating your worth from your body, challenging the distortions in how you perceive yourself, and rebuilding an identity that is not defined by food, weight, or control. - Family and relationship dynamics
In India, food is deeply social. We address the family comments, the mealtime tension, and the social pressures that feed into the illness, and work on how to navigate them while in recovery.
Eating disorders carry significant medical risk. We work as part of a care team that may include a physician, dietitian, and psychiatrist where needed. Therapy is most effective when the body is also being supported.
What to Expect
What this process looks like
- A first session with no weigh-ins and no food rules
This is not a nutrition appointment. The first session is for understanding your history with food and your body, and then begin to build a relationship where honesty feels safe. - A structured but compassionate treatment plan
Recovery from eating disorders is not linear, and we do not expect it to be. We work steadily, reassessing regularly, and adjusting when life gets in the way… because it will. - No judgment about where you are in recovery
Whether you are at the beginning, have relapsed, or have been struggling for years – you will be met with care, not frustration. Eating disorders are not a choice; and recovery is a process. - Meaningful progress within 3–6 months
Most women notice a significant shift in their relationship with food and their body within the first several months of consistent work. Full recovery is possible and it is the goal. - Online, with complete privacy
Sessions are available entirely online — especially important for women who are not ready for family members to know they are seeking support.
