Courtney Crisp (She/her)

I am an eating disorders specialist and have worked for over 4 years in residential, IOP/PHP, and outpatient eating disorder treatment centers. I feel competent in working with ARFID, anorexia, binge eating disorder, bulimia, orthorexia, and compulsive exercising. I work collaboratively with clients to come up with a treatment plan that works for them and meets them where they are at. I will help you get to the root of why your eating disorder developed and work on building new coping skills.

I have worked extensively with members of the LGBTQIA+ community in my graduate training, including specializing in queer issues for my dissertation which looked at how to make eating disorder treatment more affirmative. I also identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community myself. I have particularly worked extensively with overlapping issues of eating disorders and the LGBTQIA+ community, such as gender identity and expression and body image.

Much of my graduate training was in inpatient hospitals, and I thus had extensive training when it comes to severe mental illness. I love working with clients with bipolar disorder because I feel that it is a very misunderstood and stigmatized disorder. I help patients find patterns in their mood cycling and build habits and coping that work for them and their particular situations. I believe that people are more than their diagnoses and deserve a full and dignified life.

I have been training in ACT extensively, and particularly resonate with it as it allows clients to find meaning and identify their values no matter how severe their circumstances are. No matter how vast the darkness you currently find yourself in is, you can always take small steps towards your values and the things that give your life meaning.

As I work extensively with clients with eating disorders, anxiety, and depression, I find CBT very helpful in knowing evidence-based tools for coping with life's challenges. However, I think it is very important to apply knowledge of CBT interventions within a multiculturally informed and person-centered framework. I love seeing clients build their confidence in coping with anxiety and depression from learning evidence-based ways to cope.

One of my favorite parts of feminist therapy is the notion of power. In feminist therapy, it is important to acknowledge the power in the room and how it may impact the therapeutic relationship. As a therapist, I use this framework in my work often and intentionally.