Kate Ringwood, eating disorder therapist, sitting in front of flowers.

Kate Ringwood, LPC

Eating Disorder Specialist

Are you struggling with your relationship with food, exercise, and body?

Hi there, I'm your therapist. I can see folks in NJ, PA, MD, and FL and specializing in eating disorders for athletes, such as like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. I've got your back.​

I've been around the block, working in various eating disorder programs, from residential to outpatient.  Check out the specifics below.

Plus, I've teamed up these organizations:

  • The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA)

  • The National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD).​

Before diving into therapy, I was deep into Culinary Nutrition and spent some years in the nutrition game, but decided to focus more on the emotional aspect of food.​

I've got a bunch of tools in my kit, such as:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Family Based Therapy (FBT)

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

  • Exposure Therapy

  • Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT)

If you have never heard of it, don't worry.  We will explore it slowly and see if it is a good fit for you!

When we chat, I'm all about Health at Every Size and Intuitive eating. I'll help you get more comfortable with your emotions through emotional regulation skills and self-compassion.​

Let's face it, eating disorders have a reason for hanging around. My mission? To tackle the root issues behind those thoughts and behaviors—think anxiety, depression, perfectionism, past trauma, and relationship hurdles.​

Here's the kicker: I've been there, done that. Yep, I've wrestled with my own eating disorder, which lit a fire under me to help others ditch the struggle and find peace with food, body, and movement.​

I was a runner from age 10 to..well now.  All thanks to my recovery process.  Learning to love my sport again and navigating my identity in and out of my sport was a large part of what made my recovery (and peak performance) successful.  So I am here to help you do the same!​

Outside of the office, I'm all about running, hiking, hanging with my pup, Monti, whipping up delicious meals, and sniffing out the best coffee joints in town!

Kate Ringwood, eating disorder therapist, petting dog

What sessions will look like with me as your eating disorder therapist…

Sessions would start with me just simply learning about you. You are the expert in your own life and hearing about your perspective on the world, food, and your sport, is going to help me understand you the most.  

We will dive into how the patterns in our life around food and movement impact you in both positive and hard ways. Feeling lost and out of control is a common emotion and completely okay for this point in the process. 

Together, we will work on identifying what the most important things to you are and the values you want to follow for your life journey.  Creating this road map, will help guide you to living the life that you have wanted.  

Throughout our time together, my goal is to help you feel supported no matter where you are in your journey.  However, I am also not afraid to call you out on those patterns that tend to lead you outside of your values! 

I am here to support you in getting to where you want to be and live the life that you feel is healthiest for you. 

Credentials and

Experience

Undergraduate Degree - Culinary Nutrition

Johnson & Wales University

Masters of Education - Mental Health Counseling

John Hopkins University

I have 10+ years of experience working in eating disorders, in everything from residential level of care at Monte Nido to IOP/PHP at The Body Image Therapy Center and Genpsych, as well as outpatient therapy for eating disorders with The Eating Disorder Center and now my own, Serendipity Counseling Services.