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Eating Disorder Treatment for Walpole, MA

Eating disorder treatment is hard to find outside larger practices in Boston or Worcester, and fewer still are therapists who treat it as a specific focus rather than one item on a long list of specialties. For someone in Walpole, MA looking for a therapist who works with eating disorders directly, Harborside offers that care by video, from a therapist licensed in Massachusetts.

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Eating Disorder Treatment for people in Walpole, MA

Harborside’s eating disorder therapists work with adults who have a difficult relationship with food, eating, or body image, whether that’s a diagnosed eating disorder or a pattern that hasn’t been formally diagnosed but is affecting daily life. Sessions are one-on-one and ongoing, built around what someone is dealing with rather than a fixed script everyone follows. Some clients come in already working with a doctor or dietitian and want a therapist to add to that team. Others are looking for somewhere to start. Both are reasonable. This isn’t a program with a set number of sessions or a guaranteed outcome. It’s ongoing therapy with a clinician who stays with someone over time, delivered the same way for a client in Walpole, MA as for anyone else Harborside works with.

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How telehealth care actually works

Sessions happen over video, from a phone, tablet, or computer with a stable internet connection, at a scheduled time each week or as agreed with the therapist. A first session usually runs longer than a standard follow-up, to cover history, current eating patterns, and what someone is hoping will be different. Harborside Psychiatrics is based in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, and works with clients across the state by video rather than from a local office. For someone in Walpole, MA, that means being able to see a therapist who specializes in this area without needing one to be within driving distance. Sessions continue on whatever schedule is agreed with the therapist, and can be adjusted as treatment progresses.

What we treat

Eating disorder treatment at Harborside covers a range of difficulties with food, eating, and body image, including patterns that meet criteria for a diagnosed eating disorder and patterns that haven’t been formally diagnosed but are still worth addressing. Because eating disorders often carry physical health risks, therapy at Harborside is meant to work alongside a client’s primary care provider or another treating clinician when medical monitoring is needed, not in place of it. Clients who also need medication for anxiety, depression, or another co-occurring concern can be connected with one of Harborside’s psychiatric nurse practitioners. Eating disorder treatment isn’t a substitute for emergency or inpatient care when that level of care is what’s needed.

What the first appointment involves

The first session is mostly conversation: current eating patterns, history, any other providers already involved, and what someone would consider a good outcome from working together. There’s no test to pass and nothing that needs to be prepared in advance. From there, the therapist and client agree on how often to meet and what early sessions will focus on, including whether coordination with a doctor or dietitian makes sense. It’s a fair session to ask questions in about how the therapist works and what treatment tends to look like early on. If the fit isn’t right, that’s worth saying, and it’s a normal part of finding the right therapist rather than a failure of the process.

Who our clinicians are

Eating disorder treatment at Harborside is provided by licensed therapists, including Hannah Legesse, LICSW, Tori Mahoney, LMHC, Jacquelyn Duford, LCMHC, ATR, and Lexie Carchedi, LCSW. Each is licensed to provide psychotherapy independently, and intake conversations are used to match a client with a therapist whose background fits what they’re working through. None of Harborside’s therapists are psychiatrists or dietitians, and eating disorder therapy at Harborside doesn’t include medical monitoring, lab work, or meal planning directly; those are coordinated with outside providers when needed. Full bios and credentials for each clinician are on the team page.

What it costs

Harborside is a private-pay practice and doesn’t bill insurance directly for therapy sessions. Most clients with out-of-network mental health benefits can submit a superbill to their insurer for partial reimbursement, and it’s worth checking with an insurer beforehand what that typically covers. Current session fees are listed on the pricing page, and questions about cost can be answered before a first appointment is booked. {PRICE} placeholders apply where specific session rates would go.

Getting started

Getting started is a short intake call or a form, not a referral from another provider, though clients already working with a doctor or dietitian are welcome to mention that during intake so care can be coordinated. Someone from Harborside will ask a few questions about what’s bringing a person in, help match them with a therapist whose focus fits, and get a first session on the calendar. For people in Walpole, MA, that’s the same process anyone in Massachusetts working with Harborside goes through, with sessions held by video from the start.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Harborside treat eating disorders that haven't been formally diagnosed?

Yes. Many clients start therapy for a difficult relationship with food or body image before, or without, a formal diagnosis.

Yes, when a client is already working with one. Coordination is discussed during intake and ongoing treatment.

No. Eating disorder therapy at Harborside is talk therapy. Medical monitoring, lab work, and meal planning are handled by outside providers and coordinated with as needed.

Clients who want medication management can be connected with one of Harborside’s psychiatric nurse practitioners.

No. Outpatient therapy isn’t appropriate for every situation. If a higher level of care is needed, your therapist will discuss that directly rather than continuing with weekly sessions alone.

Currently, eating disorder treatment at Harborside is available to clients located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

If you need help right now

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For mental health crisis support, call or text 988. Harborside Psychiatrics does not provide emergency or after-hours care.

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