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Eating Disorder Therapy in Houston Willowbrook, TX
For the rules about food that run the day, the way you see your body, and the cycle that starts over every Monday. Weekly outpatient counseling for eating disorders at our Haynes Road office off 249, or by video from anywhere in Texas.
- 12807 Haynes Rd, Houston 77066
- Insurance billed at your plan’s rate
- Self-pay $150, or $100 with an associate
- Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm
- Usually seen within about a week
In crisis or thinking about suicide? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.
Counselors at this office
What it can look like
What an eating disorder can feel like from the inside
Many people arrive unsure whether what they are dealing with counts.
Rules about food that run the day
What you can eat, when, and how much you have to make up for it afterwards. The rules take up more room than anyone around you can see.
Body image
Mirrors, photos and certain clothes can decide how the day goes. Checking and comparing become habits that are hard to stop.
Restricting, then bingeing
Holding tight for as long as you can, then eating past the point of control. Then comes the guilt, and a new set of rules for Monday.
In the sessions
What eating disorder counseling works on
- Loosening the food rulesSpotting each rule, where it came from and what it costs you, then testing them one at a time.
- Hunger you have stopped trustingPaying attention to hunger and fullness again, after years of rules that taught you to override them.
- The day after a bingeLooking at the cycle where a binge leads to tighter rules, and the tighter rules set up the next binge.
- What the eating does for youOther ways to handle the stress, loneliness or feelings that food has been managing.
How the work goes
Eating disorder therapy at our Houston-Willowbrook office
The work is on the thoughts and rules around food and your body, and on what the eating has been helping you cope with.
Most of it draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). What you change, and how fast, is yours to decide with your counselor.
Counseling, not a treatment center
We are an outpatient counseling practice: weekly one-to-one talk therapy. We do not weigh you, set meal plans or monitor your physical health, and we do not run a residential, intensive or day program.
Some symptoms need a doctor’s checks as well as counseling, and we will say when. If weekly sessions are not enough, your counselor will tell you plainly and help you find more.
Who you might meet
Who you might see in Houston-Willowbrook
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AJ Huynh
Director · LPC
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Brenda Resendez
Clinical Director · LPC
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Leah Van Leuven
LCSW
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Cathy Birden
LPC
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Christopher Walker
LPC
Google reviews
What clients of this office have written
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I’ve been going to [my counselor] for a couple of months now and I am so glad to have found him. We were able to click right away and I continue to look forward to our sessions…
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Really appreciated my session with [my counselor]. He listens without judgment and offers a fresh, modern perspective that actually makes sense…
A.H.
Cost
What counseling costs here
We check your benefits first and tell you the estimated cost before you book. It stays an estimate until your plan confirms it.
Plans we currently work with
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Original Medicare and seven more: see all twelve plans. Medicaid is not one of them, and we cannot bill it.
Before you book
Questions about eating disorder therapy in Houston-Willowbrook
Do I need a diagnosis, or to be underweight, to get help?
Eating disorders happen at every body size, and many people who come in have never had a diagnosis. If food or your body is taking up more of your day than you want, that is what the first sessions are for.
Is it an eating disorder or disordered eating?
Disordered eating covers rigid food rules, skipped meals, bingeing or guilt about food that do not meet the full criteria for a diagnosis. An eating disorder is when that pattern is frequent and serious enough to take over health, thinking and daily life.
The line is not always clear, and you do not need to be on one side of it to start. Some symptoms need a doctor’s checks as well as counseling, and we will say when.
Do you treat binge eating?
Yes. Binge eating is something counselors here work on in weekly sessions, along with the restricting, guilt and rules that often come around it.
If there are physical health concerns, we will ask that a doctor follows those alongside counseling.
Do you see teenagers?
Some of our counselors here work with teenagers. For a teen with an eating disorder, a pediatrician’s checks alongside counseling matter even more, and we will ask about that early.
How soon can I see an eating disorder therapist in Houston-Willowbrook?
New clients are usually seen within about a week. If you are fainting, vomiting often or losing weight fast, see a doctor now rather than waiting for that first session.
What is a first session like?
It starts with one short form, in your own words. We read it, match you with a counselor, and tell you the estimated cost before you book.
From there you can start with a free consultation or go straight to a first session with your counselor. Sessions are weekly and one to one, in person at our Haynes Road office or by secure video from anywhere in Texas.
Nobody is asked to change what they eat on day one, and we will say if something needs a doctor’s check as well.
What if the first counselor is not the right fit?
Tell us. Fit matters more than almost anything else in whether counseling helps, so we do not treat it as a complaint.
Under the Reset, your first session with a new counselor is free. The Reset is about fit only, not a promise about results.
Also at this office
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Acceptance Path Counseling provides weekly counseling from licensed Texas counselors, in person at our Houston-Willowbrook office and by secure video across Texas. We are not a psychiatry practice and do not prescribe medication.
We do not offer group therapy, psychological testing, or intensive or inpatient programs, and will help you find them if you need them. Counseling is not an emergency service.
In crisis or thinking about suicide? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.