Binge Eating Disorder Therapy in Mount Pleasant, SC

Support for emotional eating, binge eating, and feeling out of control around food.

If eating feels overwhelming, chaotic, or difficult to control, you’re not alone.

Binge eating can feel isolating, frustrating, and emotionally exhausting. Many people find themselves stuck in cycles of overeating, guilt, shame, restriction, or feeling out of control around food.
You may feel like:

food is constantly on your mind
you “can’t stop” once you start eating
you’ve tried diets or food rules that only make things worse
eating has become a way to cope with stress, emotions, or overwhelm

At Low Country Behavioral Health, we provide evidence-based therapy for binge eating disorder in Mt Pleasant, SC, serving individuals throughout the Charleston area and virtually across South Carolina.

Finding More Freedom Around Food

People struggling with binge eating may feel stuck in cycles of food rules, guilt, restriction, or feeling like they’re constantly trying to “get back on track.”

Our goal isn’t to create more rules around food.

We take a weight-inclusive approach and recognize that health and well-being look different for every person. Treatment focuses on reducing shame, challenging all-or-nothing thinking, and helping you create more flexibility and trust around eating.

We believe that all food fits, and that recovery often begins with creating less fear, less guilt, and more peace around food.

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) involves recurring episodes of eating large amounts of food while feeling out of control or unable to stop.

Unlike common misconceptions, binge eating is not about lack of willpower. These patterns are often connected to emotional distress, restriction, shame, anxiety, or difficulty coping with emotions.

Recovery focuses on building a healthier, more consistent relationship with food, not rigid dieting or punishment.

HOW WE TREAT IT?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Enhanced (CBT-E): Helps identify and change patterns that maintain binge eating, including food rules, restriction, body image concerns, and cycles of guilt or shame around eating

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Helps build coping skills for managing emotions, distress, impulsive behaviors, and urges related to binge eating.

WHAT IS BINGE EATING DISORDER?

Frequently Asked Questions

Not necessarily. Binge eating disorder involves a sense of loss of control and distress around eating.
No. You do not need a formal diagnosis to reach out for support.
Yes. Therapy can help identify emotional triggers and build additional coping strategies.
Yes. We offer in-person sessions in Mount Pleasant and virtual therapy across South Carolina.
We are in-network with most major insurances. We offer sliding scale, please reach out.