Patricia Ravitz MFT

I am a licensed psychotherapist with more than 25 years experience treating people with food, weight, and body image concerns, specializing in binge eating and bulimia. I am passionate about my work. My style of therapy is interactive, sensitive and compassionate. My work is based on establishing a relationship of trust and mutual respect with my client and creating a safe therapeutic environment. I view symptoms as a way to call attention to unrecognized needs and unexpressed feelings. I view compulsive eating and purging as attempts to self medicate anxiety, depression and block awareness of uncomfortable feelings and needs. Obsessing about food and weight, binging and purging, often function as distractions from life issues that are difficult to face. The goal of treatment is to help you understand the function of food and weight in your life and to develop more effective ways of handling life’s challenges, while addressing underlying emotional issues.