Orange County · Telehealth
Eating Disorder Therapy in Orange County
Specialized, individualized outpatient psychotherapy for adolescents and adults, delivered by telehealth where care can lawfully and clinically be provided.
What eating-disorder therapy is
Eating disorders are complex mental-health conditions that can affect thoughts, behaviors, health, relationships, and daily functioning. They are not a matter of willpower or preference, and they rarely resolve by being ignored.
Zehn provides outpatient psychotherapy for presentations including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, ARFID, OSFED, disordered eating, body-image concerns, and relapse-prevention needs — where outpatient telehealth is clinically appropriate and the work falls within the clinician’s competence.
Treatment is individualized and may incorporate cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-informed approaches when clinically appropriate.
Areas of focus
Each presentation has its own page.
Rather than one general description, each area is covered in depth — what the experience can be like, how therapy may help, and when outpatient care may not be enough.
- AnorexiaRestriction of intake leading to significantly low body weight, with intense fear of weight gain and disturbance in how weight or shape is experienced.
- BulimiaRecurrent binge eating with recurrent compensatory behavior — vomiting, laxative misuse, fasting, or excessive exercise — and self-evaluation unduly influenced by shape and weight.
- Binge EatingRecurrent binge eating with marked distress, occurring without the regular compensatory behavior that defines bulimia nervosa.
- ARFIDRestriction driven by sensory experience, fear, or low interest in eating — not body image.
- OSFEDPresentations causing clinically significant distress that do not meet full criteria for another feeding or eating disorder — including atypical anorexia nervosa and purging disorder.
- Body Image & Disordered EatingFor monitoring, rules, and compulsive exercise that never got a diagnosis but cost you anyway.
- After Higher Levels of CareFor the period after residential, PHP, or IOP, when the structure falls away all at once.
Is outpatient care right for you?
An honest answer, early.
Outpatient telehealth is not appropriate for every person at every point in treatment. Fit is assessed during the consultation and initial assessment, and continues to be reassessed throughout care.
Zehn is not a crisis service and does not provide medical monitoring, nutrition services, or IOP, PHP, or residential care.
Also available
Support beyond individual therapy.
Parents & families
Parent-only consultations and family support when clinically appropriate.
Reconnect with yourself beyond the eating disorder.
A complimentary 15-minute consultation is a place to ask questions and find out whether this practice is a reasonable fit.
Zehn is telehealth-first. At the start of every session the clinician confirms your full name and your present physical location. California licensure does not authorize care when a client is physically located in another jurisdiction, and outpatient telehealth must also remain clinically appropriate for your presentation — both are reassessed each session rather than assumed.