Beyond Eating Recovery

    Our Approach to Lasting Freedom

    A compassionate, step-by-step path to make peace with food, love your body, and reclaim your life

    At Beyond Eating Recovery, we don't just treat symptoms—we address the root causes of your relationship with food and your body. Through our compassionate, evidence-based approach, you'll discover how to eat without fear, accept your body, and build the rich, satisfying life you deserve.

    Anne Cuthbert's Approach: From Personal Experience to Professional Expertise

    Combining lived experience with over 20 years of clinical expertise

    I know firsthand what it's like to struggle with food and body issues.

    For years, I battled my own demons—comparing myself to every woman I saw, using food to hide my feelings, avoiding intimacy, and believing I couldn't be loved if I was fat. I resisted exercise as an act of rebellion against what others told me I should do and how I should look. Food became my primary coping mechanism, and hating my body became my constant companion.

    But all that has changed.

    Now, I no longer use food to cope. I feel good about myself, my body, and my life. This personal transformation ignited my passion for helping others recover. I love that my work as a counselor involves helping you eat whatever you want and feel genuinely good about it.

    As your therapist, I will help you discover how to:

    • •Eat and enjoy the foods you really love, without worrying about gaining weight
    • •Accept and even like your body
    • •Find and maintain your natural healthy weight by uncovering the underlying causes for your behaviors
    • •Focus on and improve your relationships by moving away from blaming food and your body
    • •Learn to like yourself—your whole self

    My approach goes beyond traditional talk therapy. I help you develop healthier coping skills around food, your body, and your life in general. We'll address the root causes of your problems with food—because food issues and poor body image are symptoms of deeper needs that haven't been met.

    Through step-by-step changes in counseling, you'll overcome your problems around food and develop a richer, more satisfying life. In the end, you won't just change your relationship with food—you'll transform your entire relationship with yourself.

    My Credentials & Experience:

    • •Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon
    • •Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington
    • •Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California
    • •Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology, Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA
    • •20+ years of counseling experience specializing in eating disorders
    • •Studied and worked with leading experts in the eating disorder field
    • •Acting board member of CREDN (Columbia River Eating Disorders Network)
    • •ASDAH member (Association for Size Diversity and Health) serving on Internal Policy Committee, Membership Committee, and Conference Planning Committee (co-chair)
    • •Teacher of counseling and communication skills classes
    • •Facilitator and manager of personal growth seminars and support groups
    • •Experienced treating relationship issues, trauma, and adult survivors of childhood abuse

    I look forward to working with you.
    — Anne

    The Six Steps to Making Peace with Food

    Our treatment approach follows a structured, sequential pathway designed to help you finally make peace with food, love your body, and trust yourself. Each step builds on the previous one, creating lasting transformation rather than temporary fixes.

    This first step will derail your drive to binge eat.

    For too long, you've divided food into 'good' and 'bad,' which translates into judging yourself as 'good me' or 'bad me' based on what you eat. This binary thinking fuels the restrict-binge cycle and keeps you trapped in shame.

    In Step 1, you will:

    • ✓Change your mindset around food — Learn to see food as neutral, neither good nor bad
    • ✓Begin to let go of self-criticism — Release the harsh inner voice that judges every bite
    • ✓Transform your interaction with food — Move from fear and control to curiosity and permission
    • ✓Take the first steps toward self-trust — Start trusting yourself with the foods you eat and believing in your inherent worth

    What this looks like in practice: You'll challenge long-held beliefs about food, practice eating previously 'forbidden' foods in a safe therapeutic environment, and begin noticing (without judgment) how different foods make you feel physically and emotionally.

    The outcome: When you remove the moral judgment from food, you remove the power it has over you. Shameless eating is the foundation for all the work that follows—because you can't heal your relationship with food while still believing some foods make you a 'bad person.'

    Teletherapy: Don't Miss Your Next Session

    Life happens—illness, travel, weather, or simply the need for convenience. With teletherapy, you can continue your important work from the safety and comfort of your own home. We're committed to making therapy accessible and uninterrupted.

    When to Use Teletherapy

    The season of getting sick is always with us, and we all have good reason to be especially conscious of not spreading germs. If you have any cold or flu symptoms, we ask you to stay home and get yourself well rather than come to the office—and for several days after your symptoms subside.

    We don't want you to miss your sessions.

    Teletherapy allows you to continue your therapeutic work without interruption, maintaining the momentum of your recovery even when in-person sessions aren't possible.

    To set up teletherapy, please contact:

    Email: Anne@foodisnotthenemy.com
    Or reach out to your Food Is Not The Enemy therapist directly

    What you'll need:

    • •A private space at home
    • •A good internet connection
    • •A computer or tablet (laptop or desktop preferred)
    • •Completion of additional paperwork before we begin (we'll provide this)

    Please ask us for more details—we're here to make this process smooth and accessible.

    Start Your Journey to Food Freedom

    You don't have to struggle with food and body image anymore. Our compassionate approach has helped hundreds of people find lasting freedom—and it can help you too.

    Whether you're dealing with binge eating, restrictive eating, chronic dieting, body hatred, or simply feel controlled by food—there is a path forward. And you don't have to walk it alone.

    Schedule a ConsultationMeet Our Team

    Questions about our approach? We'd love to talk with you about whether our practice is the right fit for your needs. Contact us today.