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Hi! My name is Alyssa. I'm a therapist on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and I love working with couples and adults who struggle with eating disorders. It might seem like a strange combination, so allow me to explain. Both are about relationships. For couples it's obvious- our greatest hurts happen in relationships, and therefore, our deepest healing happens in relationships. People with eating disorders typically carry great hurt and pain (not always) and this is expressed through their very complicated relationship with their body, with food, and with movement. Therapy helps the couple and the adult with an eating disorder learn to trust themselves and others so pain can be understood and healed.

Also, I didn't become a therapist by accident. I have had my own struggles and experienced first hand how therapy can be life transforming. I don't even care if it sounds hokey- therapy shifted my mindset so I could offer myself compassion and that trickled down to my relationships and life just got fuller. Obviously therapy doesn't take away life's struggles, but it did help me feel more equipped to deal with the struggles that come by way. This is why I became a therapist- to try and offer this same gift to others. 

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When I'm not doing therapy, I like spending my time resting with my husband and two basset hounds. We (me and the dogs) love to sunbathe and read memoirs and self-help books. If it's rainy, I'm watching Mary Tyler Moore and eating Cheetos- because food freedom! 

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