DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
Why Eating Feels So Hard: ARFID, Sensory Overload, Trauma, Autism, ADHD, and Food Restriction
Sometimes eating feels much harder than it seems like it should.
You may know that your body needs food. You may even want to eat. Yet choosing something, preparing it, tolerating the smell or texture, and actually eating enough can feel overwhelming.
For people with ARFID, autism, ADHD, anorexia, restrictive eating disorders, trauma histories, or sensory processing differences, difficulty eating often has little to do with motivation. Sensory overload, executive functioning, nervous system activation, past experiences with food, and the effects of restriction can all make eating harder.
Learn About Dissociation from San Diego Eating Disorder Therapist Dr. Danielle Hiestand
Hi everyone! I’ve interviewed San Diego eating disorder therapist extraordinaire Danielle Hiestand, PsyD, LMFT, CEDS. Danielle is a BRILLIANT woman who was one of my top doctoral students when I was an academic. She has been in the eating disorder field for a long time, and she has worked in residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of treatment.
Danielle has also taught undergraduate and graduate classes on eating disorders at University of California San Diego (UCSD) and Alliant International University. In the past few years, Danielle has added trauma specialist to her repertoire and has extensive knowledge about dissociation and how to treat it. I’m so excited that you get to read more about her approach to therapy!!!