Eating Disorder Recovery Coach
Helping athletes find freedom in food and exercise
Recovery is possible. I want to help guide you towards a more meaningful life, one in which your eating disorder is no longer in charge. My mission is to help clients discover their healthy selves and strengthen that aspect of themselves. I believe that the healthy self will heal the eating disorder self. Through my own struggle and recovery from an eating disorder, I approach coaching with empathy and hope. I can promise that it won't be easy, but it will be worth it. I will be with you every step of the way in your journey to becoming recovered.
MY PHILOSOPHY
Why work with a recovery coach?
As a recovery coach, I focus on the here and now. Unlike therapists, I am not delving into the underlying causes of the disease or deep-rooted reasons as to why my clients developed an eating disorder. Rather, I am focusing on helping the client eat their food, resist urges, reach out to others, live a more meaningful life and work towards being recovered. I am available, within set boundaries, via text or cell phone throughout the day and evening for clients to reach out when they have urges to use behaviors. I am a member of their recovery team and the more communication with their other team members, the better. Together as a team I believe we can best help our client live a life fully recovered and full of meaning. I am in no way in competition with my client’s therapists and I will report back to their therapists or refer them to discuss certain things with their therapists that are outside of my scope of dealing with the here and now.
FINDING FREEDOM
Available Services
My goal is to help you find freedom with food and exercise. I offer a variety of services, all 100% personalized and will work together with your treatment team to provide you the very best care and support. I believe that wherever you are in this moment is where you are meant to be. I meet each client at his or her own starting point in this journey towards becoming fully recovered.
DOCTOR VISITS AND LABS
Assistance and accompaniment to appointments
Doctor visits can be extremely triggering to clients with eating disorders, especially the weight checks. I am available to assist clients throughout the entire visit, serving as an advocate for their needs and modeling what it looks like to advocate until they are ready to do it themselves. I will ensure that weigh ins are blind and remind the clinician of the clients' sensitive needs.
WEEKLY SPECIAL TOPICS GROUPS
Create new connections and support systems
These groups are a lot of fun, bringing clients and support people together to discuss special topics in a relaxed setting, often over music or viewing videos. I offer this service free to all my clients as an additional measure of accountability and support during the week.
WORKING WITH TEAMS
Talks, assessments and individualized training and plans for coaches, trainers and athletes
As a Recovery Coach for athletic teams, I am able to give talks (virtual or live) to athletic teams and staff, perform individual and group assessments, set up personalized plans for athletes and coaches to support them through every step of recovery.
MEAL SESSIONS
I offer 1-on-1 support through live or virtual meal sessions to help clients through challenges.
Meal sessions are extremely beneficial to clients as I can help them cut out eating disorder behaviors, complete food challenges, conquer fear foods, follow meal plans, create new rituals and feel successful and satisfied with their eating.
WEEKLY PLANNING SESSIONS
One-hour weekly sessions to keep you motivated and on track for the week ahead.
Do you feel overwhelmed, unproductive and stressed out on a weekly basis? Do you want to make more time for self-care and social interactions? Weekly planning sessions are valuable as we sit down together and create a weekly meal plan, social calendar and self-care schedule.
SHOPPING SUPPORT
Structured support with grocery and clothing shopping.
Grocery shopping can be extremely overwhelming for clients with eating disorders. I am available to go shopping with clients to support them in following their meal plan and staying calm, covering labels and helping them set up their kitchen most effectively to help them be successful with meal completions. I also offer services to help clients go clothing shopping as this can be very triggering. I help with every step of the process, from selecting clothes to try on, covering labels, giving advice and cutting tags post purchase.
Perhaps we don't need to be
fixed.
We need to be loved.
Through my work I help clients fully heal and integrate all parts of their inner selves.
SCHEDULE A SESSION
I offer free 20 minute consultations to get to know clients and determine if we are a good match. Please feel free to email me at: caitlin@endurecovery.com or call 310-754-5127 to schedule a free consultation.
About Me
Caitlin Jacobsen is the founder of Endurecovery. She holds a M.S. in Integrative Physiological Sciences from UCLA, a B.A. in Neuroscience from Claremont McKenna College and is a certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach through the Carolyn Costin Institute.
Before starting Endurecovery, Caitlin was a Staff Research Associate in the Stimulant-Abuse and Addiction Lab at UCLA and the UCLA Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity. She completed her thesis on neural substrates involved in impulse control and addiction. Most recently, she worked at the Eating Disorder Center of Portland (a Monte Nido owned company).
Endurecovery grew out of the need for focused and individualized support for the athlete with an eating disorder. Caitlin’s personal recovery journey and professional experience highlighted the gap in treatment of competitive endurance athletes who suffer from eating disorders.
Caitlin is also a mother to two very strong, athletic daughters and one very artistic son. She lives in Issaquah, Washington with her children and husband, Alan, who is a PhD level scientist and inventor at Amazon. She still runs competitively with Rose City Track Club, preferring trails over roads and real food over gels.
