--- title: Psychotherapy description: Psychotherapy for adults with Los Angeles psychotherapist, Joanna Poppink, MFT canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/about/therapy-with-joanna/ language: en-GB date: 2024-01-04T03:45:53Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/about/therapy-with-joanna/. markdown-tokens: 2030 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/about/therapy-with-joanna/. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. To [contact me](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/about/contact) for more information, set up a free telephone consultation, or make a therapy appointment, please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Through e-mail, we can schedule a free telephone interview or consultation. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. --- **Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.** --- ***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.* *She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR, FL, and UT. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)* *Appointments are virtual.* *For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* ![British Telephone Booth](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/stories/telephoneBooth.jpg) To explore the possibility of gaining a psychotherapy appointment with Joanna Poppink please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. During that conversation, you and I will determine if an in-person appointment seems like the best next step for you. If it is not, then I will do my best to refer you to the kind of treatment we both decide is in your best interest. If we agree that a psychotherapy appointment is the next right step, I will first send you the required legal forms such as HIPPA, informed consent, and basic client information. These need to be signed by you before we begin. All appointments are virtual. Often many powerful feelings come up quickly in that first meeting. I will give you emotional room to feel what you feel and time to share whatever you are willing to talk about. You will feel what it's like to be face-to-face with me. You will know if I seem capable of understanding your situation and if you can be with me as you feel what you feel. You will know if I seem like a person you might give an opportunity to be of help to you. You might give me a chance to accompany you and support you on your healing journey. You may feel rigid. You may feel sad or angry. You may feel relief and hope. You may feel all these things. If you do, and you're willing and I believe that I may be able to help you and work with you, then we will make another psychotherapy appointment. At that point, we are building a relationship and a healing bond that supports your steps toward a more free life. --- **Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.** --- ***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.* *She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR and FL. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)* *Appointments are virtual.* *For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* [![two penguins Hello Hello 8380162047](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/two_penguins_Hello_Hello_8380162047.jpg "pix: We need to see and feel the mood of one another.")](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/two_penguins_Hello_Hello_8380162047.jpg)We need to see and feel the mood of one another. Joanna provides virtual psychotherapy to residents of California, Florida, Oregon and Arizona. Since the Covid pandemic, I've learned that virtual appointments with visual connections are valuable, effective and sometimes even more personal than in-person meetings. Clients are often more relaxed in their own environment. Eating disorders manifest psychological, emotional and spiritual stress through the body. For therapy to have meaning and optimum beneficial impact I believe the [therapist and client](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/about/contact) need to be aware of physical sensations and responses. Facial expressions, body language, a sense of rising or falling energy, changes in coloration, and a wordless sense of one another all are part of human communication. Opportunities to be aware of these experiences are necessary in the exchanges between client and therapist and are possible in virtual appointments. Even in cyberspace, we can recognize the meaning of silences, tones of voice, and changes in breathing. This allows us to have a meaningful exchange. Telehealth and telemental health are more accessible now, thanks to the development of communications technology and the pioneering work of [Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.](https://telehealth.org/marlenemaheu/) Dr. Maheu is a telepsychologist, technology developer, and the executive director of the [TeleMental Health Institute.](https://telehealth.org/) She has led workshops on legal and ethical strategies for successful distance counseling. She and her institute are valuable resources for you if you need long-distance psychotherapy. If you are interested in the possibility of working with me, please e-mail me for a free telephone consultation at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. --- **Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.** --- ***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.* *She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR and FL. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)* *Appointments are virtual.* *For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* --- \*pix [Hello! Hello!](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hello!_Hello!_(8380162047).jpg) [14 January 2013 by Christopher Michel ](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hello!_Hello!_(8380162047).jpg)[Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hello!_Hello!_(8380162047).jpg) Fears around food in general and some particular foods, emotional attraction to certain foods, vulnerability to binge foods, issues regarding "safe" and "unsafe" foods are certainly addressed. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/therapy-with-joanna/nutritional-and-exercise-issues) I work with adults only. My practice is designed for women and men who are committed to their own healing, recovery, and personal development. I work with people in an age range of 24 - 90+. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/therapy-with-joanna/therapeutic-requirements) A consultation is a time-limited experience with me where you provide specific information about yourself and your situations so I can give you a professional perspective on your possible options. You use my consultation services to learn more about healing and recovery exercises and how to apply them and integrate them into your life. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/therapy-with-joanna/consultations-vs-psychotherapy)