E A T I N G D I S O R D E R T H E R A P Y
For the part of your life no one sees.
Specialized therapy grounded in the kind of clinical experience that recognizes the patterns, understands their complexity, and knows where to begin.
For adults navigating eating disorders and the anxiety, OCD, trauma, and mood concerns that often accompany them.
I N P E R S O N I N D E N V E R
O N L I N E T H E R A P Y C O, W Y, M N, V A
B R Y N N D Y A S, L P C · 17 Y E A R S T R E A T I N G E A T I N G D I S O R D E R S
D E N V E R · C O · M N · V A · W Y
enough never stays enough.
The meal ends but the calculations don’t.
What you eat. How much you exercise. What you weigh. How you look.
Too much. Not enough. Either can dictate the day.
There’s always something to resist, undo, or make up for. Even following the rules doesn’t quiet the mind.
You’re exhausted, but you can’t stop.
Start where its loud
Most people find me in the middle of something. A few hard things in the past, a few fires burning right now, a body that has become part of the problem, a family that is part of the story, a season of life where the old plan quit working. And underneath it all, a mind that hasn’t been quiet in a long time. What they want is simple, even if the path isn’t: to move through the day carrying less.
17
years in rooms where things are hard
2009
eating disorder care, inpatient and residential
Therapist, Clinical Manager, and Clinical Supervisor
I’m Brynn Dyas, a licensed professional counselor, and I’ve spent seventeen years sitting in rooms where things are hard. Since 2008, most of those rooms have been eating disorder care: inpatient and residential, as a clinical manager and clinical supervisor. It’s work where the medical, psychiatric, and behavioral threads all pull on one another and someone has to hold the whole picture at once. Eating disorders are my specialty.I know what it takes for someone to get well, and I know how to help them get there.
Experience changes what you notice
Years in rooms like that teach you to see how all the parts work together, and that it’s never just one thing. The body, the history, the family, the brain chemistry, the habits that once kept you safe are all in conversation with each other. When things are on fire, I stabilize. Then I get curious about why it kept catching.
Eating disorders rarely travel alone, and neither does the work. The panic and the restriction, the numbness and the control, the old injury and the current exhaustion are usually one story told in different languages. I’m good at translating. I’m also comfortable in the collaborating with your physician, your psychiatrist, and your dietitian, and I’ll help the team work as one.
I don’t start with a protocol. I start with you: What is actually going on? What is contributing, all of it? What can we address right away, and what needs time? Then I build the plan around you, blending approaches to help your nervous system settle and to build the insight and skills that make change last.
Many people begin in chaos. Plenty arrive certain that calm, or relief, or a life that feels like theirs just isn’t for them. A good number get there anyway. I’m annoyingly committed to that outcome, and equally committed to being warm, candid, and direct about how we get there.
Whatever yo'u’d call it
Some people arrive with a diagnosis. Others arrive with a private worry that what they’re dealing with isn’t “bad enough” to count. Still others have been told, or have told themselves, that this isn’t their kind of problem. Eating disorders don’t follow the stereotypes, and neither do the people who have them. Everyone belongs here.
The label matters less than the whole picture.
I WORK WITH ADULTS AFFECTED BY
If your story is complicated, you’re in the right place.
Reach out when you’re ready, and we’ll start wherever it’s loudest.
S P E C I A L I Z A T I O N
Eating disorders, and the complexities that often accompany them
Primary Focus Often Addressed Alongside
Restrictive eating
Binge eating
Purging and other compensatory behaviors
Compulsive exercise
Persistent preoccupation with food or weight
Body-image distress
Anxiety · OCD · Perfectionism · Trauma · Mood concerns
Let’s talk about what comes next.
A consultation gives us a chance to discuss your concerns, what you want from treatment, and whether working together makes sense.