Dr. Brooke Bellomio (She/her)

I have experience treating alcohol and drug abuse, have experience with working in the 12 step model as well as alternative models such as Refuge Recovery and Smart Recovery. I work with clients to identify underlying issues that substances are being utilized for coping with and build treatment plans for addressing these issues to lead towards true healing.

I have over a decade of experience specializing in eating and body related issues including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, and individuals struggling with laxative, diet pills, and over-exercise as a way to control body image and underlying anxiety. I utilize a health as every size, body inclusive approach and will often collaborate with dietitians and psychiatrists to offer a team based approach.

I specialize in anxiety based disorders including OCD, eating issues, general anxiety, health anxiety, and anxiety caused by life adjustments. I am trained in ERP and utilize a behavioral approach regarding helping clients have different experiences to rewire the brain and reduce anxiety responses as well as integrate healthier coping tools to manage emotions effectively.

I have extensive experience treating various anxiety disorders including OCD including training in ERP, generalized anxiety, eating and body image issues, rumination, issues with anxiety over life transitions and changes, health anxiety, etc. I come from a behavioral approach where I believe new experiences are necessary to rewire the brain and exposure work is critical, however understanding the origin of the thoughts and feelings that contribute are an important element as well.

Often times we are fused with our thoughts and diffusion helps us build a stronger sense of what it is that we actually think and feel. Connecting more to our values and allowing those to direct us towards our true wants and needs allows us to build a path forward to true happiness and acceptance.

Core beliefs formed from childhood and learned experiences in the family of origin as well as traumas that occur throughout life inform our thoughts and perceptions of the world, ourselves, and those around us. Understanding how those then impact our emotional experience are necessary for us to better understand the place that we are now. Acceptance of where we are now can help us discover ways to shift our experience towards a new place that may be more fulfilling.