Eating Disorder Therapy in Newport Beach, CA
Reclaim Your Relationship with Food & Your Body
In-person in Newport Beach | Online throughout California & Texas
On the outside, it may look like you’re holding things together. But inside, your relationship with food, your body, or your own mind can feel exhausting in ways others can’t see.
Managing food noise.
Managing anxiety.
Managing how you’re perceived.
Maybe you understand your patterns.
Maybe you’ve done therapy before.
Maybe you're even the one others turn to for support.
But something still isn't shifting.
If This Feels Familiar...
- You feel trapped in cycles around food, weight, or body image.
- Anxiety or past experiences shape your reactions more than you’d like.
- You’ve spent years adapting to environments where parts of you didn’t feel safe or understood.
- Self-criticism is loud — and compassion feels far away.
- You feel disconnected from your body, emotions, or voice.
- You struggle to feel fully present or safe inside yourself.
- You’re tired of white-knuckling your way through things— and want real, lasting healing.
You don't have to carry this alone.
Healing is possible — not through more pressure or willpower, but through understanding, compassion, and steady support tailored to your unique story and the experiences that have shaped you.
Therapy can become a space to slow down, listen beneath the surface, and gently reconnect with your body, your emotions, and your authentic self.
Areas of Specialized Focus
Depth therapy in Newport Beach & online throughout California and Texas
Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating & Body Image
Healing the patterns that shape your relationship with food, your body, and yourself.
Trauma, Anxiety, & Depression
Understanding how past experiences and nervous system patterns influence how you feel, react, and move through the world.
Feeling Stuck
When you’re circling familiar patterns or unsure how to move forward.
Identity & Life Transitions
Navigating midlife shifts, questions of identity, loss, growth, and an evolving sense of self.
Teens
Supporting adolescents in building resilience, identity, and a steadier sense of themselves.
Therapy & Clinical Consultation for Therapists
A space for helping professionals to explore their relationship with food and their body. Consultation for therapists navigating complex clinical questions.
You’re welcome to explore each of these areas in more detail by clicking the button below.
Hi, I'm Sara.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Eating Disorder Specialist with over 15 years of experience supporting people through meaningful change. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and depth-oriented. It’s grounded in compassion, curiosity, and a deep belief in your capacity to heal.
I welcome clients of diverse identities and lived experiences, and I’m intentional about creating a space where you don’t have to edit or shrink parts of yourself to belong.
Our work is shaped around you — your history, your nervous system, your relationships, and what healing means in your life. Together, we look beneath the surface to understand what your symptoms may be trying to communicate, moving at a pace that feels supportive and attuned, so insight, self-trust, and lasting change can unfold.
Questions You May Have
If something isn’t answered here, you’re always welcome to reach out or explore the FAQ page.
I invite you to reach out for a brief consultation call where you can share what’s bringing you in, ask questions, and get a feel for me and how I work. We can talk about what has felt helpful — and unhelpful — in past therapy or in your efforts to navigate what you’re facing now.
If at any point I sense that you might be better supported by a different therapist or approach, I’ll be open about that and offer referrals to help guide you in the right direction.
My hope is that you feel respected, understood, and met in the fullness of who you are and the experiences that have shaped you. There’s no pressure to decide anything on the spot — the goal is simply to see whether it feels like a supportive match.
No. While eating disorder recovery is a central focus of my practice, I also work with many of the concerns that commonly intersect with these experiences — including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, life transitions, and feeling stuck or disconnected.
Many of the people I work with are navigating complex inner patterns shaped by past experiences, relationships, or long-standing ways of coping. Even when food or body concerns are not the primary focus, these underlying patterns often show up in similar ways.
Our work focuses on gently understanding these deeper dynamics so that new possibilities for relief, clarity, and meaningful change can begin to emerge.
Visit the Services page to learn more about the concerns I commonly support in therapy.
Your first session is simply a chance to begin — a space to share what’s been weighing on you and whatever feels important to bring. Some people prefer an open conversation, while others feel more comfortable with a bit of structure. We’ll find a rhythm together that feels steady, supportive, and right for you.
You’re welcome to bring all parts of your story, including the identities and experiences that have shaped who you are.
Before we meet, you’ll complete intake paperwork through a secure online portal so our time together can focus on what matters most to you.
Many people come to therapy with insight already but still feel caught in familiar patterns. Often this means there are deeper layers needing to be understood, not that you’ve failed. Our work focuses on those underlying dynamics so change can happen from the inside out.
My fee is $215 per session. Sessions are 45 minutes in length. I understand that therapy is an investment, and I strive to keep some spaces available at a lower-fee sliding scale. Please let me know if cost is a concern so we can explore a fee arrangement that aligns with your needs and helps ensure therapy remains an accessible and supportive process.
I’m out of network with all insurance companies.
Many of my clients use PPO plans with out-of-network benefits, and I provide a monthly superbill for possible reimbursement. A superbill is documentation similar to a receipt that also includes medical codes your insurance carrier will need to process the claim. Please speak with your carrier to learn what mental health benefits they offer and what your deductible will be.
Contact Me
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable. I aim to make the process clear and supportive from the start.
If you’d like to explore working together, I invite you to reach out to schedule a brief consultation call. This is a space for you to share what’s bringing you in, ask questions, and see if it feels like a good fit.
Sara Burchfiel, LMFT
1151 Dove St, Ste 225, Newport Beach, CA 92660
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