Breakfree Therapy Services in Fort Myers, Florida

12/12/2025

BreakFree Therapy Services had the opportunity to visit North Port today to share about our services, and raffle off some items! Thank you for having us! Grateful to be a part of this wonderful event.

12/01/2025

BOOK LAUNCH DAY!📘📚🤍

I could not be more thrilled to announce the publication of Coming Back To Myself, book and workbook, as the first releases in the Finding Freedom series. A blend of my lived experience and professional expertise as a specialist, this book is about all things eating disorders, and is applicable to:

Those struggling with an eating disorder: I hope this book can make you feel seen and less alone, putting words to a similar experience.

Professionals in the field: I hope you find this book to be informative and educational, as a resource to use within your practice as you wish.

Loved ones to those who struggle: Eating disorders simply don’t “make sense.” I hope this book leads to more insight and understanding as to what your loved one may be going through in their mind, the “unseen” experience.

Anyone: Eating disorders carry the highest mortality rate of any mental health condition currently. They also are incredibly common and normalized within society today. I hope this book brings to light new awareness into what disordered behaviors look and feel like.

While the book provides insight from clinical and personal perspectives relating to the experience of an eating disorder, the workbook provides a year of intention, week-by-week, acting as gentle structure and guidance on this journey to recovery.

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Keep fighting. You are not alone. You deserve to find your freeedom, and truly come back to yourself.💗

This Workbook is a supportive material to the book, , and was created by the author to be an intentional check-in for individuals throughout the recovery process. Focus is given to goals, intention, emotion, and motivation, as themes the author hopes can keep an individual focusing on the week ...

10/17/2025

Society gives such a bad connotation for stretch marks. For some, stretch marks may occur as a normal process of puberty or aging. For others, they may appear post-surgery, other medical event, or pregnancy. And for others, they may appear in the recovery process. Take a deep breath and remember, "marks on my skin have no impact on my value" You're even allowed to be proud of them.

10/14/2025

Parents: Research actually shows you can be the greatest catalyst for change for your child! You have, the skills and the ability to help them. 💜 With this being said, having support is essential; Don't hesitate to reach out to a specialists.

Our therapist at BreakFree Therapy Services is specialize in eating disorders and are currently accepting new clients for individual and/or group therapy. 📞 Call 239-478-6997 or email jvasquez@breakfreetherapyservices.com for more information on scheduling or to set up a free 15-minute consultation.

10/11/2025

What better day than today to celebrate all of the components of your body? We don’t have to just celebrate the features society tells us to🤍

10/06/2025

Here are some ideas for body neutral affirmations to practice this week ✨



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Our counselors at BreakFree Therapy Services are currently accepting new clients for individual, couples, and group therapy. For more information on services, we offer contact our office at:

📞: 239-478-6997
Email: jvasquez@breakfreetherapyservices.com

10/04/2025

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09/30/2025

✨Signs of Disordered Eating Not to Ignore:

Recognizing an eating disorder is not always easy for many reasons. An example that explains this phenomenon is that people who struggle with disordered eating or eating disorders often are taking steps to hide the behaviors they may be engaging in from others around them. Another example, is that many individuals are in denial of their eating disorder and may not be ready to accept their conditions, meaning they “explain away” their pathology or symptoms in a way that is rationalized as “normal”. There is also no certain way an individual struggling with an eating disorder should “look,” as we like to remind folks that only 6% of individuals struggling with an ED are deemed as medically underweight. Remember: Eating disorders can affect individuals of any age, gender, ethnicity, and body type, occurring at any point in someone's life. Some signs of eating disorders can include physical, emotional, and behavioral changes. Take a look below at some of the signs and differences you may say in someone who is struggling with their relationship with food or body.

✨ Emotional Signs:

Intense worry/fear of weight gain

Poor body image

Mood swings

Irritability

Guilt

Shame

✨ If you or someone you care about is struggling with their relationship with food or body image, know that help is available—and healing is possible.

✨ We’re currently accepting new clients at BreakFree Therapy Services in Florida, for individual, couples, and group therapy.

Call: 239-478-6997

✨ Read the full blog post on our website to learn more.

Common Eating Disorder Stigmas   ·       “All people with EDs will present as obviously thin” Only 6% of individuals with an ED will be deemed as medically underweight. EDs occur across all body shapes and sizes.·  &

09/26/2025

A few perspectives to remember when supporting people struggling with eating disorders.

At BreakFree Therapy Services, we believe in providing a safe space for you to reach your goals. We will work collaboratively with you, hold space for you, and walk alongside you during this path of healing. Our goal is to create an environment that nurtures growth, fosters happiness, and provides peace. We provide services for individuals ranging from children to older adults in the state of Florida. With options of individual, group, couples, or family therapy sessions, we will provide the service that best suits your needs. Feel free to contact 239-478-6997 for more information on scheduling.

09/09/2025

Eating Disorders in Teens: A Guide for Parents
Eating disorders can affect anyone—regardless of age, gender, or body size. No one is immune. However, this blog focuses specifically on teenagers, a group especially vulnerable to disordered eating of all kinds.The purpose of the blog is to provide tips and support for parents whose teen is struggling or at-risk of disordered eating. This blog is not a substitute for therapy or professional treatment. It’s purpose is solely to raise awareness and provide education for the public.

Eating disorders among teens are quite common, with statistics showing that about 2.7% of teens in the United States struggle with an eating disorder between the ages 13 through 18 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2025). Many teens struggle with different factors such as, but not limited to, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and/or perfectionism; all of which can lead to disordered eating. Additionally, society puts a huge amount of pressure on teens, making many feel like they have to live up to impossible body standards. Also of note, teens are going through puberty, which brings a lot of changes to their bodies. These changes can leave many feeling uncomfortable or unhappy with how they look, sometimes leading to negative body image that can lead to disordered eating behaviors.

New Blog: Visit https://www.breakfreetherapyservices.com/eating-disorder-blog/eating-disorders-in-teens-a-guide-for-parentsnbsp for full blog!

BreakFree Therapy Services offers counseling to individuals, couples, and families located in Florida. We offer in-person services, secure telehealth services, and Spanish speaking services upon request. We take pride in providing care that is personalized and authentic. Common disorders that we tre

09/04/2025

How Diet Culture Fuels Disordered Eating
What is diet culture?

There isn’t a single, widely accepted description of diet culture, as it can present and provide impact in many different ways. In reality, diet culture is everywhere — it’s embedded in our books, social media, packaging materials, stores, and daily language. It may be something you heard a stranger or your neighbor say. It may be something your doctor said. It may be communicated through a commercial. It is everywhere you look, and you may not even notice the impact it plays on your daily life, and how it can fuel disordered eating. Unfortunately, I believe we all may be a bit numb or desensitized to it’s presence in life. The message behind diet culture influences an expectation for how someone must “look”, how someone must eat, and the goals to which people should be striving for. Diet culture typically praises weight loss, while stigmatizing weight gain. Diet culture emphasises the importance of “thinness” and is based on the idea of having such a ”discipline” around food. It does NOT emphasis true health, much less health at every size (HAES). Like eating disorders, diet culture feeds us harmful lies, and is rooted in narrow ideals about how our bodies should look, while ignoring our individuality, health, and innate self-worth.

Diet culture messages around us:

Some diet culture messages you may have encountered yourself, perhaps without even realizing it, include:

Labeling food as “good” or “bad”

“What I eat in a day” videos (wieiad)

Influencers promoting excessive dieting or exercising routines

Influencers judging food by packaging and suggesting “this” over “that” options

Restaurants’ “on the healthier side” option

Television embracing and encouraging smaller bodies

Comments from someone saying “You’ve lost weight! You look good!”

Ads for weight loss drugs

Size discrimination and representation in stores

These comments and presentations in society are highly damaging, directly correlating and contributing to individual’s perceived view of self. How good are you going to feel if you state you “ate bad today”? Food has no inherent value, yet society has given it one. What I Eat In A Day videos are often highly choreographed, not fact checked, and often are restrictive in nature. It’s not uncommon for influencers to have edited their photos or engaged with plastic surgery, but then report their exercise regimen has allowed them to “achieve” their body. “This” or “that” options on social media show impressionable viewers a perspective of what others, that often do NOT hold nutrition degrees, recommend. These recommendations and videos are often created to get views and followers, and are not research-based or scientifically-based recommendations.

For full blog post, please visit our website at https://www.breakfreetherapyservices.com/eating-disorder-blog/how-diet-culture-fuels-disordered-eating

At BreakFree Therapy Services, we believe in providing a safe space for you to reach your goals. We will work collaboratively with you, hold space for you, and walk alongside you during this path of healing. Our goal is to create an environment that nurtures growth, fosters happiness, and provides peace.

We are currently accepting new clients. We provide services for individuals ranging from children to older adults in the state of Florida. With options of individual, group, couples, or family therapy sessions, we will provide the service that best suits your needs.

Contact: 239-478-6997
Email: jvasquez@breakfreetherapyservices.com

Diet culture can easily fuel an eating disorder, as they share many similarities. For instance, they both idealize thinness and fear weight gain, and emphasize and encourage fat-phobic thoughts or perceptions. Diet culture promotes disordered eating behaviors such as, restricting, fasting, excessi

09/03/2025