West Michigan Eating Disorder Specialists

06/04/2025

We are so excited to welcome Kelly Boprie, LMSW, to our practice! Kelly comes to us with many years of experience working with and treating eating disorders and she also is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. Kelly completed her certification through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Welcome, Kelly!

02/03/2025

We’ve moved! We are so excited to welcome you all into our newly renovated space. We are about 10 minutes from our old location, off 44th street at 1861 RW Berends Dr SW Wyoming. We look forward to seeing you ☺️

11/18/2024

With the holidays fast approaching, we know this can be a challenging time of year especially for those struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating. We asked our student intern, Jordan Clement, to share some helpful tips on how to get through the holidays in eating disorder recovery. Read the wonderful tips she has to share on our website. Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season.

Prioritizing Your Recovery During the HolidaysThis time of year can bring challenges for those who struggle with their self image, disordered eating habits or an eating disorder. The season may already feel stressful and overwhelming and Thanksgiving may intensify those emotions as it has such a str...

10/19/2024

Almost all of our practice was able to attend Eating Recovery Center’s continuing education event yesterday. We loved learning from such wonderful leaders in the eating disorder field.

09/19/2024

We are so excited to welcome Hannah Shore to our practice! Hannah is completing her Master’s of Clinical Counseling program at Eastern Michigan Unviersity and will be with our practice to complete her clinical internship. Hannah has a passion for working with the eating disorder community and comes to us having already earned a certificate in eating disorder counseling through Lewis and Clark College. Hannah is supervised by Kassidy Barnett and Rebecca Suggitt and is able to see clients at a reduced private pay rate. To read more about Hannah, check her out on our website. If you or a loved one are interested in working with Hannah, please reach out to our office.

06/27/2023

It's been just over one year since we opened our doors and we couldn't be more grateful to those who have entrusted us with your care. In the last year, we have doubled the size of our team here at WMEDS! We are excited to continue growing and expanding care not only in West Michigan, but all over Michigan. Check out the new faces that have joined us recently and be sure to check out our website to read more about each of these wonderful providers. ☺️

05/17/2023

Some helpful pointers and things to keep in mind to help cultivate positive or neutral body image.

02/24/2023

Our incredible dietitian, Jenna, sat down for an interview with Blue Cross Blue Shield to shed some light on eating disorder warning signs and treatment ahead of Eating Disorder Awareness week. Be sure to check it out! Thanks Jenna!

Finding "food freedom" should be a goal of anyone battling an eating disorder, according to an experienced dietician from West Michigan.

12/22/2022

One of our therapists received this beautiful piece of art from a client and we immediately knew it needed to be a focal point of our space. This piece is one that elicited such strong emotions as we admired it and we want each person who comes into our space to feel welcomed home to their body when they view this.

A beautiful note from the artist, Paige Payne, on her artwork: “So this is a piece about connection, vulnerability, and appreciating your body. A sister piece to a painting I did about a year ago. Inspired by body image struggles, Kintsugi, and Venus of Willendorf, a famous statue. In this painting I wanted to include a large range of body types. I truly believe that seeing yourself or some semblance of your body type in artwork is SO powerful. Imagine if we grew up seeing that. I chose to make these figurines look like clay statues because I love the idea that we are constantly being molded and shaped by the things we experience. In each of the figurines you can see different shapes, stretch marks, folds, lumps, bumps. Each is unique and each is a beautiful work of art. All of these figurines are connected by Kintsugi (the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with golden lacquer. It treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise). If you look closely, you can see that one of the golden Kintsugi lines is continuous, and connects each figurine to the other. To me this symbolizes that although we live all over the world and have completely different lives, the things we go through and experience allow us to connect to each other. Because we have all been broken in various ways at various times, we can mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that need comfort.”

We know many people are mourning, feeling broken, and in need of comfort, especially during the holidays. We wish you all peace, comfort and connection as you navigate this holiday season and as always, we are grateful and honored to be part of your recovery journey.

12/08/2022

One of our talented therapists created this piece of artwork as a gentle reminder that we change over time. Our bodies change in beautiful ways that diet culture often rejects. Sometimes this includes wrinkles, stretch marks, and weight fluctuations. In the same way we can change mentally; growing, adapting and building resilience to the hard seasons of life. Be kind to your body as it’s changing and be sure to seek support through those hard seasons. 💙

11/24/2022

While the holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, they can also be difficult for many including those struggling with or supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. We are grateful for our clients who have entrusted us with their care and we are honored to be part of your recovery journey. We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and want to remind you to take care of yourself all throughout the holiday season.

10/01/2022

We had a great day at the iaedp Heartland Chapter continuing education event!