Virtual therapy for eating disorders, OCD, perfectionism, and low self-esteem for teens and young adults who are tired of the rules, overthinking, second-guessing, and never feeling quite good enough.
You second guess your own thoughts, feelings, needs, and decisions.
You don't trust yourself. You think about food constantly. Your body image can determine you mood for the entire day. You constantly compare yourself to everyone else around you. You feel behind, while also feeling completely exhausted from the pressure you put on yourself to catch up.
You never experience feeling proud of yourself because it never feels like enough. The goalpost immediately moves after accomplishing something. You feel guilty when you're not productive. Rest doesn't really feel like rest. You finally sit down after a long day, but instead of relaxing, you're thinking about everything you could be getting done.
You replay conversations in your head, picking apart what you said and wondering how you came across. You're hyper aware of everyone else's emotions. You apologize constantly. You can't concentrate because your brain is always loud. You often walk around pretending like you're fine.
Imagine what it would feel like to really trust yourself.
To make a decision without immediately asking three other people what they think.
Getting dressed in the morning based on what you like and what feels good, rather than what makes your body look the smallest.
Looking back at photos from a trip and remembering how much fun you had instead of immediately zooming in on your body.
You could make a mistake at work without spending the rest of the day convinced you're bad at your job.
Notice someone's tone change without automatically assuming you did something wrong.
Imagine being on a date and actually listening to the person across from you instead of wondering how you're coming across.
Being physically intimate without mentally watching or judging your body from the outside.
Trying something new without needing to know you'll be good at it first.
To show up as your authentic, vulnerable, emotional self without constantly wondering if you're too much.
You can build a life where your thoughts, your fears, food, other people’s emotions, and the pressure to get everything right don’t take up so much space. Where you can trust yourself, be present, take up space, and figure out who you are outside of the eating disorder, the OCD, or the perfectionism.
What Brings You Here
Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
You're terrified that the certainty that you're seeking doesn't exist.
Therapy for Eating Disorders & Body Image
You don't have to love your body to stop fighting with it.
Therapy for Self-esteem and Perfectionism
The goalpost immediately moves after accomplishing something.
Does this sound familiar? Same thoughts, different day.
Hi, I’m Kendra, the therapist behind The Within Collective. I know how exhausting it can be when your own brain rarely seems to give you a break, especially when everyone around you thinks you’re doing just fine. I also know that understanding something logically and actually feeling able to do something differently are two very different things.
I believe there’s a reason we do the things we do, even when they’re no longer helping us. I want to understand how you got here, what you’ve been carrying, and why change feels so hard.
I’m warm, relatable, and pretty down-to-earth. My own lived experiences have shaped how I approach this work, and I know how much it matters to feel genuinely understood. I care about building real relationships where therapy feels like a conversation, not a checklist. I’ll challenge you, ask the hard questions, and help you recognize patterns, but there’s also room for humor, sarcasm, the occasional swear word, and celebrating the little things. I take this work seriously, but that doesn’t mean we have to take ourselves seriously all the time.
You can show up messy, unsure, or frustrated and say the things you’ve been afraid to say out loud. I’m not here to judge you or tell you who to be. I’m here to understand you and help you build a life that feels more like your own.
Sometimes the things hurting us are also the things that have helped us feel safe.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
You don’t have to take my word for it.
