What we help with
Eating & body image
A careful, expert hand for difficult territory.
Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and disordered eating that doesn't fit one label, are serious mental health conditions involving a distressing relationship with food, weight and body image. They affect people of every gender, age and size, and they are treatable with specialist psychological care and, where needed, medical and nutritional support. The Mind Faculty assesses and treats eating and body image difficulties at our clinic in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.
Difficulties with eating and body image are rarely just about food, they're often about control, worth, or a way of coping with something harder underneath. This is sensitive territory that needs both real expertise and real gentleness. We bring both.
By the numbers
Global prevalence studies
Common signs
- Preoccupation with food, weight or shape
- Rigid rules or rituals around eating
- Eating that feels out of control
- Distress about your body
- Withdrawing from meals or social eating
- Mood that rises and falls with how you eat
Signs vary from person to person, you don't need to recognise all of these, or be sure it's eating & body image, to reach out.
How we can help
Eating & body image care at The Mind Faculty
This is territory that needs expertise and gentleness in equal measure. Assessment with a psychiatrist or psychologist looks at eating patterns, physical health, mood and what the eating has come to mean, with no lectures and no weighing you at the door.
Treatment is led by a psychologist or psychiatrist experienced in eating disorders and usually centres on evidence-based therapy such as enhanced CBT, with family-based approaches for younger people. Clinical nutrition support can sit alongside it. Where there is medical risk, a psychiatrist coordinates care and will be honest with you about safety.
Because recovery from an eating disorder rarely happens in isolation, we can involve family where that helps, and treat the anxiety, depression or trauma that so often sits underneath.
The faculty
Specialists in Eating & body image
These members of the faculty work with this regularly. Not sure who fits? Tell us a little about what's going on and we'll help you choose.
Questions people ask
About eating & body image, answered
How do I know if I have an eating disorder?
If thoughts about food, weight or your body take up a lot of your day, if eating feels rigid, secretive or out of control, or if your mood rises and falls with how you've eaten, it's worth talking to someone. You don't need to be a certain weight or fit a stereotype to deserve help.
Do you treat binge eating?
Yes. Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder and one of the most treatable. Therapy focuses on understanding the cycle and building a steadier, less punishing relationship with food.
Can you help my teenager?
Yes. Our child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists work with young people, and treatment for teenagers usually involves parents closely, because family support makes a real difference to recovery.
Will I have to be weighed or put on a diet?
Not as a condition of care, and never as a judgement. Where physical health needs monitoring, your clinician will explain why and do it with care. Treatment is about your relationship with food and yourself, not about a number.
If any of this rings true, it's worth a conversation.
Not sure where you fit? That's entirely normal, we'll help you find the right specialist.
Content reviewed by The Mind Faculty clinical team, a faculty of psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. This page is general information, not a diagnosis. Talk to us about your own situation.