Deb Burgard

PhD, FAED

CREDENTIALS/DISCIPLINE: PhD Psychology, FAED (Fellow, Academy of Eating Disorders)

BOARD CERTIFIED: No

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Number of years treating patients with eating disorders: 10+

Number of patients with eating disorders I treat annually: 5-10

EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERTISE:

PhD Wright Institute (Berkeley, CA) 1991; Clinical Director, Woodside Women’s Hospital (Redwood City); Supervisor, Santa Clara University Counseling Center; Co-founder of Health at Every Size (HAES) model, BodyPositive.com website, Show Me the Data listserv, co-founder of HAES SIG within Academy for Eating Disorders; multiple book chapters and research papers; keynotes at Renfrew, Weight Stigma Conference, BEDA; presenter at ICED; author of Poodle Science; Advisor to Association to Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) HAES curriculum.

TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY:

Most of the people I see are trying to manage their exposure to forms of social oppression – fat hate, anti-Blackness, cisheteronormativity, ableism, healthism, all sorts of tyrannies of what is deemed “normal.” I have not found the usual eating disorder treatment approaches all that helpful because they assume the problem (and solutions) are only individual – for problems that are so much more than individual choices. So along my way, I have collected the science, practices, ideas, relationship-building skills, activism skills, etc. that seem to be useful, and tried to help build what hasn’t been there. I think it is great when people can find more peace with themselves and their bodies, and at the same time I don’t believe that is available to everyone all the time until the world is safe for all of us.

FEES: Credit Cards, Personal Checks; out-of-network, provides Superbills

Virtual at this time; able to see clients in California and Washington state

  • PHONE : (650) 321-2606
  • LOCATION: Virtual; 6525 Crown Blvd., PO Box 20386 San Jose CA 95160
  • Contact by phone or email

LANGUAGES:

  • English

POPULATION SERVED:

  • Adults
  • BIPOC
  • Couples
  • Females
  • LGBTQ+
  • Males
  • Seniors
  • Fat people seeking Health at Every Size services

CONDITIONS TREATED:

  • Affective Disorders
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Binge Eating
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Compulsive Exercise
  • OSFED
  • Weight Stigma

TREATMENT APPROACHES:

  • Couples Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Individual Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Health at Every Size Framework of Care

TREATMENT SETTINGS:

  • Outpatient
  • Telehealth