If eating has started to feel out of your control, you’re not broken, and you’re not alone. I offer online binge eating support across Australia in English and Russian, using an anti-diet, values-led approach. No food rules, no starting over on Monday.

Safe binge eating support online

Binge eating support

If eating has started to feel out of your control, and shame follows, you’re not broken, and you’re not alone. This is one of the most common and least talked-about struggles around food.

I’m Yana, a Registered Counsellor (ACA Level 2) based in Sydney, offering binge eating support online across Australia, working from an anti-diet, values-led approach. This is meant to be a genuinely safe space — no judgment, no food rules, no starting over on Monday.

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Yana Madorski, ACA Registered Counsellor. Binge eating support

About Yana Counselling

Yana Madorski is a Master’s-qualified ACA registered counsellor working with emotional eating, body image and anxiety online across Australia and internationally.

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What a binge eating episode can look like

It rarely looks the same twice. Sometimes it’s planned, almost ritualistic, waiting until you’re alone, going to buy specific foods. Sometimes it’s completely automatic, and you only notice once you’re already deep into it. Common threads people describe:

Eating fast, almost without tasting

A sense that you can’t stop once it starts, even when you want to

Eating alone or in secret

Feeling numb or checked out during the episode, then flooded with shame afterward

Physical discomfort from the amount eaten, which somehow doesn’t stop it happening again

Promising yourself this was the last time, then finding yourself back here again

It also tends to repeat in a cycle: the binge, the guilt, the promise to “be better” or restrict tomorrow, and the restriction itself quietly setting up the next binge.

If some of this sounds familiar, that’s worth taking seriously, not as a character flaw, but as a pattern your nervous system has learned, and can unlearn.

Who this is for

This page might be for you if:

You’ve eaten to the point of physical discomfort, more than once, and felt out of control while it was happening

You eat in secret, or plan around being alone so you can eat without being seen

You’ve tried “just eating healthier” or “having more willpower” and it hasn’t touched the pattern

The shame afterward feels worse than the eating itself

You suspect this might be more than emotional eating, but you’re not sure, and that uncertainty has kept you from reaching out

You don’t need a diagnosis to start. You just need to be tired of carrying this alone.

Is it binge eating, or emotional eating?

The two are related but not identical. Binge eating involves a specific loss of control and larger amounts of food, and can meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis. If you want the fuller breakdown, I’ve written about the difference in detail on the emotional eating counselling page. You don’t need to work out which one applies to you before reaching out either way.

How I can help with binge eating

I can’t formally diagnose an eating disorder, that sits with a GP or psychologist. What I offer is values-led support to work through what’s underneath the pattern:

Understanding your specific triggers, without judgment

Working through the shame and secrecy around binge eating

Building distress tolerance so urges feel less overwhelming

Using ACT to shift how you relate to food-related thoughts

Somatic, polyvagal-informed tools for working with the body, not just the mind

Rebuilding trust with your own hunger and fullness cues over time

If your patterns suggest a formal diagnosis, I’ll help connect you with a GP or dietitian alongside our work, you don’t have to coordinate that team alone.

Related support

Emotional eating counselling — for patterns that feel more occasional

Body image counselling — often closely linked to binge eating

Anxiety counselling — when anxiety drives the eating pattern

Russian-speaking counsellor — sessions in Russian or English

How online sessions work

100% online, available anywhere in Australia

Sessions in English or Russian

Bupa provider, private health rebates may apply depending on your cover

ACA Level 2 Registered Counsellor

Ready to take the first step?

Sometimes just reaching out is the hardest part.
If something on this page felt familiar, you don’t need to have it all figured out before we talk.

A free 15-minute intro call is a gentle way to start.
No commitment, just a conversation.

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Common questions

Binge eating vs binge eating disorder — what’s the difference?

Binge eating is the behaviour. Binge eating disorder (BED) is the formal diagnosis, given when episodes happen weekly for three months or more, with distress and loss of control. You don’t need the diagnosis to seek support.

Can counselling help with binge eating?

Yes. ACT, DBT, and CBT are well-supported approaches for binge eating patterns. The goal is understanding what drives the urge, not more food rules.

Do I need to see a doctor first?

Not to start counselling. If your health is affected or you suspect a diagnosable eating disorder, I’ll help you loop in a GP or dietitian alongside our work.

Is binge eating counselling covered by Medicare?

No. Medicare rebates through the Better Access initiative apply to AHPRA-registered psychologists and some other allied health providers, not to ACA-registered counsellors. This applies regardless of language.

Is this covered by Medicare or private health?

I’m a registered Bupa provider. It’s worth checking your specific policy, since coverage varies by plan.