About Wildflower Therapy

A small, highly specialized therapy practice in the heart of Philly and the Main Line

About Our Practice

Dr. Colleen Reichmann founded Wildflower Therapy in 2016 with the belief that everyone who struggles with their body or food in any way deserves a safe place to heal and rediscover the colorful parts of life.

The idea was that therapy should feel like a haven of sorts - a relationship where you feel seen and connected- and one where it’s always safe to say the hard things. AND it should feel like way more than venting. Therapy should be a place where you can learn actual skills to utilize out there in the bright (sometimes scary) world. It should be a place to cry, but also – a place to laugh.

You should feel like your therapist actually *likes* you! You should feel deeply cared for. That is part of what makes therapy healing.

The practice has slowly but surely expanded since 2016. We are now a small crew of therapists who are incredibly invested in this work. We are *those* therapists - the ones who genuinely adore-and root for-the people we work with. We know from personal experience how it feels to struggle with food and body image (many of us are recovered ourselves!) And we have a shared passion for helping others dig their way out of the same hole we were in. We are highly specialized-true experts in the field of eating disorders. Many of us have dedicated our research to the field of eating disorders, and we have experience working across the continuum of care (from the inpatient level of care all the way to the outpatient level of care). We deeply value the team approach to eating disorder treatment, and also value how crucial parents, spouses, siblings, and friends can be to the recovery process. When it comes to eating disorders, we really believe that robust, moltimodal support is where it’s at.

We also have experience working in many other areas of mental health, including mood issues, trauma, OCD, anxiety, infertility, maternal mental health, and mental health issues specific to college students and athletes.

Learn more about Dr. Colleen Reichmann and read our Statement of Beliefs.

Why Choose Wildflower Therapy?

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We are true specialists when it comes to eating disorders and body image.

We are not a general therapy practice-we are a specialized team with years of experience in treating eating disorders, body image concerns, self-esteem, and women’s mental health. Some of us have written books, spoken all over the country, and devoted our research to these specific areas. Many of us are recovered ourselves!

When it comes to eating disorders, all of our therapists have worked at higher levels of care (residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels). We have experience working with children as young as five, all the way through adulthood (ages 5 to 95, we like to say).

We use evidence-based treatments including CBT, DBT, and FBT- but situate them within individualized, creative, and feminist-informed therapy. So in other words, we teach all the skills to reduce the thoughts and behaviors, but also focus on the “under the iceberg” things that helped create and maintain your specific struggle.

Other things to know-we are body-affirming, Health at Every Size-informed providers. We celebrate bodies of all sizes and do not believe that we (or anyone else) can determine your health by looking at you. Our seating is accommodating for folks across the size spectrum.

We are also proudly queer celebratory, neurodiversity-affirming, and trauma-informed. We believe that our intersecting identities are innately important to who we are as human beings. Your unique identity, which includes race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, socioeconomic status, ability, sexual orientation, religion, and immigrant/refugee status is beyond important to us, and we will hold space for all of you when you are in our office.

We are a member of the Project HEAL Healers Circle. We provide pro-bono eating disorder therapy to select Project HEAL treatment grant recipients in need. Please see Project HEAL’s website to inquire more about applying for support.

We are licensed to provide therapy to clients residing in PA, NJ, DE, FL, MA, VA, OH, SC, and VT, as well as students living in these states (even if your parents live elsewhere).

Meet Our Therapists

Fees & Payment

We value confidentiality and therefore do not participate directly in any managed care plans.

Additionally, in order to work through complex mental health issues, such as eating disorders, accountability and support in between appointments can be necessary. We utilize tools such as the “Recovery Record” app with many of our clients to ensure continuity of care in between sessions.

Research shows that the most effective eating disorder therapy is multimodal. So we also work within multidisciplinary teams, and will often have weekly calls with your dietitian, pediatrician, PCP, school counselors (to name a few!). We have found that many clients can and WILL achieve recovery when offered a comprehensive model of treatment, hence we consider this service to be important for many.

All of this to say, unlike many other therapists, our session fee accounts for between-session contact throughout the week.

If you have an insurance plan that includes out-of-network benefits, you may be able to use it for our services! While we will collect fees directly from you, we can then provide billing statements and appropriate paperwork for you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. Many of our clients are able to get reimbursed for 30-70% of the session fee this way.

You can also use HSA or FSA to pay for sessions if that is a part of your insurance plan