Eating Disorder & Sport Performance Psychologist in Maryland | Taylor Allen, PhD
I’m Taylor Allen, PhD, a licensed psychologist specializing in eating disorder therapy and sport performance therapy for adults and athletes. Based in Western Maryland, I provide virtual therapy throughout Maryland and other PSYPACT-participating states.
I work with people who feel caught in the painful cycle of food concerns, body image, perfectionism, and performance pressure. You may find yourself counting calories, feeling guilty after eating, constantly comparing yourself to others, or believing your worth depends on how you look or perform.
For athletes, these struggles can become intertwined with training, competition, identity, and the pressure to succeed. My goal is to provide a supportive, collaborative space where you can better understand these patterns and build a healthier, more sustainable relationship with food, your body, yourself, and your sport.
You don’t have to keep carrying all of that pressure on your own.
Why I Became an Eating Disorder & Sport Performance Psychologist
For me, this work is deeply personal. I grew up as a competitive figure skater and poured so much of myself into my sport. I understand how easily performance, identity, achievement, and self-worth can become intertwined.
When a career-ending injury unexpectedly changed the course of my own athletic career, I had to navigate what it meant to step away from something that had been such a significant part of my identity.
That experience eventually led me toward psychology and shaped my interest in working with athletes and adults struggling with eating disorders, body image, perfectionism, performance pressure, and identity.
Today, I help clients create healthier, more sustainable relationships with themselves—both in and outside of sport.
My Approach
Therapy is a space where you don’t have to have the right words, know exactly what you need, or have everything figured out. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in meeting you where you are. Together, we’ll make sense of what you’re experiencing and find ways forward that feel meaningful and realistic for your life.
I draw from evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), while recognizing that therapy should never feel one-size-fits-all.
In eating disorder therapy, we may gently explore the thoughts, emotions, rules, and patterns that have shaped your relationship with food and your body. Our work can help you move toward greater flexibility, self-trust, and freedom—creating more space in your life for the people, experiences, and things that matter to you.
For athletes, therapy can be a place to work through performance anxiety, perfectionism, confidence, burnout, injury, or the complicated relationship between your sport and your identity. Whether you’re striving toward a goal, navigating a setback, or figuring out who you are beyond your performance, you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Above all, I want therapy to feel like a place where you can exhale. You can show up exactly as you are—without needing to perform, prove yourself, or have it all together. At EverGlow, the goal isn’t to become a different version of yourself, but to reconnect with your own strengths, values, and sense of self—and create space for more freedom, authenticity, and light along the way.
Credentials
Master of Science in Sport Psychology from Florida State University
PhD in Counseling Psychology from West Virginia University.
In the process of becoming a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) so I can provide even more specialized support for clients navigating food and body struggles.
Outside of work, I’m usually reading, hiking with my pups, or enjoying live music with my husband.
Balance is something I’ve had to learn for myself, and it’s something I’d love to help you build too!
Contact us
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taylorallen@everglowtherapy.org
(240) 200-0880
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