If you’re searching for Overeaters Anonymous in San Antonio — or looking for professional counseling to complement your OA work — Bariatric Counseling Center offers clinical behavioral health treatment for compulsive overeating, binge eating, and food addiction. Insurance accepted.

Searching for Overeaters Anonymous in San Antonio?

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) provides valuable peer support and a 12-step community for people struggling with compulsive overeating. Many people find that OA works even better when paired with professional behavioral health counseling — and others prefer clinical treatment as a standalone path.

Bariatric Counseling Center in San Antonio offers licensed clinical treatment for the same challenges OA addresses: compulsive overeating, food addiction, binge eating disorder, and the emotional patterns that drive them. We are a mental health practice, not a 12-step program — and we accept most major insurance.

Whether you currently attend OA meetings, are considering it, or are looking for a clinical alternative, BCC can help.

OA and Professional Counseling: Better Together

Overeaters Anonymous is a peer-led, community-based 12-step program — it’s free, widely available, and many people find it a powerful source of community and accountability. But OA is not clinical treatment. It does not provide psychological assessment, individual therapy, trauma processing, or evidence-based behavioral interventions.

BCC fills that clinical gap. Our licensed counselors work with clients to address the underlying psychological drivers of compulsive eating — trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation — using proven approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Many of our clients attend both OA and BCC simultaneously, finding each serves a different and complementary role.

How BCC Treats Compulsive Overeating & Food Addiction

Our multidisciplinary team addresses the full picture — psychological, behavioral, and nutritional — so you can build a lasting relationship with food.

One-on-one sessions with a licensed counselor to explore the emotional triggers, thought patterns, and life events driving compulsive eating. CBT, DBT, and ACT-based approaches.

Structured, clinician-led group sessions that complement or can substitute for OA meetings. Evidence-based and insurance-covered. A community of people facing similar challenges, guided by a licensed therapist.

Working with food addiction requires both psychological and nutritional support. Our registered dietitian provides medical nutrition therapy — without diet culture messaging — to help you rebuild a healthy, sustainable relationship with eating.

BED is the most common eating disorder in the US, and it is highly treatable with professional therapy. BCC specializes in evidence-based BED treatment, including CBT for binge eating and interpersonal therapy.

When food becomes a primary coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, loneliness, or grief, professional counseling helps you identify and practice healthier emotion regulation strategies that don’t involve food.

BCC provides telehealth behavioral health sessions for Texas residents statewide. If OA meetings near you are limited or inconvenient, virtual BCC sessions can provide consistent, flexible clinical support from your home.

Insurance-Covered Counseling for Compulsive Overeating

Unlike OA, which is free but peer-led, BCC is a licensed mental health practice — which means our services are billable through most major insurance plans. Behavioral health treatment for eating disorders and food-related issues is typically covered under your mental health benefits.

BCC is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, and many other major carriers. We will verify your benefits before your first appointment so there are no surprises.

In-person at 9618 Huebner Road, Suite 320, San Antonio, TX 78240 · Telehealth available statewide across Texas

Ready to Take the Next Step Beyond OA?

Insurance is accepted at BCC. Most clients pay $0 out of pocket. Our team is here to help.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No — they are different in important ways. OA is a free, peer-led 12-step fellowship where people with compulsive eating share their experiences and support each other. BCC is a licensed clinical mental health practice staffed by credentialed therapists, counselors, and a registered dietitian. OA does not provide psychotherapy, diagnoses, or evidence-based clinical treatment — BCC does. Many people attend both: OA for community and peer support, and BCC for professional clinical treatment.

Absolutely — and many clients do. OA and BCC serve complementary roles. OA provides community, fellowship, and a spiritual framework through peer meetings. BCC provides individual therapy, clinical assessment, evidence-based behavioral interventions, and nutritional guidance. Using both at once often produces better outcomes than either alone.

Yes. Behavioral health treatment for eating disorders — including binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating, and food addiction — is covered by most major insurance plans under mental health benefits. BCC is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, and other major carriers. We verify your benefits before your first appointment. Call us at (210) 634-2200 to check your coverage.

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a clinical diagnosis characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large amounts of food rapidly, often to the point of discomfort, accompanied by feelings of shame or loss of control — without the purging behaviors associated with bulimia. Compulsive overeating is a broader term that overlaps significantly with BED and describes patterns of eating beyond physical hunger in response to emotions, stress, or habitual cues. Both are treatable with professional behavioral health counseling. BCC works with clients across the full spectrum of disordered eating.

Yes. BCC offers telehealth behavioral health sessions for Texas residents statewide. This is especially helpful if you live outside San Antonio, have a busy schedule, or prefer the privacy of sessions from home. Our therapists and dietitian are available via secure video sessions. In-person sessions are also available at our San Antonio office at 9618 Huebner Road, Suite 320.

Yes — this is exactly the kind of situation BCC is designed for. When community-based programs alone are not enough to produce lasting change, it often means there are underlying psychological factors — unresolved trauma, anxiety, depression, or deeply entrenched behavioral patterns — that require clinical intervention. BCC’s licensed therapists can assess what’s driving the cycle and use evidence-based clinical tools to create real, durable change.

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Bariatric Counseling Center — San Antonio

Address: 9618 Huebner Road, Suite 320, San Antonio, TX 78240 · Phone: (210) 634-2200 · www.bariatriccounselingcenter.com

Serving San Antonio and all of Texas with clinical behavioral health treatment for compulsive overeating, binge eating disorder, food addiction, emotional eating, and bariatric counseling.

Compulsive overeating counseling at Bariatric Counseling Center is delivered through a Joint Commission–accredited intensive outpatient program for adults, the only one of its kind in Texas. Rather than dieting advice, clients move through three levels of care that build insight, behavior change, and lasting maintenance, supported by licensed therapists and registered dietitians and welcomed whether they are pre-op, post-op, or have never considered surgery.

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Compulsive Overeating Counseling & Food Addiction Treatment in San Antonio, TX