brendaboo,I share " eating for comfort" with you as my Father was from the era where food was very important as he lived through the great depression ( 1929-1939) and worked for food to help my Grandmother feed the family of 8. I was not born yet but the depression shaped many peoples lives. When I would have problems or issues and went to see my parents my Father would go to the butcher shop and buy me a steak and tell my Mom to cook me a meal as I was getting to skinny................... 
As we were far from wealthy, my Father would take my Mom and me on a Sunday afternoon drive in the countryside so he could see how the crops were growing and on the way home we would stop at a root-beer stand for a big mug of frosty root-beer. So I eat for comfort when I am down but have learned to not overeat - well we all over-eat at times. 
Many kinds of psychotherapy exist. There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. One does take you into talking about your past. It works for some people and after identifying what issues I had carried over into my adult years I was able to understand myself better and I can now leave the past where it is.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a blend of two therapies: cognitive therapy (CT) and behavioral therapy. CT focuses on a person's thoughts and beliefs, and how they influence a person's mood and actions, and aims to change a person's thinking to be more adaptive and healthy. Behavioral therapy focuses on a person's actions and aims to change unhealthy behavior patterns.
Family-focused therapy (FFT) was designed with the assumption that a patient's relationship with his or her family is vital to the success of managing the illness. FFT includes family members in therapy sessions to improve family relationships, which may support better treatment results.
Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is most often used on a one-on-one basis. IPT is based on the idea that improving communication patterns and the ways people relate to others will effectively treat anxiety/depression. IPT helps identify how a person interacts with other people. When a behavior is causing problems, IPT guides the person to change the behavior. IPT explores major issues that may add to a person's anxiety/depression, such as grief, or times of upheaval or transition. Sometimes IPT is used along with antidepressant medications.
I am most familiar with IBT however I use the free online CBT to maintain my status when I feel most vulnerable.
Stick with us as support is important to healing.
Kindly,
Kitt