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About My Clients
As hard as it is to talk about, you are struggling with food and thoughts about your body. You listen to people around you make comments about their bodies, and it echoes all of the negative thoughts in your head. You constantly worry about what you eat and might be experiencing some behaviors that feel scary to admit. You have hopped from diet to diet but nothing works - after each one you feel more desperate, and are terrified of your body changing. I can help!
My Background and Approach
My practice focuses on Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating, Body Image concerns, and everything that comes along with those struggles such as anxiety and depression. I practice from a Health at Every Size and fat-positive framework to best meet the needs of all my clients. I am also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor which enables me to help folks move towards food and body freedom (whatever that means for you). In addition to training and undergoing supervision for these topics, I have the added benefit of having real-life experience in these areas. As a chronic dieter for 20 years, I have a deep first-hand knowledge of what it is like to be stuck in the cycle of food and body grief. I have lived my life in a body that has spanned across sizes, and currently consider myself to live in a fat body.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that every human being deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of what identities they come to the table with. I am a strong ally for the LGBTQIA community, and am also both a part of and an advocate for people who identify as fat. I believe that the society we live in is racist, homophobic, and fatphobic. This means that not only are individuals in these communities dealing with individual mental health struggles, they are actively being discriminated against, and their experiences are both real and valid. I strongly believe that these lived experiences must be taken into consideration in the therapy room. I cannot call myself and "expert" in any of these areas - but I will come to session with an open heart and mind, and believe those with these experiences.