Luis Macias-Abbott (he/him)

Struggling with food and body image can feel exhausting and isolating. I offer a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where you’re more than your eating disorder. Using IFS, ACT, a trauma-informed lens, and a Health at Every Size approach, we’ll explore the deeper struggles beneath the symptoms, heal the pain driving them, and help you build a peaceful, trusting relationship with your body and yourself.

Living with the weight of trauma can leave you feeling stuck, on edge, or disconnected from yourself and others. I offer a safe, supportive space to process what you’ve been through at your own pace. Using EMDR, IFS, and mind-body approaches, we’ll gently work through painful memories, release their grip, and help you feel more grounded, whole, and in control of your life again.

Relationships can feel lonely when you’re stuck in the same painful patterns—misunderstandings, distance, and feeling unheard. I use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy to help you both feel safe, seen, and connected again. We’ll get to the heart of what’s driving the disconnection, repair trust, and rebuild closeness so you can communicate better, resolve conflict with care, and create a relationship that feels strong, loving, and secure.

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is a way to help couples understand and change the patterns that cause fights, distance, or feeling unheard. It focuses on the emotions underneath the arguments so you can really understand each other and feel safe to open up. The goal is to build trust, strengthen your bond, and create a deeper, more loving connection. Couples often leave feeling closer, more secure, and better at handling challenges together.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapy that helps your brain heal from upsetting memories, like trauma. While you think about a difficult memory, we use gentle eye movements or tapping to help your brain process it in a new, less painful way. The goal is to reduce the distress those memories cause, so you can feel calmer, more in control, and able to move forward without being stuck in the past.

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is a way to help couples understand and change the patterns that cause fights, distance, or feeling unheard. It focuses on the emotions underneath the arguments so you can really understand each other and feel safe to open up. The goal is to build trust, strengthen your bond, and create a deeper, more loving connection. Couples often leave feeling closer, more secure, and better at handling challenges together.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of therapy that sees your mind like a family made up of different “parts.” Each part has its own feelings, thoughts, and role—some protect you, some carry hurt, and some help you get through life. In IFS, we get to know these parts, understand what they need, and help them work together. The goal is to heal the wounded parts, reduce inner conflict, and help you feel calmer, more balanced, and more connected to yourself and others.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of therapy that sees your mind like a family made up of different “parts.” Each part has its own feelings, thoughts, and role—some protect you, some carry hurt, and some help you get through life. In IFS, we get to know these parts, understand what they need, and help them work together. The goal is to heal the wounded parts, reduce inner conflict, and help you feel calmer, more balanced, and more connected to yourself and others.