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body image + disordered eating

Do you:

  • Experience hateful or critical self talk about your body?

  • Have thoughts that your body should be different or is not good enough as it is?

  • Ignore or suppress hunger cues or have strict food rules?

  • Use exercise as a form of punishment or counterbalance to the food you have eaten?

The list of behaviors, emotions, and thoughts associated with body shame and disordered eating are too large to list in full here, but the underlying idea is the same:

Our worth and value as humans is often correlated with the size of our body and the food we eat.

Bodies are so much more than vessels to be judged by others or ourselves, but we learn from a young age through our families, friends and society that this is simply how things are. Our ability to be in touch with our body’s natural cues like pain or hunger can become overlooked, and along the way, we come to see our bodies as enemies. This is painful, exhausting, and harmful to carry on a daily basis for both our emotional and physical wellbeing - and we are here with you to change that story. 

 
 
 
 

The journey of reconnecting with our bodies and repairing our relationship with food is entirely unique to each of us.

We often do not have control over the messages we are fed about our bodies: capitalism, social media, and our family systems can make it feel impossible to see ourselves without a lens of judgement. In our work together, we begin by unlearning harmful scripts about body “norms” by tracing them to their source. You did not come into this world with a negative perception of your body - that was taught! We gain empowerment when we learn to see our bodies and relationship with food that isn’t governed by “shoulds”.

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Our Approach to Therapy for Body Image and Disordered Eating

 
 

We utilize a Health and Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating informed approach to support clients who are struggling with body image, self-esteem, and disordered relationships with food.

In short, that means we want equal acceptance, physical care, and compassion to be shown to all bodies. We also understand that each person’s bodily experience - both how it feels within someone’s body and how society responds to that body - is different. Together, we’ll explore what it means to trust and nourish our bodies in a society that perpetuates the exact opposite approach.

Our therapists believe:

  1. All body shapes, sizes, types, and ability statues deserve dignity and respect

  2. True emotional, mental, and physical care for our bodies comes from a place of compassion, not shame

  3. We can learn to find peace and safety in our bodies just as we can learn to find peace and safety in our relationships

Society has perpetuated judgement and harm towards bodies, and you are not responsible for undoing that alone. Let’s come together to create a relationship with your body that is powered by authentic you and you alone. 

 
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