Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
Specialties & Areas of Focus:
- Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA)
- Body dissatisfaction
- Orthorexia
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Disordered Eating
- Body Image
- Body acceptance
- Body neutral parenting
Modalities & Theoretical Lenses:
- Fat liberation
- Intersectional Feminism
- Anti-diet
- Health At Every Size (HAES)
Age Groups Served:
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
Additional Populations Served & Allied Groups:
- LGBTQIA+
- BIPOC
- Perfectionists/people pleasers
- Incest survivors
Languages Services Offered In:
- English
- French
- English
- French
My Philosophy of Care
My approach to health and care is inclusive, feminist and non-judgemental. It is important for me to do no harm, and to always refer clients to the best possible practitioner for them – I don’t consider myself to be the best practitioner for all. Being a HAES® practitioner was what motivated me to start coaching in the first place. HAES® was crucial in my own recovery, and therefore, it became essential when I trained as a coach, for me to carry the HAES® message in my communities - in the UAE and abroad (as a bilingual practitioner, I also practice in French speaking communities) where HAES® is very rarely mentioned. HAES® care is non-weight centric, and I see so much harm done by weight centric care in my sector. I also find HAES® to be an amazing model to guide people towards a better self-care and self-esteem, which are essential to body image work. In 5 years, I have never and will never coach outside of the HAES® perspective, as I know it to be the only method for true body acceptance and respect and to free clients from diet culture.
About Me & My Practice
I decided to become a HAES® coach after going through my own body image struggles and not finding practitioners that truly could help me in a non-weight centric way, on different levels: food, exercise, mental and emotional health, body satisfaction. I had become very delusioned with the weight-centric “health” model and the horrifying fatphobia my fat friends and family members had to endure, and found in HAES® a viable option that (sadly) not enough people knew. I am practicing since 2018 and have supported fat folks in their disordered eating and body image recovery, but also to apply HAES® principles to their lives. In the same time, I have advocated for HAES® in local ED charities (MEEDA) through their social media content and a podcast, and this allowed me to reach out to many medical practitioners. I am a mom of 2 and also spend my time advocating for HAES® in local schools with parents, teens and school staff.
Accessibility Considerations
My office is not wheelchair accessible, but offers ample space for entering and sitting without weight limits. I am the only person in my practice and am very inclusive of all identities.