Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing

My philosophy of care is rooted in fat liberation, disability justice, harm reduction, peer leadership, and community care. I approach my work with the belief that each person is the expert of their own body, story, needs, and healing. Rather than centering weight loss, “compliance,” or shame-based definitions of health, I support people in rebuilding self-trust, honoring their lived realities, and navigating food, body, recovery, and healthcare with more dignity and autonomy. As a Health at Every Size®-aligned provider, I understand HAES® as both a framework for care and a commitment to challenging weight stigma, medical fatphobia, diet culture, and other systems that harm fat, BIPOC, disabled, queer, chronically ill, and otherwise marginalized people. I practice from a HAES® perspective because all people deserve care that honors their humanity, supports their agency, and refuses to treat any body as a problem to be fixed. In my work, I apply the HAES® Framework of Care by offering non-diet, weight-inclusive support; affirming clients’ identities, access needs, and lived experiences; and making space for grief, anger, resistance, tenderness, and hope. I work collaboratively with clients rather than positioning myself as the authority over their bodies or choices. My goal is to provide support that helps people feel less alone, more resourced, and more able to pursue healing, recovery, and care without being asked to shrink, prove their worth, or disconnect from themselves.