Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
Elizabeth Rosenberg, LCSW-C, LICSW
(she/her)
Clinical Social Worker
Mixed Metaphor Therapy
Takoma Park,
Maryland,
United States
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Specialties & Areas of Focus:
- Neurodivergence
- Autism
- ADHD
- Trauma
- Body Liberation
- Body Grief
- Grief and bereavement
- Insomnia and sleep difficulties
- Managing chronic illness
- Suicide prevention
- Social Anxiety
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Body Image
- Cultural and Systemic Oppression
- Disability Rights and Activism
- Racial Justice/Equity
- Dyslexia
- Emotional Trauma
- Relationships concerns
- Substance use
- Communication Issues
- Loneliness
- Mood regulation
- Conflict Management
- PTSD
- Work stress
- Sexual abuse
- Emotional abuse
Modalities & Theoretical Lenses:
- Neurodivergence affirming
- Trauma-informed
- Person-centered
- Client-centered
- Strength-based
- Health at Every Size®
- Culturally Sensitive
- Relational Therapy
- Family Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Harm Reduction
- Narrative Therapy
- Executive Function Support
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Fat Liberation
- Body Liberation
- Couples Counseling
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:
- Neurodivergent community
- Autistic
- ADHD
- AuDHD
- LGBTQIA+
- Fat activists
- BIPOC folks
- Nonbinary and transgender folks
- Activists
- Couples
- Folks with multiples
- Trauma survivors
- Abuse survivors
Languages Services Offered In:
- English
- English
My Philosophy of Care
I am here to support people who worry that their therapist wishes they would lose weight. I welcome experiences of chronic illness, diet culture, and neurodivergence to be processed through trauma-informed and relational perspectives. My clients tend to be deep thinkers whose experiences have been discounted by the healthcare and educational systems. From my experience in community organizing, I focus my work on challenging ableism, fatphobia, and other systems of oppression. Together, my clients and I navigate what to do with the realization that continually shrinking ourselves is harmful and unsustainable.
I love collaborating with anti-diet dietitians and recommending size inclusive personal trainers. I have treated many fat folks although many of my clients have not yet identified with the terms fat, superfat, or infinifat - but that’s who I hope to reach with this profile. I have worked with many clients with eating disorders who are not fat but still suffer from diet culture and fatphobia. I want to be a place where clients know they won't be asked to lose weight.
I love collaborating with anti-diet dietitians and recommending size inclusive personal trainers. I have treated many fat folks although many of my clients have not yet identified with the terms fat, superfat, or infinifat - but that’s who I hope to reach with this profile. I have worked with many clients with eating disorders who are not fat but still suffer from diet culture and fatphobia. I want to be a place where clients know they won't be asked to lose weight.
About Me & My Practice
I am a social worker and originally worked in community organizing. Due to my chronic illnesses (frequent migraine attacks and colitis), organizing work was too demanding on my body and mind. I started clinical work during the first months of the pandemic. And I love it. I also love being in community and advocating for the rights of people, spreading the word about the connection between fatphobia and racism. I discovered the HAES® lens around 2016 and even attempted a PhD on the subject of weight bias - but I’m not willing to be as harsh to myself as the PhD program required. I attended ASDAH’s conference in 2018 and it really opened my eyes beyond just the “good fattie” perspective.
I learned to love relationship work and conflict resolution. I'm a member of the Kintsugi Therapist Collective where we are dedicated to building embodied and liberatory practices of care. In my spare time, I'm a member of the DC De-escalation Collective, the DC Labor Chorus, and the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition. I love singing, knitting, playing with my cat, hiking, camping, and watching documentaries.
Accessibility Considerations
My practice is located at the top of one flight of stairs with two railings. I provide seating without arm rests in my waiting room and in my office. I have some seating with arm rests to support people with physical limitations who need arm rests to get in and out of a chair. I have no weight limits to my services although I do not know the weight limits for my furniture specifically.
Clients only interact with me as I am a sole practitioner with no staff. I share an office suite with a nonprofit that supports marginalized musicians.
I offer technical support calls for people who struggle with telehealth systems.