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I am a very compassionate person and use that in my work with my clients. I believe that my clients are the expert in their own lives, and my role is to collaborate with them on how to help them address the behaviors (and the emotions and thoughts associated with them) that are distressing to them. I work primarily with individuals who are diagnosed with an Eating Disorder (AN, BN, BED, and disorder eating.) I started my own private practice two years ago to allow myself more autonomy to learn more about treatments, and philosophies that I think will be most helpful. In the past I have struggled working in inpatient programs or outpatient centers where so much of the treatment was focused on weight and BMI. It never sat well with me, and I was glad to not have to structure my treatment plans around these often arbitrary or harmful numbers. I first heard about HAES when I took a course with Judith Matz about BED. My biggest take away was the principals that HAES stands for. The idea of providers (medical and otherwise) not focusing on weight as a determinant of health is so necessary and I want to be a part of this shift in thinking. I think of my clients who have come to sessions devastated after a doctor’s appointment, where the primary focus was their weight, and how damaging it has been to their recovery and progress. I have become further educated on HAES through my Mindful Eating training through The Center for Mindful Eating.