Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing

Health at Every Size® is central to my identity both as a therapist and an individual. I am deeply passionate about working to dismantle anti-fat bias and changing the way that the medical community and society as a whole approach body shape, weight, and size. I believe that a HAES® orientation is critical to fostering a safe environment for all clients and necessary in both the prevention of eating disorders and trauma and in the provision of mental health treatment. A social justice and intersectional feminist approach is deeply woven into who I am and how I show up with clients. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and am passionate about helping individuals explore identity. I welcome and strive to create a safe, empowering space for clients of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. I believe that a client's lived experience is of the utmost importance in developing a care plan to help clients reach their goals. Many times my clients have developed ways to cope and protect themselves during difficult past experiences and those ways of coping no longer serve them. My approach involves addressing behaviors of concern by helping clients identify triggers, build a new repertoire of coping skills to regulate the nervous system, learn to conceptualize issues differently, and explore how past experiences are linked to present concerns. I value and respect the importance of the therapeutic relationship and attachment.