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I approach my work as an anti-diet art therapist grounded in a humanistic, relational framework and informed by multicultural, intersectional feminist and fat liberation perspectives. I integrate Radically Open DBT (RO DBT) with art therapy to support clients in developing greater openness, flexibility and connection. My work is collaborative and non-pathologizing, with attention to each person’s lived experience and the broader systems that shape their well-being. I practice from a weight-inclusive lens aligned with the Health at Every Size Principles, rejecting weight as a primary measure of health. I support clients in unlearning harmful cultural messages about bodies, food and worth, while building trust in their internal cues and lived experience. I view health as dynamic, contextual and self-defined. And I work with clients to explore what health means to them. I strive to offer a nonjudgmental therapeutic space where internal judgments (including judgments about me or the therapy relationship) are welcome and can be explored with curiosity rather than shame. In practice this means prioritizing consent, collaboration and emotional safety, while supporting clients in noticing and working with patterns of overcontrol, self-criticism and disconnection. I also incorporate creative expression and somatic awareness to help clients access insight beyond words, particularly in areas related to body image, eating and identity.