Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
T.Lee Shostack, LICSW
(she/her, they/them)
Owner and Clinician
Point Allerton Therapy
Virtual,
Massachusetts,
United States
Contact Me:
Make an Appointment:
Takes Insurance
Sliding Scale Available
In-Network Insurance Companies:
- Blue Cross
- Harvard Pilgrim
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Specialties & Areas of Focus:
- Fat liberation
- Body liberation
- Therapists
- Higher education
- Ethical non monogamy
- Anxiety
- Life adjustments
- body image
- helping professionals
- relationship therapy
- Trauma
Modalities & Theoretical Lenses:
- Fat liberation
- Liberation and healing
- Intersectional feminism
- Narrative therapy
- Social Therapy
- Client centered
Age Groups Served:
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
Additional Populations Served & Allied Groups:
- LGBTQ+
- Ethical non monogamy
Languages Services Offered In:
- English
- English
My Philosophy of Care
I am here to focus on what you need and want to work on. Therapy is your time. I'm conversational, I use humor, and will be directive when asked. My work is about using my decade plus of expertise, and offering you what you need in the moment in therapy, wherever you are at on the day we meet. I don't apply templates to you, or use the same techniques with everyone, because all humans are different and have different needs. I'm here to support you to move in the directions that means the most to you.
I have lived expertise as well as training in body acceptance, body neutrality, and body liberation, and we can use any of those lenses.
Any challenges you deal with from being in a bigger body - chairs, doctors, clothing, self esteem, access needs, family, etc, I have been supporting clients with for about five years.
HAES to me is about what you need and want. It's about access to weight neutral healthcare, awareness of the impact of chronic health issues on our bodies while knowing that the size of our bodies isn't the problem, getting healthcare that does not give us different answers than straight sized people get, and more. I deal with all of these issues myself, and am willing to share relevant experiences to support you.
About Me & My Practice
Insurance:
I am in the process of being credentialed with Blue Cross and Harvard Pilgrim, and I expect that to come through in late September (2026). In the meantime, I am offering $50 sessions if you have that insurance, roughly a high copay until the credentialing is complete.
I have had training in the Fat Freedom Foundation and Body Trust as well as engaging with research. I came to this work struggling with diet culture, fatphobia and the rest, needed support, realized how little support was out there, and determined to help others on this journey.
Isolation, body image, grief, shame, doubt, self esteem, experiences of gaslighting by the medical community are sadly common experiences for people on the higher end of the weight spectrum. Let's face it together.
Fat people are marginalized. Belonging, community, connection, being valued, and caring are the antidote, and I provide those things in my practice. I have successfully worked with a lot of people to transform how they feel about themselves in this world. Outside of work, I am a playwright and an actor in volunteer community theater, as well as an open water endurance swimmer as a superfat person!
Isolation, body image, grief, shame, doubt, self esteem, experiences of gaslighting by the medical community are sadly common experiences for people on the higher end of the weight spectrum. Let's face it together.
Fat people are marginalized. Belonging, community, connection, being valued, and caring are the antidote, and I provide those things in my practice. I have successfully worked with a lot of people to transform how they feel about themselves in this world. Outside of work, I am a playwright and an actor in volunteer community theater, as well as an open water endurance swimmer as a superfat person!
Accessibility Considerations
My practice is entirely virtual. Access limitations might exist for people who are hard of hearing, or who have difficulty with virtual environments. ASL and other interpretations are costs that I would have to pass on to the client; as a solo practitioner, I cannot absorb those fees.