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Therapy for Body Image & Disordered Eating in Newport, Oregon
Weight-inclusive therapy to help you move beyond food guilt, body shame, and chronic dieting so you can build a more peaceful relationship with food and your body.
When Thoughts About Food and Your Body Take Up Too Much Space
Thoughts about food, your body, weight, or your appearance can start taking up more space than you'd like. You may find yourself caught in cycles of dieting, restriction, food guilt, and self-criticism that leave you feeling exhausted. Over time, it's easy to lose trust in your body or believe you have to change before you can finally feel okay about yourself.
Body image concerns don't belong to one stage of life. Changes related to aging, disability, health, perimenopause, menopause, or major life transitions can affect how you see yourself and how you feel in your body.
You may recognize yourself in some of these experiences:
Spending hours each day thinking about food, eating, weight, or your body
Feeling guilty after eating and promising yourself you'll "start over" tomorrow
Avoiding photos, social events, or certain clothes because you don't feel comfortable in your body
Struggling with body changes in midlife and feeling disconnected from the person you see in the mirror
Hearing a constant inner critic that tells you you're not disciplined, attractive, or good enough
Feeling like you've spent years trying to change your body but still don't feel okay about yourself
What Therapy Can Offer
Living with chronic dieting, body shame, and food guilt can be exhausting.
Together, we'll explore the experiences and messages that have shaped how you relate to food and your body, while gently questioning beliefs about body size, appearance, and worth that may no longer fit the life you want to live.
Over time, many people notice they're spending less time caught up in thoughts about food, weight, or appearance and more time engaged in relationships, experiences, and the parts of life that feel meaningful. As self-trust grows, choices become guided more by their values than by shame, food rules, or outside expectations.
My Approach
I believe people deserve support that doesn't ask them to earn their worth through weight loss, productivity, perfection, or self-sacrifice. Therapy offers an opportunity to step back from those expectations, explore where they came from, and decide which ones still belong in your life.
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My work is grounded in weight-inclusive, HAES®-aligned care. Health at Every Size® (HAES®) recognizes that health is influenced by many factors and cannot be determined by body size alone. Rather than making weight loss the goal, therapy focuses on supporting your physical and emotional well-being while honoring body diversity and challenging weight stigma.
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Body Trust® is a framework that supports healing from body shame, chronic dieting, and the belief that your value depends on your body size or appearance. It encourages a more trusting relationship with your body while challenging cultural messages that tell us our worth must be earned or changed.
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My work is also informed by self-compassion, mindfulness, and deep respect for each person's lived experience. Together, we'll explore new ways of relating to food, your body, and yourself with greater compassion while making choices that reflect your values and the life you want to build.
What Working Together Looks Like
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Many of the people I work with have spent years moving from one diet or eating plan to another, hoping the next one will finally help them feel better about themselves. Therapy offers space to step back from those cycles and explore the messages you've received about food, your body, and your worth. Over time, many people find themselves making choices guided more by their values than by shame, food rules, or pressure to change their bodies.
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No. Many people begin therapy feeling conflicted. Part of them wants freedom from food guilt and body shame, while another part still hopes changing their body will finally bring peace. You don't need to have everything figured out before we begin. We'll make space for both experiences and explore them together with curiosity and compassion.
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You don't need an eating disorder diagnosis to benefit from this work. If thoughts about food, eating, weight, or your body take up more time and energy than you'd like, therapy can help. Many people want to spend less time thinking about food and more time engaging in the parts of life that matter to them.
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Yes. Changes related to perimenopause, menopause, aging, illness, or disability can affect how you feel in your body. Therapy offers space to explore those experiences and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself and your changing body.
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That's a very common experience. It's possible to want freedom from food rules and body shame while still hoping changing your body will make life easier. You don't have to choose one side before starting therapy. We'll explore those experiences together with compassion while making room for choices that reflect your values.
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If you're tired of fighting with food or your body and want a different way to relate to yourself, this approach may be a good fit. A free consultation gives us an opportunity to talk about what you've been experiencing, answer any questions you have, and decide together whether working together feels like the right next step.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
You don't have to keep fighting with food or your body on your own. If you're ready to begin rebuilding trust with food, your body, and yourself, I'd be honored to support you.