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It's not uncommon to struggle with body image issues at one time or another - most of us do. But it’s what you do about it that really matters. If you’re working on cultivating a positive body image, that’s fantastic! Yet, everyone can use a little help every now and again.

A body-positive therapist is a great resource you can use to build a better relationship with your body. Whether you are located in downtown Bakersfield, Bakersfield Country Club, Csu Bakersfield, Downtown Bakersfield, or even Haggin Oaks, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

How a Body-Positive Therapist Can Help

Whether you’re seeking therapy for a mental disorder, crisis intervention, or to address body image issues, there are many benefits to using a body-positive therapist, including:

  • Self-esteem-boosting encouragement when you’re having negative feelings about your body.
  • A safe space where you are free to convey your feelings and better understand the impact of social messages about how you should look.
  • Helpful tips, coping methods, and affirmations to cope with self-esteem and body-consciousness.

For an example of how a body-positive therapist can help, read licensed therapist Brianna Ramon’s tips for fighting back against body-shaming culture.

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Kara Meeks
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We will engage in a relaxed, non judgmental space to explore challenges, develop insights, and acquire practical coping strategies, leaving session with a deeper understanding of yourself and enhanced emotional resilience.


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We will engage in a relaxed, non judgmental space to explore challenges, develop insights, and acquire practical coping strategies, leaving session with a deeper understanding of yourself and enhanced emotional resilience.

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My approach varies, based on the client's needs; however, I customarily use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy, allowing my clients to work through life circumstances while keeping forward movement toward future goals.

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  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • Career
  • Co-Parenting
  • Coping Skills
  • Custody
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Balance
  • Life Skills
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Skills
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
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TAYLOR ALEXANDER
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Find ways to reach your therapeutic goals. We will focus on your top concerns and help manage the current difficulties are you dealing with. We will create a future where you feel more confident and excited about life. Together change can happen.


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Find ways to reach your therapeutic goals. We will focus on your top concerns and help manage the current difficulties are you dealing with. We will create a future where you feel more confident and excited about life. Together change can happen.

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While working with me you will get to get to experience positive changes within yourself. The negative feelings you are dealing with now will no longer control you but you will be given the tools to deal with them. You will regain agency.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Family Conflict
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Young Adults
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Madison Lieu
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Navigate the intricacies of life's challenges, whether it's dealing with depression, managing anxiety, or healing from trauma. You will have a secure, non-judgmental space to explore and better understand emotional wounds.


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Navigate the intricacies of life's challenges, whether it's dealing with depression, managing anxiety, or healing from trauma. You will have a secure, non-judgmental space to explore and better understand emotional wounds.

Something to know about my approach is:

It's best described as eclectic, as I integrate various psychological theories. With a foundation in person-centered and trauma-informed frameworks, I strive to understand my clients in a holistic manner, while emphasizing their strengths.

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  • Anxiety
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Empowering Women
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting Skills
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Young Adults
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Brian Henderson
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We'll explore your relationships to partners, friends, and family; your relationship to your body, sexuality, gender, and race; and your relationship to larger meaning and purpose. We'll map out the topography of your life from a bird's-eye view.


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We'll explore your relationships to partners, friends, and family; your relationship to your body, sexuality, gender, and race; and your relationship to larger meaning and purpose. We'll map out the topography of your life from a bird's-eye view.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that what we feel — even and maybe especially the painful stuff — is a message from a wise part of us telling us something we need to hear. We'll slowly, compassionately work together to listen to what it is our deeper selves are saying.

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  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Chronic Pain
  • Couples
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Oppression
  • Sexuality
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Dr. Michael Grey
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Explore and address past hurts, and traumas and how we can improve the relationships most important to you. We will also work together to develop insight into how these impact your intersecting identities, creating more functional pattens in life.


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Explore and address past hurts, and traumas and how we can improve the relationships most important to you. We will also work together to develop insight into how these impact your intersecting identities, creating more functional pattens in life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am psychoanalytic in my approach bringing your unconscious to your conscious mind. Incorporating Brainspotting, and Biofeedback into sessions help combine both the mind and body allowing you to develop skills to help you regulate your body.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • BDSM
  • Coming Out
  • Coming Out of a Cult
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Kink
  • LGBTQ+
  • Polyamory
  • Pornography
  • Religious Trauma
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Health
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