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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 Gardena, the suburbs of Gardena, other nearby places such as Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, or anywhere else in California, 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.

Start Body-Positive Therapy Today!

Finding a body-positive therapist is easy if you use Mental Health Match. Start by browsing body-positive therapists and counselors below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Lisa Perlson
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Together, we'll navigate your therapeutic journey, fostering growth, resilience, and healing, empowering you to achieve your goals and live a fulfilling life.


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Together, we'll navigate your therapeutic journey, fostering growth, resilience, and healing, empowering you to achieve your goals and live a fulfilling life.

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My approach blends empathy, directness, warmth, and humor to create a supportive environment for growth, healing, and positive change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Management
  • Depression
  • New Parent
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Parenting Skills
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Parenting Style Mismatch
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Peripartum
  • Postpartum
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Work to resolve sexual issues, explore gender identity, improve intimacy and communication, overcome sexual stigma and shame, process sexual trauma, and gain education about healthy sexuality. You deserve to live a sexually fulfilling life!


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Work to resolve sexual issues, explore gender identity, improve intimacy and communication, overcome sexual stigma and shame, process sexual trauma, and gain education about healthy sexuality. You deserve to live a sexually fulfilling life!

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I utilize a strengths-based, person-centered eclectic approach. I will meet you where you are at and provide tools that are tailored to meet your individual needs. I offer various sex therapy interventions and psychoeducation to improve your sex life

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Couples
  • Gender Identity
  • Open Relationships
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexual Issues
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Sex Workers
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We will explore the functions of beliefs and behaviors that are no longer serving you. We will release trauma, anxiety and feelings stored in your body so that you can have a fulfilling life.


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We will explore the functions of beliefs and behaviors that are no longer serving you. We will release trauma, anxiety and feelings stored in your body so that you can have a fulfilling life.

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I have spent the past 15 years working in intensive treatment settings (eating disorders, substance use disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression and related-disorders). I incorporate DBT, IFS-informed, polyvagal theory and psychodynamic approaches.

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  • Anorexia
  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • Binge Eating
  • Body Acceptance
  • Body Image
  • Bulimia
  • Disordered Eating
  • Eating Disorders
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting Skills
  • Perfectionism
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Harm
  • Young Women
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Christine Tronge
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You will be able to talk about whatever is on your mind and what may be some of the hardest things to say to anyone. Everyone's story unfolds at their own pace. This is your time, your work. Together we will devise a plan to address your issues.


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You will be able to talk about whatever is on your mind and what may be some of the hardest things to say to anyone. Everyone's story unfolds at their own pace. This is your time, your work. Together we will devise a plan to address your issues.

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As a professional with almost 30 years in the field, I use evidenced-based treatments that produce results. You will be able to share what is weighing on you, challenging you in a non-judgmental, compassionate environment. Your healing is my focus!

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Career Burnout
  • Career Change
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Empowering Women
  • Family Trauma
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mild Depression
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Skills
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Work Stress
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Chris Datiles
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Engage in practices that help you feel grounded in a sense of self, agency, regulation, and self-trust. I support you to be in relationship with your nervous system and overwhelming emotions so that life feels less confining and exhausting.


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Engage in practices that help you feel grounded in a sense of self, agency, regulation, and self-trust. I support you to be in relationship with your nervous system and overwhelming emotions so that life feels less confining and exhausting.

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I believe that healing happens when we strengthen our relationship with ourselves and feel a sense of safety and connection with others. I utilize mind-body approaches to help you reconnect with yourself and your creativity in the face of loss.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Coming Out
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Racial Trauma
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Suicide loss
  • Widows/Widowers
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