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If you’ve previously struggled with social norms about weight and body-image, a fat-positive therapist can help. The Fat Acceptance Movement, founded on body positivity, inspires others to accept and even celebrate their fatness. However, seeing others love themselves is not always enough.

It could take help from a licensed, professional fat-positive therapist to help you improve your self-esteem and empower you to fully embrace and love your body just as it is. Whether you are located in downtown Redwood City, the suburbs of Redwood City, other nearby places such as San Mateo, Mountain View, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Benefits of a Fat-Positive Therapist

Most therapists are equipped to help you sort through common problems like depression, anxiety, and PTSD. But when you’re fat, there’s a possible element of shame and social anxiety that can take over and effect your therapy experience.

In addition to providing traditional behavioral health treatment, a fat-positive therapist can provide:

  • A non-judgemental haven for you to articulate your feelings and problems.
  • Encouragement to improve your self-esteem and love yourself the way you are.
  • Practical methods and tips to help you cope with social stigma and anxiety.

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

Love Yourself with a Fat-Positive Therapist

Don’t let shame, low self-esteem, or social expectations drive you. Instead, see a fat-positive therapist to help you love yourself and your body. With Mental Health Match, finding a qualified fat-positive counselor or therapist is easy! Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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William Lee
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Have a space dedicated to you and your parenthood experience and how it fits into your life. We can focus on the difficult things, things we rarely talk openly about, and most importantly, how to get through them.


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Have a space dedicated to you and your parenthood experience and how it fits into your life. We can focus on the difficult things, things we rarely talk openly about, and most importantly, how to get through them.

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Our sessions is to provide an experience for you. Meaning the experience of you being seen, processing and working through your emotions, beliefs and relationships, will be the key drivers to elicit healing and change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Depression
  • Motherhood
  • New Parent
  • Parental Burnout
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
  • Postpartum
  • Single Parents
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Lauren Matern
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Work on unpacking your childhood, family, culture, education, relationships, friendships, inner dialogue & begin to explore. Where do you want to be & how do you get there? What are we doing in session to help you feel more grounded, safe, & seen?


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Work on unpacking your childhood, family, culture, education, relationships, friendships, inner dialogue & begin to explore. Where do you want to be & how do you get there? What are we doing in session to help you feel more grounded, safe, & seen?

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Most of us didn't grow up in perfect families or a perfect culture & it has lasting impacts. In my clients, it often presents as perfectionism which can be an exhausting place to live in every day. Clients feel burnt-out, irritable, lonely & anxious.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Asexuality
  • Bisexuality
  • College Students
  • Couples
  • Eco-Anxiety
  • Fat Liberation
  • Feminism
  • Friendships
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Graduate Students
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • LGBTQ+
  • Loneliness
  • Mood Disorders
  • Political Anxiety
  • Polyamory
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Trauma
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Janelle Webster
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briefly explore your past to see how it is impacting your present, then dive into tools and techniques that can heal wounds and open opportunities for a more authentic and passionate life.


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briefly explore your past to see how it is impacting your present, then dive into tools and techniques that can heal wounds and open opportunities for a more authentic and passionate life.

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My approach is collaborative and rooted in seeking connection. Clients who work with me can expect to learn engaging communication skills, a better understanding of their inner world (as well as their partners), and methods for healing relationships.

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  • Faith Transition
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  • Life Transitions
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  • Trauma
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Jose Cabrera
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Help you heal and grow. We will explore the roots of day-to-day struggles, how past experiences affect your mind and body, and how you claim space in a world that can try to minimize you and your wellbeing.


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Help you heal and grow. We will explore the roots of day-to-day struggles, how past experiences affect your mind and body, and how you claim space in a world that can try to minimize you and your wellbeing.

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We are going to get deep into how trauma and difficult feelings are stored in your body, as well as in the brain. And we will work together to create action plans so you have concrete ideas for creating the life you want.

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  • Anxiety
  • BIPOC
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Depression
  • Family Dynamics
  • Latinx
  • Personal Growth
  • Racial Trauma
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Melissa Nefalar
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make strides towards body-brain based healing through brainspotting, mindfulness, narrative, and other modalities. I offer a corrective emotional experience to those who have had attachment or other relationship struggles.


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make strides towards body-brain based healing through brainspotting, mindfulness, narrative, and other modalities. I offer a corrective emotional experience to those who have had attachment or other relationship struggles.

Something to know about my approach is:

I'm process-oriented, and enjoy when issues come up organically. We have a framework of goals of our work together but I enjoy to allow the time and space for issues to come up and address them as they come up.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Complicated Grief
  • Financial Stress
  • First Generation Issues
  • Grief
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Second Generation
  • Teen Anxiety
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