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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 Washington DC, Anacostia, Ballston, Bluemont, or even Brentwood, 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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Laura Humpf
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Together, we will look at what is causing you to feel stuck in your life, whether that is trauma, depression, anxiety or body image. We will incorporate the body as a guide to finding the answers that live inside you so can reclaim your wholeness.


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Together, we will look at what is causing you to feel stuck in your life, whether that is trauma, depression, anxiety or body image. We will incorporate the body as a guide to finding the answers that live inside you so can reclaim your wholeness.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is based in yoga therapy, which is a holistic bottom up and inside out approach. We look at the root causes of suffering and address these through the wisdom of your nervous system, physiology, body, breath and heart.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Body Acceptance
  • Body Image
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Trauma
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Alex Winnicki
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My mission is to help clients transform their pain into an opportunity for self-discovery, healing and empowerment, to ultimately reclaim their voice, purpose, and self-worth. I strive to assist you in finding your inner wisdom.


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My mission is to help clients transform their pain into an opportunity for self-discovery, healing and empowerment, to ultimately reclaim their voice, purpose, and self-worth. I strive to assist you in finding your inner wisdom.

Something to know about my approach is:

My role as a therapist is also as a collaborator, offering a partnership with a person centered approach. Thus I allow therapy to move at a pace you feel comfortable with, addressing issues as they arise.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Family Conflict
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Self-Esteem
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Map in Tacoma, Washington for Alex Winnicki therapy location.
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Natalie Goobes
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Together, we will collaborate on goals for your dream life and will work on the stepping stones to get you to where you want to go. Anxiety, couple distress, life adjustment, ADHD, and illness are some of the general themes that I have worked with.


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Together, we will collaborate on goals for your dream life and will work on the stepping stones to get you to where you want to go. Anxiety, couple distress, life adjustment, ADHD, and illness are some of the general themes that I have worked with.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a client-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed therapist trained to bring openness, curiosity, respect, and accountability into therapy. I am trained in various therapy models which I uniquely tailor to each of my clients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer
  • Children of Immigrants
  • Chronic Illness
  • Couples
  • Intergenerational Trauma
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Joseph Henry
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Work to reduce negative symptoms that create distress and increase self awareness, as well as improve communication skills.


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Work to reduce negative symptoms that create distress and increase self awareness, as well as improve communication skills.

Something to know about my approach is:

That I am curious how the past is being reinterpreted in the present and how being more mindful and aware can help increase personal agency.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • Relationships
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Map in Seattle, Washington for Joseph Henry therapy location.
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KAELA KOEPKE
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I help you make sense of what you are going through, see your blind spots, embrace your strengths, equip you with coping skills, help you find your own road map, be with your feelings, and become your favorite version of yourself.


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I help you make sense of what you are going through, see your blind spots, embrace your strengths, equip you with coping skills, help you find your own road map, be with your feelings, and become your favorite version of yourself.

Something to know about my approach is:

I help people identify how and where we block and store emotion and energy in the body, understand how that is connected to wounds from trauma as a child and as an adult, and connect with nature as an ally on your healing journey.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
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