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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. Wherever you are located in Virginia from Alexandria to Virginia Beach or even Lynchburg, or anywhere else nearby, 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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Figure out what you need to be happier and more fulfilled, less weighed down by past events and by current stressors, more successful in relationships and your career, and more resilient and adaptive to life’s inevitable challenges.

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We'll start wherever you are and work together to get you to where you want to be, focusing on your own values and goals, not anyone else's. My focus as a therapist is on mental health, not mental illness.

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Examine how your past is connected to your present, identify problematic relationship patterns, and figure out how you want to apply these insights to your life so that you can be kinder to yourself, enjoy deeper relationships, and live with meaning.

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I will help you to slow down and lean INTO your emotions, especially the uncomfortable ones you’re so good at avoiding. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an intense process, but I will support and guide you as we explore the terrain of your inner life.

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Therapy should involve collaboration and consent; the client has a right to both be a recipient as well as a influencer within the therapeutic relationship. My job is to act as guide while you are empowered to tackle both inner & outer barriers.

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From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Somatic Therapy and Trauma-Sensitive mindfulness practices, to the creative arts, and attachment-based systems work, I love to make my methods as individualized/special as those who seek my services.

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Create real goals that address the underlying issues and difficulties that may be making your everyday life harder. My hope is that you begin to feel as though you are a better version of yourself! We can also dive deeper into issues via testing.

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I believe that the therapeutic relationship is the most important factor to change and I strive to give all my clients a safe and judgment-free session. I listen and help you find your voice. It's there-even if you haven't heard it recently.

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Tackle the challenges you are facing. My style focuses mainly on talk therapy during sessions, and with my guidance, clients also work on their goals between sessions.

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My approach draws from several orientations: attachment, psychodynamic, coaching psychology, narrative, interpersonal, and systems.

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