Body Image Therapy in Manhattan

You’re likely here because you are exhausted with feeling at odds with your body and desire a more peaceful relationship with your body

A relationship that allows you to live fully and authentically without endless cycles of self-criticism

As a woman who became completely bald by the age of 6 years old, I was always acutely aware of how unrealistic beauty standards are. I never aligned or resonated with the toxic positive messages of “self-love” movements or “body-positive” messages about needing to feel positive about your body all the time. This messaging never seemed realistic to me.

I know I am not the only one, whether you experience a visible body difference or not, we live in an appearance obsessed world that makes it SO hard to feel positive about one’s appearance. That is why my approach is designed to be realistic and attainable.

My approach to body image therapy focuses on helping my clients redefine the importance of appearance in their life, building self compassion and body-neutrality practices, using self acceptance > self love and cultivating a relationship to your body that allows you to live the one life you have to the fullest extent.

Here is how improved body image is possible while releasing the pressure to “love” your body: good body image is defined by lack of body thoughts, not the amount of positive body thoughts someone has. When someone is constantly preoccupied with negative body thoughts, it often does not feel attainable to suddenly switch to positive thoughts.

Instead of focusing on using positive affirmations or methods of self-love, body neutrality and self compassion practices allow your current negative body thoughts to loosen their grip. Overtime, your brain starts to view these thoughts as less and less important thus freeing up your brain space to focus on things that truly feel important to you. When you have the space to think and act in alignment with your values, it starts to build more confidence and self-esteem… and suddenly you may start to notice a bad body image day does not hold the same power over you or that you automatically start speaking more kindly to yourself.

It is possible your body image distress may also overlap with…

• Social anxiety

• Perfectionism

• Feeling “too much” or “not enough”

• Patterns of overthinking

• Loneliness or increased isolation

• Disordered eating or an eating disorder

I know it may feel distant now, but you can feel more peaceful in your body. You can start feeling like your body is enough at every stage of life.

And I can help you get there.