Texas

I love working with families and couples to help with eating and body issues. My background is in marriage and family therapy and the intersection of this area and eating/body issues are my passions. I work with families and couples to provide therapy and necessary resources for the entire family system. I generally work from a systems perspective to find the role of the eating and body issues and find other workable ways to meet this same need. I offer support groups for families and individuals as well.

We use a blend of Family Based Therapy and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy as well as weight-neutral and intuitive eating principles to help people struggling with food and body issues and support their loved ones.

I offer an integrative approach that allows for individualization for each client and family. I consider my self radical authentic in my treatment style and bring my own experiences with an eating disorder to the table. I have spent most of my career working with adolescents and families in healing from eating disorders.

I specialize in counseling for adults, women and teens who struggle with eating disorders, body image, chronic dieting, and disordered eating. I embrace weight inclusivity and reject the diet culture. I help clients with the harmful effects of weight stigma and body image issues. I welcome people of diverse shapes, sizes, and identities, fostering a safe space for healing from the destructive cycle of shame and self-hatred.

I want you to know that you can embrace your body and radically and unapologetically take up space in the world. I want you to know that you can thrive and trust yourself. I help my clients find confidence, fulfillment and values by equipping them with the tools they need to better understand themselves.

Our world is filled with the intense pressures of diet culture and societal expectations, our relationship with food and our bodies often become deeply entangled with judgment, self-criticism, and compliance to these ideals. Often these hurdles obstruct our paths to self-fulfillment and inner peace.

I hold a firm belief: the power to heal and reconnect with our bodies in a kind and nurturing manner resides within us all. It's my purpose to guide you through this process of rediscovery and restoration, as we navigate the paths toward self-acceptance and genuine connection. I believe in working in a collaborative approach, we'll work toward dismantling harmful patterns, fostering a resilient relationship with nourishment, and working toward emotional and mental wholeness that honors both your uniqueness and your goals.

My goal is to empower my clients to reach their goals through evidenced-based practices and using the Health At Every Size approach to meet my clients with compassion and understanding. I believe in meeting my clients where they are in life and in their recovery journey.

I don’t subscribe to a universal treatment approach. That's why my intake process is more extensive compared to other sessions. My aim is to gain a thorough comprehension of each person's objectives, obstacles, disconnects, and connections. We work together in our treatment approach, ensuring we harness all evidence-based interventions and coping mechanisms that uniquely assist each individual on their personal journey.