Therapy for Body Image Issues
In Atlanta and virtually throughout Georgia & North Carolina
Body image issues can lead to anxiety, depression, isolation, and disordered eating.
Does it feel like your body is holding you back?
Maybe you can’t look at photos of you without melting down, or perhaps you catch yourself constantly comparing yourself to others, worrying that they’re judging you.
You may be struggling to get dressed each morning, or even completely stopped going out with friends because you feel disgusted and uncomfortable with your body.
Perhaps you’re feeling hopeless that you’ll ever be able to stop hating your body.
Whatever it is that you’re experiencing, you’re beginning to notice the impact of this in every facet of your life:
Missing out on trips, experiences, and connection because you’re waiting until your body changes
Obsessing over your weight and getting caught picking yourself apart in the mirror
Feeling exhausted by your attempts to change your body through diets and exercise
Body Image therapy can help.
It may feel impossible now, but you can feel more comfortable in your body. You can go eat with friends without feeling shame and guilt. You can pursue the career, relationship, and life you want in the body you’re in.
Body Image Therapy helps you do 3 things:
Get to the root of how messages you’ve heard, and experiences you’ve had, have lead you to view your body as the enemy
Understand how diet culture, beauty standards, and weight stigma make you feel like the failure when your body doesn’t change
Build tools to navigate difficult emotions so you can get your life back
Hey! I’m Lindsey, and I’ll help you through this process, tailoring each step to your unique needs and circumstances. My approach to body image therapy comes from a place of compassion and hope: believing that your body is not the “problem,” and that it is possible to come to a place of peace and acceptance with your body.
It’s time to start embracing all of you.
FAQs: Body Image
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Yes, you are not alone! Lots of people struggle with body image due to influences from family, community, and culture. Particularly in our society, we learn at an early age that our worth is determined by our bodies and some bodies are “better” than others. This messaging is harmful, but thankfully we can challenge what society says and heal our relationships with our bodies.
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Therapy is a safe, non-judgmental space to begin exploring your relationship with your body. We use a variety of approaches to help you to identify your body story and the messages you’ve learned from family, community, and culture. We’ll look at how believing these messages, and engaging in efforts to change your body, was trying to help you, while also working on building a new story about your body. We’ll support you in building skills to manage the difficult emotions that come with body image distress and lessen the day-to-day impacts.
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I encourage you to think about your relationship with you body as a relationship. In any relationship, even healthy ones, there are times you’re frustrated, exasperated, or annoyed; you might even wish you had a different relationship!
With body image, it’s similar. Therapy will be able to help you reach a neutral relationship with your body, which means there will be days you can appreciate, accept, trust, and maybe even love your body…but there will also be days where you wish you had a different one. The main difference is therapy will give you the tools to manage those harder days so you aren’t as preoccupied, distressed, or self-conscious.
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Yes! When starting therapy, you’re often shining a light on things you may never have before. Therapy focuses on supporting you in exploring difficult emotions and learned beliefs about yourself, others, and the world. When we begin unpacking these emotions and beliefs, you may experience feeling worse. However, over time you will start to experience breakthroughs and long-term healing.