In a world where diet culture is the norm, advertising for weight loss medications is everywhere, and medical discrimination against fat bodies is common, it’s a powerful act of resistance to live in a fat body and to accept that body. I use my lived experience to support people who are navigating the world in a fat body and anyone who is ready to go down the road of body acceptance, no matter their body shape or size. My approach is anti-diet, and my therapeutic space is a safe space for all body shapes and sizes.

You can read more about my story and how I use my experience as a fat woman in my practice here.

Please note that I do not work with clients who are currently engaging or planning to engage in intentional weight loss or dieting. 

Health at Every Size

In my practice, I adopt the Health at Every Size® (HAES) approach. HAES promotes wellbeing without focusing on weight loss and believes that weight, size or shape aren’t an indicator of health. Specific body shapes and weights shouldn’t be glamourised or demonised. 

Body Neutrality

While the body positive movement would like us to believe that we should always love and accept our bodies, I am a firm believer in body neutrality.

Body neutrality is a middle ground between body positivity (“I should always love my body no matter what it looks like”) and body negativity (“I hate how I look”). It’s based on the belief that your body is not the most important thing about you. It encourages you to accept and respect your body, rather than feeling hatred towards it.

For many, body neutrality is a more reasonable approach than body positivity, which can feel draining and discouraging when you have a hard time loving the way that you look.

How I Can Support You

If you’re looking for support while navigating any of the following, I am here to help.

• Fat acceptance or learning to accept your body the way it is now, without the need to lose weight or change the way you look. Your body has the right to exist and be respected just the way it is. You don’t need to lose weight, start working out, or change in order to be happy or respected by yourself or others.

• Fatphobia (discrimination against fat bodies). This can be dealing with prejudice against fat bodies in general, but can also involve also examining the core beliefs that are preventing you from accepting and respecting your body right here, right now.

• Weight discrimination, for example dealing with medical professionals who tell you to just lose weight and all your problems will be resolved.

• Body shaming

• Body neutrality

• Body acceptance