Body Image Issues

Carina Hartley (she/her/hers)

Professional Counselor Associate

#R9409

Stuck in the cycle of trying to change, fix or control your body? Exhausted from patterns of dieting, an inner critic, and difficulty feeling comfortable as you are? Maybe you're in recovery from an eating disorder and are hoping to continue the work on healing your relationship to your body and food. I use a liberation-based approach and health at every size framework to address body image issues, relationship to food, and beauty standards.

Jordan Hubchik (she/her)

Licensed Art Therapist

LPC, LCAT, ATR-BC

Every person has some degree of body image distress or discomfort. There may be good days and bad days, but when the bad days start to outnumber the good, often more help is needed. I apply a Health-at-Every-Size, body-diversity, and body-trust approach to address body image concerns with my clients. I don't believe you have to change your body to be happy with yourself. It is more important to understand your body biases and where these come from to start dismantling unhelpful body-based views.

Natalie Mickola (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Anyone can have body image issues. We are taught so many different things, even from a young age, about what bodies "should" look like and how we "should" be treating our bodies. Even the trends online change so fast it's hard to keep up. If you're feeling shame, guilt, or insecurity related to your appearance, this is absolutely something we can explore in therapy.

Caitlin Keitel (she/her)

Professional Counselor

M.A. Process Oriented Facilitation

I know we can liberate ourselves and each other from the fear-based, body-shaming beliefs and behaviors we have learned. We can learn new ways of thinking about and living in our bodies. I work to encourage us all to bring our most loving relationship values into partnership with our bodies.

Abby Ernst (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMHC, MA in Counseling and Eating Disorder Certification

Body image is something that many people struggle with at some point in their life. And how could you not when we live in a world so focused on dieting and getting smaller. I have specific training regarding working with body image and moving away from body shame.

Kirah Doerr (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

If you’re struggling with body image, you might feel disconnected from yourself or uncomfortable in your skin. Societal pressures, personal experiences, and self-criticism can make it difficult to see yourself with compassion. You might be preoccupied with your appearance, constantly comparing yourself to others, or feeling overwhelmed by the expectations placed on you. I’m here to help you challenge limiting thoughts, reconnect with your body in a healthy way, and cultivate self-acceptance.

Monica Marquard (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA, Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Having worked in eating disorder clinics since 2017, I have extensive knowledge of working with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image distress. I take a Health at Every Size (HAES) approach to my work.

Kasey Serdar (She/Her)

Clinical Psychologist

Ph.D.

I have always been interested in helping individuals develop a more compassionate and healthy relationship with their bodies. My interest and experience with these concerns arose in large part from working extensively with individuals struggling with eating disorders. I have found in the years of doing this work that many individuals with whom I work struggle with body image to a such an extent that it impacts their day to day lives.

Veronica Wilson (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, MSW

Whether you're struggling with body dysmorphia, weight gain/loss, or depression-related to body issues, I can help you reach healthy, sustainable gols with self-compassion at the core of the work we will do together.

Nicole Frangella (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

I work with individuals struggling with body image issues, helping them explore the underlying emotional and psychological factors that contribute to negative self-perceptions. Through a compassionate, non-judgmental approach, we address distorted thoughts, societal pressures, and personal experiences that affect body image. My goal is to help clients build a healthier, more compassionate relationship with their bodies, fostering self-acceptance and confidence.

Jessica Feinsmith MA LPC (She/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Growing up in “diet-Culture” can leave us feeling less than loving towards our bodies. I understand. Whether it is disordered eating behaviors, body dysmorphia or shame about yourself, I can offer support. Utilizing therapeutic interventions, increased mind and body awareness and self compassion, we can become allies of our bodies and selves and heal the hatred and shame of being imperfect.

Kaia Stamiris (They/She)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I have done professional training and study in this area and am Health at Every-Size informed, and aware of the presence of toxic cultural influences around dieting and fatphobia. I am accepting of clients as they are and believe that the work of unplugging from biased sources and de-programming cultural myths around our bodies is both valuable and necessary.

Dasia Star (she/they)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy

Is your kiddo struggling with feelings of insecurity about their body? Are you a pissed off femme, wondering why all of the years of unpacking/unlearning patriarchy still have not left you feeling secure in your body? Are you NB/GNC and needing a space to process what it is like to simply live in your body? I never want you to feel shamed of your body again. I want to support you in finding peace, safety, and ease in your body. I genuinely believe that is everyone's birthright.

Sonia Holdaway (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS

If you have a difficult relationship with your body, food, exercise, or all of the above, you are not alone. I love to help clients reconnect with an inner sense of health & balance in an affirming, body-positive space. I will support you in challenging external messages about how you should be, and help you connect instead with your needs, your values, and your intuitive healthy self. Visit my website for more info: https://www.relationshipcounselingportland.com/

Ashley Parkinson (she/her/hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, CADC-I

I work with body image issues from a body positive, HAES (Health at Every Size) perspective, and from my own lived experience as someone who has learned to see beyond diet and fat-hating culture to a place of body acceptance and respect. I support my clients wherever they are in their relationships with their bodies through the principles of Intuitive Eating and Be Nourished's "Body Trust" model. I employ Motivational Interviewing to help people identify personal values and goals toward change.

Laura La Rosa (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MA, MSW, LCSW

We are not our thoughts and we don't have to believe them. Body image struggles are likely attached to unskillful and habitual thinking. We can work together to dis-empower the habitual thoughts that hold you hostage. We can craft accurate thoughts that support your self esteem. Lets work collaboratively to improve your relationship to your body, mind and emotions.

Lindsay Day (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, LPC

I recognize the prevalence of diet culture that permeates through consumed media. I aim to combat the messages that we all receive about our bodies and the "beauty standards" and facilitate a better relationship with one's body and with food.

Jillian Brown (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I have worked with hundreds of people in support of finding love and appreciation for themselves. There are so many deeply ingrained messages around how we should or shouldn't look/act/be. I work with shifting those beliefs on a deep subconscious level so that it becomes easy to make healthy choices and you can have the confidence that you know how to take good care of yourself with ease.

Amber Liechty (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I have extensive training in body image and eating disorders, with primary experience in disorders of over control - namely anorexia and body dysmorphia.

Catherine Gobel (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I work from a Health at Every Size Lens to help you accept your body where it is at.

Emily Walker (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Body Image Issues can come in a variety of forms, whether it be rooted in disordered eating, gender dysphoria, trauma, chronic illness, or self-esteem. I am comfortable and passionate about helping my clients repair their relationship with their body. I worked in a residential facility for eating disorders and have experience supporting recovery from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and ARFID.

Mariah Beltran (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

Resident213

In my training and research, I examined the impacts of body image concerns on BIPOC folx, women-identified individuals, and trans and gender-expansive folx across the lifespan.

Natascha Yogachandra (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MS, NCC, Certified Body Trust® Provider

I am a certified Body Trust® Provider through the Center for Body Trust. My approach to body image concerns begins with examining and grieving all the messaging we have received about how our bodies should be and how they should look. With deep compassion, I work to create a space in which you can move at your own pace, reconnect with the deep wisdom of your body, and restore the feeling of being at home in your body.

Neil Panchmatia (he/they)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, Licensed Professional Counselor

Too often we are told we are not good enough and we need to change how we look, sound, move etc. Entire businesses run on making us feel less than. In such a cultural environment, being ourselves fully and unapologetically is the best revolution we can engage in. I work with clients using tenets of HAES and Intuitive Eating to create tailored programs of radical self love and body diversity.

Katie Kotsovos (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I'm deeply committed to a Health At Every Size framework at my practice. Our body image work may include challenging toxic patriarchal norms, exploring the impact of living under them and unburdening they legacy of shame you've been handed. Your body is deserving of love, dignity and respect.