Therapy For Negative Body Image
What are body image concerns?
Body image distress can look like someone not liking the way that they look or having negative thoughts or feelings about their body. These thoughts and feelings can be enforced by society and the media, who often idealize people in smaller bodies.
Living with negative body image is exhausting. You might hate how you look in pictures and in the mirror, struggle with getting dressed and picking out clothes at times, and spend a lot of time thinking about your body size and appearance.
If this resonates with you-we can help!
Our team at The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland has therapists that truly specialize in helping teens and adults to recover from body image concerns and reclaim their lives. Recovery is possible!
We provide therapy for body image concerns in Rockville, Maryland, serving Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, and Olney. We also provide therapy for body image concerns virtually throughout Maryland, Virginia, Florida, New York & California.
We know that part of you may be scared to recover, while part of you desperately wants to be free from this. With specialized therapy geared towards helping you to recover from body image concerns, you don't have to continue to feel so trapped.
Symptoms of body image concerns:
- Negative thoughts about your body
- Spending a lot of time thinking about your body and weight.
- Desire to lose weight
- Dieting
So, how can we help?
At The Eating Disorder Center we are highly skilled in providing therapy for individuals who are struggling with body image concerns. We will work as part of a treatment team to help you to recover from body image concerns, which may include a physician, dietitian, and/or psychiatrist.
We use evidence-based treatment methods, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and modified FBT treatment. We are Health At Every Size (HAES) informed and enjoy working with clients of all body sizes. We help clients to make peace with their bodies and themselves. If there is co-occurring trauma we also offer EMDR therapy for trauma and eating disorders.
We pride ourselves on being action-oriented therapists, setting recovery goals, and doing exposures with clients, such as eating meals or snacks together. We value collaboration with other local eating disorder treatment providers. Many of our therapists are also personally recovered from eating disorders.
We are thankful to have helped many people to make peace with their bodies.
Therapy for body image in Rockville, Maryland, Serving Potomac, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County. Specializing in the treatment of negative body image in Annapolis, Chevy Chase, Germantown and Olney.
Therapy for body image, in Arlington, Virginia. Serving McLean, Vienna, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Leesburg, Purcellville, and Herndon. Specializing in the treatment of body image issues.